Technological change, human capital update and growth policies

• Autores: Marcos Sanso Frago, Fernando Pueyo Baldellou
• Localización: Spanish economic review, ISSN 1435-5469, Vol. 7, Nº 1, 2005, págs. 23-42
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 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 workersrsquo 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.