Based on a dynamic general equilibrium model we study how the composition of technical progress, along three dimensions, affects transitional dynamics, with an emphasis on the speed of convergence. The three dimensions are, first, the degree to which technical change is embodied, second, the...

Based on a general framework for computing the aggregate human capital stock under heterogeneity across population cohorts, the paper derives aggregate human capital stocks in the whole population and in the labor force, and relates these variables to average years of schooling and average work...