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On Some Undesirable Consequences of Education and Growth

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  • Pierre Cahuc
  • Fabien Postel-Vinay

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This paper presents a simple endogenous growth model with human capital accumulation in which competition in the educational system can lead to over-education, with rapid output growth and a simultaneous decline in welfare along a balance growth path in some circumstances. This illustrates the idea that satisfaction is not straightforwardly related to economic prosperity. Specifically, our model suggests that more elitist societies and societies with higher wage differentials may do better in terms of growth but worse in terms of welfare.

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  • Pierre Cahuc & Fabien Postel-Vinay, 2000. "On Some Undesirable Consequences of Education and Growth," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE), Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen, vol. 156(3), pages 445-445, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:mhr:jinste:urn:sici:0932-4569(200009)156:3_445:osucoe_2.0.tx_2-5
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    • D62 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Externalities
    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • O41 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - One, Two, and Multisector Growth Models

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