Browsing FGV EPGE - Ensaios Econômicos by Subject "Capital humano"
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Economic growth and complementarity between stages of human capital
2016-06-29We study the impact of the different stages of human capital accumulation on the evolution of labor productivity in a model calibrated to the U.S. from 1961 to 2008. We add early childhood education to a standard continuous ... -
The evolution of international output differences (1960-2000): From factors to productivity
2004-06-01This article presents a group of exercises of level and growth decomposition of output per worker using cross-country data from 1960 to 2000. It is shown that at least until 1975 factors of production (capital and education) ... -
A model of mixed signals with applications to countersignaling an the GED
2004-07-01We develop a job-market signaling model where signals may convey two pieces of information. This model is employed to study the GED exam and countersignaling (signals non-monotonic in ability). A result of the model is ... -
Um modelo de acumulação de capital físico e humano: um diálogo com a economia do trabalho
1999-04-01Neste trabalho faz-se um modelo de gerações sobrepostas em tempo contínuo de acumulação de capital físico e humano em que o capital humano é incorporado da forma como tratado pelos economistas do trabalho: (i)é um fator ... -
The risk-properties of human capital and the design of government policies
2004-07-01Whether human capital increases or decreases wage uncertainty is an open question from an empirical standpoint. Yet, most policy prescriptions regarding human capital formation are based on models that impose riskiness on ...
