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Education, borrowing constraints and growth

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This paper studies the effects of educational borrowing constraints on economic growth and welfare. We consider a three-period-lived overlapping generations model in which individuals finance their educational expenditures by borrowing. We show that if the elasticity of human capital to educational expenditure is great enough, the relationship between the tightness of the constraints and the growth rate is inverted-U shaped when the constraints are binding. Moreover, when the constraints cease to be binding, the growth rate is constant. We also show that a relaxation of the constraints cannot be Pareto improving even if the growth rate rises.

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  • Kitaura, Koji, 2012. "Education, borrowing constraints and growth," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 116(3), pages 575-578.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:116:y:2012:i:3:p:575-578
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.05.053
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    Keywords

    Education; Borrowing constraints; Economic growth;
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    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth
    • O16 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Financial Markets; Saving and Capital Investment; Corporate Finance and Governance
    • O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models

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