Autore:
ZOABI, Hosny Titolo:
Talent Utilization, a Source of Bias in Measuring TFPPeriodico:
European University Institute of Badia Fiesolana (Fi). Department of Economics - Working papersAnno:
2007 - Fascicolo:
27 - Pagina iniziale:
1 - Pagina finale:
13This paper analyzes a model of economic growth that explains differences in economic structure across countries. It highlights the interplay between productivity, talents utilization and entrepreneurship incentives. The paper has two main results. First, it argues that when measuring human capital we ignore one dimension, which is "talents utilization". It is suggested then that, in development accounting, human capital is inaccurately measured. Second, it shows that the magnitude of talents utilization increases with the level of development. Thus, the paper suggests that talents utilization ampliflies dif- ferences in productivity and contributes to the explanation of large observed international differences in per capita income.
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