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Human Capital and Growth

Lucas, Robert E.·2015·American Economic Review
DOI 10.1257/aer.p20151065
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This paper describes a growth model with the property that human capital accumulation can account for all observed growth. The model is shown to be consistent with evidence on individual productivities as measured by census earnings data. The central hypothesis is that we learn more when we interact with more productive people.

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Authors
Lucas, R. E.
Venue
American Economic Review
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
2015-05-01
Volume
105
Issue
5
Pages
85-88
ISSN
0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/aer.p20151065
OpenAlex
W2080823642
Cited by
1,012
References
17
FWCI
174.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
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