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Review of Economic Studies Vol. 62 No. 1 1995

Learning, Matching and Growth

Derek Laing1; Theodore Palivos2; Ping Wang1

1 Pennsylvania State University · 2 Louisiana State University

Abstract

We examine an endogenous growth model in which market frictions are an integral part of the economic environment. Workers invest in education when young, which raises their productivity once employed. The level of schooling also acts as a key determinant of the rate of economic growth by influencing workers' ability to accumulate additional human capital on-the-job. Once schooling is completed, workers search for employment. The division of the surplus between vacancies and searching workers is characterized, as is the optimal level of education. The economy may display multiple steady-state growth paths.

DOI
10.2307/2297844
Volume
62
Issue
1
Pages
115
Sources
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