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Dynamic analysis of demographic change and human capital accumulation in an R&D-based growth model

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  • Kohei Okada

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Employing an overlapping-generations model of R&D-based growth with endogenous fertility, mortality, and education choice, we examine how demographic changes and human capital accumulation influence R&D activity. We show that multiple steady states can exist in this economy. One steady state has a high level of human capital and the other has a low level. In the steady state with high (low) level of human capital, there is a high (low) level of R&D activity, a low (high) fertility rate, and a high (low) old-age survival rate. In addition, we show that the government can steer an economy away from a poverty trap trajectory by investing in public health. We also show that an improvement in the government’s public health policy has an inverted U-shaped effect on the growth rate at the steady state.

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  • Kohei Okada, 2020. "Dynamic analysis of demographic change and human capital accumulation in an R&D-based growth model," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 130(3), pages 225-248, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jeczfn:v:130:y:2020:i:3:d:10.1007_s00712-020-00692-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s00712-020-00692-x
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    Demographic change; Human capital accumulation; R&D;
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    JEL classification:

    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
    • J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General

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