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elasticity of substitution between capital and labor. This is inconsistent with the Uzawa Growth Theorem. We extend Uzawa ….s theorem to show that introducing human capital accumulation in the standard way does not resolve the puzzle. However, balanced … growth is possible if education is endogenous and capital is more complementary with schooling than with raw labor. We …
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transfers over this period is taken into account. We show that the increase in capital's share of total income and the presence … of capital-entrepreneurial skill complementarity are two key features that help support the wages of ordinary workers as … the new technology diffuses. -- income inequality ; skill-biased technological change ; capital-skill complementarity …
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In this paper we conduct a quantitative analysis of a number of stylized educational loan systems. We develop a stochastic general equilibrium model of a closed economy with a competitive firm sector and a government that levies taxes and administers educational loans. Individuals are...
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It has been argued that in the absence of altruism, intergenerational transfers can survive only if the old are net recipients. I prove that this need not hold in an over-lapping generations model with a fixed factor. For example, the middle-aged owning land may gain by providing public...
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We incorporate Keeping-up-with-the-Joneses (KUJ) preferences into the Blanchard-Yaari (BY) framework and develop, using an AK technology, a model of balanced growth. In this context we investigate status preference, demographic, and pension policy shocks. We find that a higher degree of KUJ...
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capital (investment network). For each network, we document a declining fraction of production by goods sectors and a rising …
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(but not the absolute human capital attainment) will fall. This evolution of human capital accumulation is accompanied by …
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even if the government can control the level of physical capital and set it to satisfy the modified golden rule. The main … regardless of the ability of the government to internalize the externality and control the level of human capital. Other results … include: (i) violation of Friedman rule for a different second-best environment wherein human capital accumulation is …
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This paper provides a unified treatment of externalities associated with fertility and human capital accumulation as …
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encourages investment in complementary human capital. Future efficiency gains accruing to land are capitalized in its value which …
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