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Higher Education Subsidy Policy And R&D-Based Growth

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  • Morimoto, Takaaki
  • Tabata, Ken

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We examine how a subsidy policy for encouraging more individuals to pursue higher education affects economic growth in an overlapping generations model of R&D-based growth, including both product development and process innovation. We show that such a policy may have a negative effect on the long-run economic growth rate. When the market structure adjusts partially in the short run, the effect of an education subsidy on economic growth is ambiguous and depends on the values of the parameters. However, when the market structure adjusts fully in the long run, the education subsidy expands the number of firms but reduces economic growth. These unfavorable predictions of an education subsidy on economic growth are partly consistent with the empirical findings that mass higher education does not necessarily lead to higher economic growth.

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  • Morimoto, Takaaki & Tabata, Ken, 2020. "Higher Education Subsidy Policy And R&D-Based Growth," Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 24(8), pages 2129-2168, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:macdyn:v:24:y:2020:i:8:p:2129-2168_10
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    1. Tabata, Ken, 2024. "Redistributive policy and R&D-based growth," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    2. Minglu Wang & Peng Jing & Xi Lin, 2025. "The effectiveness of child policies to boost child quality and quantity in the PAYG pension system," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 12(1), pages 1-12, December.
    3. Xinran Liu, 2023. "Effects of free textbooks on academic performance: Evidence from China's compulsory education," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(4), pages 2518-2537, November.
    4. Xu, Heng & Pan, Shiyuan, 2025. "Policy combinations, high-quality population development, and China's economic growth: An endogenous fertility model," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 151(C).
    5. Ken Tabata, 2024. "Taxation of a Non-renewable Resource and Inequality in an R&D-based Growth Model," Discussion Paper Series 272, School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University.

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