从物质资本积累到人力资本积累:不平等与发展过程

From Physical to Human Capital Accumulation: Inequality and the Process of Development

Review of Economic Studies · 2004
被引 1241 · 同刊同年前 5%
人大 A+FT50ABS 4*

中文导读

构建了一个增长理论,解释在发展过程中增长引擎从物质资本积累转向人力资本积累,并论证不平等对增长的影响在这一过程中发生了逆转。

Abstract

This paper develops a growth theory that captures the replacement of physical capital accumulation by human capital accumulation as a prime engine of growth along the process of development. It argues that the positive impact of inequality on the growth process was reversed in this process. In early stages of the Industrial Revolution, when physical capital accumulation was the prime source of growth, inequality stimulated development by channelling resources towards individuals with a higher propensity to save. As human capital emerged as a growth engine, equality alleviated adverse effects of credit constraints on human capital accumulation, stimulating the growth process. Copyright 2004, Wiley-Blackwell.

不平等物质资本积累人力资本积累经济增长