The objective of this paper is to analyse the intergenerational transmission mechanisms within a theoretical framework which presumes a heterogeneous family structure. For that, we propose a modified version of the Becker and Tomes model (1986) by assuming that there are two groups of children:...

The aim of this article is to present empirical estimates about the impact of human capital on labor productivity growth in the case of Slovenia. Instead the conventional methodology the methodology principally aimed at estimating the real convergence of labor productivity was used. The basic...

The paper attempts to interpret a few stylized facts of international economic growth by means of an open economy evolutionary model. The idea is that growth models that incorporate a richer representation of the properties and effects of technological change can give a better explanation of the...