Interaction between endogenous human capital and technological change
Interaction between endogenous human capital and technological change
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DOI：
10.2307/2298118
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发表时间：
1996-01-01
影响因子：
5.8
通讯作者：
Eicher, TS
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作者：
Eicher, TS
本文研究了内生人力资本积累和技术变革之间的相互作用如何影响相对工资和经济增长。私人投资人力资本的激励措施为教育部门熟练劳动力的就业提供资金，而非竞争性技术是教育过程的副产品。生产中吸收新技术是技能密集型的，创造了技能偏向的劳动力需求，并提高了熟练劳动力与非熟练劳动力的相对工资。与最近的内生增长模型相反，较高的技术变革和增长速度可能伴随着较高的相对工资，但相对较低的熟练劳动力供应。因此，该模型为实证观察到的技术变革与熟练劳动力的相对需求、供给和工资之间的关系提供了理论基础。
This paper examines how interaction between endogenous human capital accumulation and technological change affects relative wages and economic growth. Private incentives to invest in human capital finance the employment of skilled labour in the education sector, while non-rival technology is a by-product of the education process. The absorption of new technologies into production is skill intensive, creates skill-biased labour demand, and increases the relative wage of skilled to unskilled labour. In contrast to recent models of endogenous growth, higher rates of technological change and growth may be accompanied by a higher relative wage but lower relative supply of skilled labour. Thus the model provides a theoretical foundation for the empirically observed relation between technological change and relative demand, supply and wages of skilled labour.