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- Péter Földvári and Bas van Leeuwen, 'An Estimation of the Human Capital Stock in Eastern and Central Europe', Eastern European Economics, Vol. 43 (6) 2006, pp. 53-65. |
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Abstract of thesis |
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The analysis of endogenous economic growth may be subdivided into two broad
streams of theories. The main difference between these two groups rests
on whether a country is at the technological frontier. In less
developed countries (which are further from the technological frontier)
technologies can be adopted from abroad (Lucasian growth). Hence, their
human capital is used entirely to apply these technologies in the
productive process. As a country develops further (approaches the
technological frontier), it becomes increasingly difficult to adopt
technologies from abroad and, therefore, more and more of its own human
capital must be used to create new technologies (Romerian growth:
R&D). The remaining human capital is used to apply these new
technologies in the productive process. From this perspective it is not surprising that Japan moved from Lucasian to Romerian growth in the mid-twentieth century. In the first half of the century, Japan witnessed a strong growth of human capital. This led to a strong growth of the industrial sector and an increase in technological development which attributed to the switch to Romerian growth in the second half of the century. India and Indonesia, however, remained dominated by Lucasian growth. Not only was their per capita stock of human capital much lower than in Japan, but it was also less efficient. In addition, these countries were disadvantaged by their late economic development. It was no longer enough to employ enough secondary trained persons to generate technological development. Technological development started to take place at the level of higher education, a level where these countries had a relative disadvantage compared to more developed countries.
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