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On human capital accumulation in times of epidemic

Abstract

Can a policy-independent epidemic dynamics change agents' optimal consumption-investment decisions and by so much so that an economy based on human capital and labor à la Lucas (1988) would reach a steady state and stagnate instead of thriving and reaching a Balanced Growth Path? We prove here that, under strictly decreasing returns on human capital, the economy will optimally reach a steady state in levels. Conversely, under constant returns, the economy will experience a balanced growth either from the beginning if preferences are logarithmic, or asymptotically otherwise.

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halshs-04164371 , version 1 (18-07-2023)

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Stefano Bosi, Carmen Camacho, David Desmarchelier. On human capital accumulation in times of epidemic. 2023. ⟨halshs-04164371⟩
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