Human Capital, the Structure of Production, and Growth

55 Pages Posted: 6 Jan 2006

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Antonio Ciccone

Universitat Pompeu Fabra - Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Elias Papaioannou

London Business School; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

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Date Written: November 2005

Abstract

Do high levels of human capital foster economic growth by facilitating technology adoption? If so, countries with more human capital should have adopted more rapidly the skilled-labour augmenting technologies becoming available since the 1970's. High human capital levels should therefore have translated into fast growth in more compared to less human-capital-intensive industries in the 1980's. Theories of international specialization point to human capital accumulation as another important determinant of growth in human-capital-intensive industries. Using data for a large sample of countries, we find significant positive effects of human capital levels and human capital accumulation on output and employment growth in human-capital-intensive industries.

Keywords: Human Capital, growth, structure of production

JEL Classification: E13, F11, O11

Suggested Citation

Ciccone, Antonio and Papaioannou, Elias, Human Capital, the Structure of Production, and Growth (November 2005). CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5354, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=874099

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