A translog production function for the Spanish provinces: Impact of the human and physical capital in economic growth

A translog production function and an extended translog production function with third-order terms are estimated for the 50 Spanish provinces in the period 1985–2006. The results show the existence of comple- mentarity relationships between private physical and human capital. Likewise, they show the...

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Autores: Pablo-Romero Gil-Delgado, María del Populo, Gómez-Calero Valdés, M. Palma
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/152201
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/152201
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2013.01.040
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Translog function
Complementarity between factors
Human capital
Private physical capital
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Sumario:A translog production function and an extended translog production function with third-order terms are estimated for the 50 Spanish provinces in the period 1985–2006. The results show the existence of comple- mentarity relationships between private physical and human capital. Likewise, they show the existence of decreasing returns of private physical and human capital. However, the direction of the decreasing returns of private physical capital is reversed for a high endowment level of this factor. These results suggest the importance of capitalizing the Spanish economy, since it would increase the effect of human capital upon productivity and may also generate positive externalities.