Intelligence, Social Mobility, and Growth
John Hassler, Jose V. Rodriguez Mora
American Economic Review · 2000 · Volume 90 · Issue 4
Abstract
We develop a model where the allocation of human resources, intergenerational social mobility, and technological growth are jointly determined. High growth endogenously increases the equilibrium return to innate cognitive ability and makes the allocation of individuals depend more on innate ability and less on social background. Individuals with a higher level of innate cognitive ability can deal better with less known, bur more productive, technologies and thus choose a higher rate of technological growth. A social allocation based on innate ability and high growth will thus reinforce each other, implying the possibility of multiple endogenous growth equilibrium.
Keywords
Economic Development: Human Resources, Human Development, Income Distribution, Migration, Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General, Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility, Promotion
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