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Human capital and technology diffusion
Benhabib, Jess (contributor); Spiegel, Mark (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001763878
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Growth and investment across countries
Benhabib, Jess; Spiegel, Mark M. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 1997
total factor productivity growth and levels of investment. Political instability is also found to influence levels of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005401582
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Why the apple doesn't fall far : understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital
Black, Sandra E. (contributor);  … - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002672080
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Determinants of long-run labor productivity growth: a selective survey with some new empirical results
Spiegel, Mark M. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 1994
Using cross-country data, we review the empirical evidence concerning long-term labor and total factor productivity … the crucial role for physical capital accumulation in enhancing labor productivity growth and develop a role for human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078273
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Tax reform with useful public expenditures
Cassou, Steven P.; Lansing, Kevin J. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 2004
This paper examines the economic effects of tax reform in an endogenous growth model that allows for two types of useful public expenditures; one type contributes to human capital information while the other provides direct utility to households. We show that the optimal fiscal policy calls for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010702310
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Human capital and technology diffusion
Benhabib, Jess; Spiegel, Mark M. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 2002
productivity growth than the leader nation. ; We derive a nonlinear specification for total factor productivity growth that nests … total factor productivity growth well. 22 of the 27 nations that we identify as lacking the critical human capital levels … needed to achieve faster total factor productivity growth than the leader nation in 1960 did achieve lower growth over the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005401541
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Why the apple doesn't fall far: understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital
Black, Sandra; Devereux, Paul; Salvanes, Kjell - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 2004
Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely that more able individuals who have higher education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005401581
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Growth effects of shifting from a progressive tax system to a flat tax
Cassou, Stephen P.; Lansing, Kevin J. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 2002
This paper develops a quantitative general equilibrium model to assess the growth effects of adopting a flat tax plan similar to the one proposed by Hall and Rabushka (1995). Using parameters calibrated to match the progressivity of the U.S. tax schedule and other features of the U.S. economy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005401583
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Human capital and technology diffusion
Benhabib, Jess; Spiegel, Mark M. - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 2002
productivity growth than the leader nation. ; We derive a nonlinear specification for total factor productivity growth that nests … total factor productivity growth well. 22 of the 27 nations that we identify as lacking the critical human capital levels … needed to achieve faster total factor productivity growth than the leader nation in 1960 did achieve lower growth over the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010702180
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Why the apple doesn't fall far: understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital
Black, Sandra; Devereux, Paul; Salvanes, Kjell - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco - 2004
Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely that more able individuals who have higher education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010702195