Education and growth with endogenous debt constraints |
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Authors: | David de la Croix Philippe Michel |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Economics and CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain, Place Montesquieu 3, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium;(2) GREQAM, Marseilles, France |
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Abstract: | When future human capital cannot be alienated, households are allowed to borrow up to the point where it is in their own interest not to default. In such a framework, endogenous borrowing limits arise as the outcome of individual rationality constraint. In a model where education is the engine of growth, we show that endogenous borrowing constraints imply global indeterminacy. Comparing outcomes across the various equilibria we show that the relation between growth and yields is hump-shaped. Maximum growth can arise in an equilibrium with binding borrowing constraints, specially if the elasticity of human capital to education spending is large. Deepening financial markets promotes long-run growth in the case of a poverty trap, but not necessarily otherwise. On the methodological side, our approach stresses the importance of studying borrowing limits in general equilibrium, not only in small open economies. Philippe Michel passed away on July 22, 2004. His death is a great loss for his friends and for the overlapping generations and optimal control community. |
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Keywords: | Financial depth Borrowing constraints Indeterminacy Incentive compatibility |
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