Technological change, human capital update and growth policies

Fernando Pueyo and Marcos Sanso ()

Spanish Economic Review, 2004, vol. 7, issue 1, 23-41

Abstract: This paper presents a model of growth driven simultaneously by innovation and human capital accumulation. Two different long-run equilibria are possible, according to whether or not workers’ skills are completely updated over time as knowledge expands. Skill gaps could arise as a consequence of poor education infrastructures, even in the efficient solution; in such circumstances, we find that whilst education policies are able to encourage growth, R&D policies are not. Otherwise, subsidizing education becomes ineffective for enhancing growth, although it could be necessary to avoid possible skill gaps originated by the R&D growth-enhancing policy. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin/Heidelberg 2004

Keywords: Innovation; education; skill gaps (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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