We construct an overlapping generations model in which parents vote on the tax rate that determines publicly provided education and offspring choose their effort in learning activities. The technology governing the accumulation of human capital allows these decisions to be strategic complements....

We develop an endogenous growth model that integrates research and development (R&D) with human capital accumulation. Given decreasing returns to scale, together with a threshold constraint on human capital, in R&D, steady-state growth is determined solely by preferences and human capital...