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Equilibrium search model with endogenous growth rate of human capital

  • Wansheng TANG
  • , Chi ZHOU*
  • , Chaoqun XIAO
  • , Ruiqing ZHAO
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Journal PublicationsJournal Article (refereed)peer-review

Abstract

This article studies an equilibrium search problem when jobs provided by firms can be either unskilled or skilled and when workers differing in their education level can be either low-educated or high-educated. The structure proportion of jobs affects the equilibrium which indicates a threshold that can distinguish whether the equilibrium is separating or cross-skill. In addition, the cross-skill equilibrium solution implies the high-educated workers are more likely to obtain higher pay rates than the low-educated workers with same tenure. Moreover, the profits of the firms decrease as the number of the low-educated workers increases. The most interesting conclusion is that the growth rate of the human capital is an endogenous variable which is different from previous work.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)866-897
Number of pages32
JournalKybernetika
Volume52
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 71371133, 71131007), supported partially by Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No. 20120032110071), and supported partially by Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Universities of China.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Keywords

  • Contracts
  • Dynamic programming
  • Human capital
  • Job search
  • Market equilibrium

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