The low-skill, low-quality trap: strategic complementarities between human capital and R & D
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Human capital and R & D investments are examined to determine their relationship and their effect on long-term economic growth. Comparison of two resultant equilibria, "low-skills" and high-skills", indicate complimentary attributes between the two investments. However, The "low skill" equilibrium may result in an economy with low per capita income and growth rate. This "low skill" trap, which entails low quality products, may be remedied by effective government policies on education and training.
Publication Name: Economic Journal
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0013-0133
Year: 1996
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Trade, technology, and wages: general equilibrium mechanics
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An examination of wage inequality and international trade in a general equilibrium context reveals that such a context is still a viable modeling medium to explain many economic phenomena, especially in tracing the connection between international trade and wage inequality. The general equilibrium model is still effective even its simplest form, the 2 by 2 factor endowment, in supporting the Stolper-Samuelson effects of international trade on wages.
Publication Name: Economic Journal
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0013-0133
Year: 1998
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