Specific and General Human Capital in an Endogenous Growth Model

In this article, we define specific (general) human capital in terms of the occupations whose use is spread in a limited (wide) set of industries. We analyze the growth impact of an economy's composition of specific and general human capital, in a model where education and research and developm...

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Autores: Jerbashian, Vahagn, Slobodyan, Sergey, Vourvachaki, Evangelia
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/110832
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/110832
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Recursos humans
Creixement econòmic
Política educativa
Human capital
Economic growth
Educational policy
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Resumo:In this article, we define specific (general) human capital in terms of the occupations whose use is spread in a limited (wide) set of industries. We analyze the growth impact of an economy's composition of specific and general human capital, in a model where education and research and development are costly and complementary activities. The model suggests that a declining share of specific human capital, as observed in the Czech Republic, can be associated with a lower rate of long-term growth. We also discuss optimal educational policies in the presence of market frictions.