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Strulik, Holger; Prettnerz, Klaus; Prskawetz, Alexia - 2010

Conventional R&D-based growth theory suggests that productivity growth is positively correlated with population size or population growth, an implication which is hard to see in the data. Here we integrate microfounded fertility and schooling into an otherwise standard R&D-based growth model. We...

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The past and future of knowledge-based growth

Strulik, Holger; Prettner, Klaus; Prskawetz, Alexia - 2012

of mass education and the demographic transition. The ongoing child quality-quantity trade-off during the transition …. Because growth in modern economies is based on the education of the workforce, the medium-run prospects for future economic …

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Human capital formation, life expectancy and the process of economic development

Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - 2003 - (Updated May 2003)

This paper presents a non-Malthusian theory of long-term development We model the interplay between the process of human capital formation, technological progress, and the biological constraint of finite lifetime expectancy. All these processes are interdependent and determined endogenously. The...

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Human Capital Formation, Life Expectancy and the Process of Economic Development

Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - 2021

This paper presents a microfounded theory of long-term development. We model the interplay between economic variables, namely the process of human capital formation and technological progress, and the biological constraint of finite lifetime expectancy. All these processes affect each other and...

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Technological change and inequality in the very long run

Madsen, Jakob Brøchner; Strulik, Holger - 2020

In this paper we investigate the impact of technological change on inequalityin the presence of a landed elite using a …-off eventually disabled the Malthusian mechanism, and technological progress triggered education and benefited workers. If the …

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Demography, human capital investment, and lifetime earnings for women and men

Jacobsen, Joyce P.; Khamis, Melanie; Yuksel, Mutlu - 2024

Can the demographic trends of increased life expectancy and decreasing birth rates, along with the labor market patterns of returns to human capital investment and changes in real hourly earnings, account for changes in women's and men's lifetime earnings? Using a Vector Error Correction Model...

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From physical to human capital accumulation : effects of mortality changes

Minamimura, Keiya; Yasui, Daishin - In: Review of economic dynamics 34 (2019), pp. 103-120

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The Effects of Longevity and Distortions on Education and Retirement

Ferreira, Pedro C.; Pessoa, Samuel D. - 2005

literature. In this setup increases in longevity raises the investment in education - time in school - and retirement. The model …This article studies the impact of longevity and taxation on life-cycle decisions and long run income. Individuals … allocate optimally their total lifetime between education, working and retirement. They also decide at each moment how much to …

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Health and economic growth : findings and policy implications

López i Casasnovas, Guillem (contributor); … - 2005

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R&D-based Growth in the Post-modern Era

Strulik, Holger; Prettner, Klaus; Prskawetz, Alexia - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2011

Conventional R&D-based growth theory suggests that productivitygrowth is positively correlated with population size or population growth,an implication which is hard to see in the data. Here we integrate R&D-basedgrowth into a unied growth setup with micro-founded fertility and...

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