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GROWTH AND WAGE INEQUALITY IN A SCALE‐INDEPENDENT MODEL WITH R&D AND HUMAN‐CAPITAL ACCUMULATION

OSCAR AFONSO

CEFUP, † Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto

Manuscript received 12.10.07; final version received 3.7.08.

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First published: 24 February 2010
Cited by: 2

CEFUP—Centro de Economia e Finanças da Universidade do Porto—is supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal.

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Abstract

We present a dynamic, non‐scale general equilibrium model with two human‐capital types where Schumpeterian R&D and human‐capital accumulation are the engines of growth and wage inequality. In particular, wage inequality is encouraged by relative changes in supply and demand of both human‐capital types. Relative supply restricts employed human‐capital levels. Relative demand is instantly affected by a new general‐purpose technology and, as in the skill‐biased technological change literature, by technological‐knowledge bias. By considering substitutability between technologies and complementarity between inputs, the bias is driven by the price channel (not by the market‐size channel) and is affected by human‐capital accumulation.

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