Inequality and Growth: the Dual Role of Human Capital in Development

Theo Eicher and Cecilia Garcia-Penalosa ()

G.R.E.Q.A.M. from Universite Aix-Marseille III

Abstract: This paper examines how the accumulation of human capital determines both a country's growth rate and income inequality . In contrast to previous work, we do not rely on credit market imperfectionf or political economy arguments. The insight of this model is that inequality is determined by the relative strength of the forces increasing the supply of skills -education- and those increasing the demand for skills -technical change-.

Keywords: HUMAN CAPITAL; WAGES; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 1999
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Journal Article: Inequality and growth: the dual role of human capital in development (2001)
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