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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Essays on Economic *Growth

Abstract

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The second chapter takes explicitly into account the link between human capital accumulation and technological progress. Human capital accumulation in the spirit of Lucas (1988) is introduced into the R&D-based model of Romer (1990). The steady-state solution for the decentralized economy follows a growth-accounting exercise which provides quantitative information regarding the sources of growth. The model is calibrated to data and parameter estimates from various studies. It turns out that human capital accumulation explains a significant part of the growth influence of the Solow residual. The chapter concludes with an analysis of the long-run effects of changes in selected model parameters.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Economics
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Psarianos, Iacovos
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Villamil, Anne P.

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI3017186
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85505

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2026-07-22
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citation

Psarianos, Iacovos. Essays on Economic *Growth. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/85505