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Akiomi Kitagawa () (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
Ryo Horii () (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
Koichi Futagami () (Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)

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Using an overlapping generations model, this note shows that an improvement in the efficiency of human capital production decreases the net income of the young household while increasing that of the old. Without compensating redistribution, it deteriorates lifetime utilities of all generations except for the initial old households.

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Paper provided by Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics and Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) in its series Discussion Papers in Economics and Business with number 04-15.

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Date of creation: Jul 2004
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Handle: RePEc:osk:wpaper:04-15

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Keywords: human capital; intergenerational income distribution; overlapping generations.;

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J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
O15 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance

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