This paper analyzes Spanish economic growth and the effect of interaction between human capital accumulation and sectoral structure. Data show significant differences in sectoral human capital stocks per worker for the period 1965-95. When tested, the effect of human capital, both as an input and as a determinant of total factor productivity (TFP) growth, varies greatly. In manufacturing, construction and services, we find a positive and significant effect, but in agriculture and energy the rise in workers¿ schooling levels seem to be just a problem of overeducation. Finally, human capital accumulation has made the transformation of the Spanish economy towards the most dynamic and productive sectors easier, promoting the aggregate TFP. Este trabajo analiza el crecimiento económico español con especial énfasis en la interacción entre acumulación de capital humano y dinámica sectorial. Se distinguen cinco sectores productivos para los que se constata la existencia de significativas diferencias en las dotaciones educativas a lo largo del periodo 1964-1995. Por otra parte, al analizar empíricamente el crecimiento regional, la influencia del capital humano en estos sectores, bien directamente como factor productivo, bien como determinante del crecimiento de la productividad total de los factores, varía considerablemente. En los sectores secundarios y terciarios la acumulación de capital humano parece haber impulsado el crecimiento, mientras que en los primarios la mejora de los niveles educativos parece constituir un simple fenómeno de sobrecualificación. Finalmente, la creciente formación de los ocupados parece haber facilitado la transformación del aparato productivo hacia los sectores más dinámicos y productivos aumentando de este modo la productividad total de los factores agregada.
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Paper provided by Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie) in its series Working Papers. Serie EC with number
1998-04.
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