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Public vs Private Schooling in an Endogenous Growth Model

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Luís Francisco Aguiar-Conraria () (Universidade do Minho - NIPE, Department of Economics - Cornell University)

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I present an overlapping generations model, with formal education as the engine of growth, close to Glomm and RaviKumar (1992). Contrary to Glomm and Ravikumar, I Show that public schooling, when compared to a private system, may stimulate economic growth.

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Paper provided by NIPE - Universidade do Minho in its series NIPE Working Papers with number 7/2004.

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  3. Glomm, Gerhard & Ravikumar, B, 1992. "Public versus Private Investment in Human Capital Endogenous Growth and Income Inequality," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 100(4), pages 813-34, August.
  4. Zhang, Jie, 1996. " Optimal Public Investments in Education and Endogenous Growth," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 98(3), pages 387-404.
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