کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
957466 928527 2008 30 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Uncertainty and the specificity of human capital
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Uncertainty and the specificity of human capital
چکیده انگلیسی
This paper studies the choice between general and specific human capital. A trade-off arises because general human capital, while less productive, can easily be reallocated across firms. Accordingly, the fraction of individuals with specific human capital depends on the amount of uncertainty in the economy. Our model implies that while economies with more specific human capital tend to be more productive, they also tend to be more vulnerable to turbulence. As such, our theory sheds some light on the experience of Japan, where human capital is notoriously specific: while Japan benefited from this predominately specific labor force in tranquil times, this specificity may also have been at the heart of its prolonged stagnation.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Economic Theory - Volume 143, Issue 1, November 2008, Pages 469-498
نویسندگان
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