On-the-job human capital accumulation in a real business cycle model: Implications for intertemporal substitution elasticity and labor hoarding

Review of Economic Dynamics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 494-518

  Kim, Daehaeng ^a   Lee, Chul In ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Human capital investment; Intertemporal substitution; Labor hoarding

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347387339     PISSN: 10942025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.red.2007.04.003     Document Type: Article

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