A Discrete Heterogeneous-Group Economic Growth Model with Endogenous Leisure Time

A Discrete Heterogeneous-Group Economic Growth Model with Endogenous Leisure Time

This paper proposes a one-sector multigroup growth model with endogenous labor supply in discrete time. Proposing an alternative approach to behavior of households, we examine the dynamics of wealth and income distribution in a competitive economy with capital accumulation as the main engine of economic growth. We show how human capital levels, preferences, and labor force of heterogeneous hous...

A Discrete Economic Growth Model with Endogenous Labor

This paper proposes an alternative approach to economic growth with endogenous labor supply. The production side is the same as the Solow model, the Ramsey model, and the Diamond model. But we deal with the behavior of consumers differently from the traditional approaches by proposing a concept of disposable income (which is the sum of the wealth available for use, the current income from inter...

A two-sector model of endogenous growth with leisure externalities

This paper considers leisure externalities in a Lucas (1988) type model in which physical and human capital are necessary inputs in both sectors. In spite of a non-concave utility, the balanced growth path is always unique in our model which guarantees global stability for comparative-static exercises. We analyze and quantify the effects of preferences toward leisure on labor supply and welfare...

Existence of competitive equilibrium in an optimal growth model with heterogeneous agents and endogenous leisure∗

This paper proves the existence of competitive equilibrium in a single-sector dynamic economy with heterogeneous agents and elastic labor supply. The method of proof relies on some recent results concerning the existence of Lagrange multipliers in infinite dimensional spaces and their representation as a summable sequence and a direct application of the Brouwer fixed point theorem.

A Discrete Two-Sector Economic Growth Model