This paper examines how relative factor endowments and population growth rates affect growth rates in less developed countries. To answer these questions an extension of the Uzawa-Lucas endogenous growth model is used. The paper proves the existence and uniqueness and of the modified model and...

This paper develops a model of growth in an economy where the capital stock is rationed across labor inputs, as in the dual, or segmented, labor market literature on developing economies. In this economy, the increased use of labor in the formal sectors can sustain high marginal and average...