Author: Mark A. Roberts
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The Nelson-Phelps concept of human capital, determining the speed at which a new technology may be implemented, is considered within an AK, overlapping-generations model, where finance firms act as local monopolies in the loan market but as monopsonistic price-takers in the deposit market. Households also vote for taxes earmarked for public investment in education and, thence, the subsequent level of human capital. A concentrated financial market structure, despite directly lowering economic growth, may indirectly raise it through provoking a political economy response of voting for higher taxes for greater levels of Nelson-Phelps human capital.
The Conflating Effects of Education and Financial Competition in an Overlapping Generations-Growth Model with Nelson-Phelps Human Capital
Author: Mark A. Roberts
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The Nelson-Phelps concept of human capital, determining the speed at which a new technology may be implemented, is considered within an AK, overlapping-generations model, where finance firms act as local monopolies in the loan market but as monopsonistic price-takers in the deposit market. Households also vote for taxes earmarked for public investment in education and, thence, the subsequent level of human capital. A concentrated financial market structure, despite directly lowering economic growth, may indirectly raise it through provoking a political economy response of voting for higher taxes for greater levels of Nelson-Phelps human capital.
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The Nelson-Phelps concept of human capital, determining the speed at which a new technology may be implemented, is considered within an AK, overlapping-generations model, where finance firms act as local monopolies in the loan market but as monopsonistic price-takers in the deposit market. Households also vote for taxes earmarked for public investment in education and, thence, the subsequent level of human capital. A concentrated financial market structure, despite directly lowering economic growth, may indirectly raise it through provoking a political economy response of voting for higher taxes for greater levels of Nelson-Phelps human capital.
The Role of Human Capital in Economic Growth
Author: Hans-Jürgen Lucas
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Pages : 16
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Demographic Change, Human Capital and Endogenous Growth
Author: Alexander Ludwig
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Languages : en
Pages : 50
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This paper employs a large scale overlapping generations (OLG) model with endogenous education to evaluate the quantitative role of human capital adjustments for the economic consequences of demographic change. We find that endogenous human capital formation is an important adjustment mechanism which substantially mitigates the macroeconomic impact of demographic change. Welfare gains from demographic change for newborn households are approximately three times higher when households endogenously adjust their education. Low ability agents experience higher welfare gains. Endogenous growth through human capital formation is found to increase the long-run growth rate in the economy by 0.2-0.4 percentage points.
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Pages : 50
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This paper employs a large scale overlapping generations (OLG) model with endogenous education to evaluate the quantitative role of human capital adjustments for the economic consequences of demographic change. We find that endogenous human capital formation is an important adjustment mechanism which substantially mitigates the macroeconomic impact of demographic change. Welfare gains from demographic change for newborn households are approximately three times higher when households endogenously adjust their education. Low ability agents experience higher welfare gains. Endogenous growth through human capital formation is found to increase the long-run growth rate in the economy by 0.2-0.4 percentage points.
Efficient Subsidization of Human Capital Accumulation with Overlapping Generations and Endogenous Growth
Author: Wolfram F. Richter
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Pages : 31
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Demographic Uncertainty and Generational Consumption Risk with Endogenous Human Capital
Author: Patrick M. Emerson
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This paper uses a model with overlapping generations to demonstrate that human capital accumulation can potentially attenuate factor price movements in response to birth rate shocks. Specifically, we show that if education spending per child is inversely related to the size of the generation, then there will be less movement in factor prices in response to the relative size of each generation. The degree of this attenuation effect will depend on the effectiveness of education spending in producing human capital. We also demonstrate that this attenuation effect tends to concentrate generational consumption risk around the generation subject to the birth rate shock. In a limiting case, we show that an i.i.d birth rate shock translates into an i.i.d. generational consumption shock. In other words, each generation bears all of the risk associated with their own demographic uncertainty. As a final exercise, we demonstrate that if the tax rate funding education spending varies with the size of the generation rather than education spending per child, then human capital does not influence the dynamic behavior of the economy in response to a birth rate shock.
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This paper uses a model with overlapping generations to demonstrate that human capital accumulation can potentially attenuate factor price movements in response to birth rate shocks. Specifically, we show that if education spending per child is inversely related to the size of the generation, then there will be less movement in factor prices in response to the relative size of each generation. The degree of this attenuation effect will depend on the effectiveness of education spending in producing human capital. We also demonstrate that this attenuation effect tends to concentrate generational consumption risk around the generation subject to the birth rate shock. In a limiting case, we show that an i.i.d birth rate shock translates into an i.i.d. generational consumption shock. In other words, each generation bears all of the risk associated with their own demographic uncertainty. As a final exercise, we demonstrate that if the tax rate funding education spending varies with the size of the generation rather than education spending per child, then human capital does not influence the dynamic behavior of the economy in response to a birth rate shock.
Optimal Investment in Human Capital in a Simple Overlapping-generations Model
Author: Bengt-Arne Wickström
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Pages : 16
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On a Simple Model of Overlapping Generations with Human Capital
Author: Hiroyuki Hashimoto
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Languages : en
Pages : 26
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This paper presents a simple model with overlapping-generations where finite-lived individuals accumulate human capital not taking the by-productive effect on future generations into account. In such model, the phenomenon of indeterminacy of equilibrium appears. Such indeterminancy does not occur in similar model presented in Hashimoto (1998). The substantial difference between the two models is whether or not individuals' behavior is altruistic. Non-altruism of individuals in overlapping-generations economy implies the lack of boundary condition in appropriate set of optimal conditions. Since it is well known that appropriately defined boundary-value problems have unique solutions, a shortage of boundary conditions implies indetermancy of equilibrium. From this viewpoint we may say that the source of indeterminacy is finite lifetimes of non-altruistic individuals.
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Category : Equilibrium (Economics)
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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This paper presents a simple model with overlapping-generations where finite-lived individuals accumulate human capital not taking the by-productive effect on future generations into account. In such model, the phenomenon of indeterminacy of equilibrium appears. Such indeterminancy does not occur in similar model presented in Hashimoto (1998). The substantial difference between the two models is whether or not individuals' behavior is altruistic. Non-altruism of individuals in overlapping-generations economy implies the lack of boundary condition in appropriate set of optimal conditions. Since it is well known that appropriately defined boundary-value problems have unique solutions, a shortage of boundary conditions implies indetermancy of equilibrium. From this viewpoint we may say that the source of indeterminacy is finite lifetimes of non-altruistic individuals.
Balanced Growth Despite Uzawa
Author: Gene M. Grossman
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Category : Capital productivity
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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Evidence for the United States suggests balanced growth despite falling investment-good prices and less than unitary 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 describe balanced growth paths for several neoclassical growth models with capital-augmenting technological progress and endogenous schooling. The balanced growth path in an overlapping-generations model in which individuals choose their time in school matches key features of the U.S. record.
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Category : Capital productivity
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Pages : 54
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Evidence for the United States suggests balanced growth despite falling investment-good prices and less than unitary 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 describe balanced growth paths for several neoclassical growth models with capital-augmenting technological progress and endogenous schooling. The balanced growth path in an overlapping-generations model in which individuals choose their time in school matches key features of the U.S. record.
A Decomposition of the Effects of Human Capital on Economic Growth
Author: Deborah Anne Strumsky
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Pages : 72
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Education, Growth, and Redistribution in the Presence of Capital Flight
Author: Debajyoti Chakrabarty
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