Effects of demographic factors on technological change and economic growth
Effects of demographic factors on technological change and economic growth
The endogenous technology literature usually treats human capital as proportional to the population level. As a result, it finds a linear relationship between the population size or growth rate and technological improvement. In this paper I introduce human capital investment in an endogenous technology framework. It is shown that population affects technological improvement both directly and through the stream of human capital, with technology also having a feedback effect on the latter. These multiple effects of demographic factors on R&D, human capital and economic growth can explain certain facts, such as the growth patterns of the last two centuries.
University of Southampton
Misoulis, Nicholas
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2003
Misoulis, Nicholas
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Misoulis, Nicholas
(2003)
Effects of demographic factors on technological change and economic growth
(Discussion Papers in Economics and Econometrics, 308)
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University of Southampton
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The endogenous technology literature usually treats human capital as proportional to the population level. As a result, it finds a linear relationship between the population size or growth rate and technological improvement. In this paper I introduce human capital investment in an endogenous technology framework. It is shown that population affects technological improvement both directly and through the stream of human capital, with technology also having a feedback effect on the latter. These multiple effects of demographic factors on R&D, human capital and economic growth can explain certain facts, such as the growth patterns of the last two centuries.
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