This paper analyzes the interaction between the distributionof human capital, technological
progress, and economic growth. It argues that the composition of human capital is an …

Just as accumulation of personal human capital produces individual economic (income)
growth, so do the corresponding social or national aggregates. At the national level, human …

Abstract Human Capital, Trade, and Economic Growth.—Human capital, because of its
special role in innovative activity and technological progress, has formed the bedrock of the …

Individuals differ in both inherited and acquired abilities, but only the latter differ among
countries and time periods. Human capital analysis deals with acquired capabilities which …

This paper provides new measures of human capital inequality for a broad panel of
countries. Taking attainment levels from Barro and Lee, we compute Gini coefficients and …

Using the latest available data and semiparametric methods, we investigate how human and
physical capital accumulation affects the relationship between income inequality and …

This paper develops a growth theory that captures the replacement of physical capital
accumulation by human capital accumulation as a prime engine of growth along the process …

Based on a theoretical consideration of human capital production technology, this study
empirically investigates the growth implication of dispersion of population distribution in …

Is there a trade-off between inequality and economic growth? The theory and the evidence
are inconclusive. In the 1950es and 60es a prevalent view was that inequality leads to …

Earlier economic growth studies are extended to account for simultaneity between economic
growth and human capital accumulation. The speed of income convergence and …