贸易与个体人力资本投资:研究综述及展望

Trade and Individual Human Capital Investment:Review and Prospect

中文关键词:  贸易  人力资本投资  教育  个体能力  技能溢价  企业异质性

英文关键词:trade  human capital investment  education  individual ability  skill premium  firm heterogeneity

中文摘要:

      劳动经济学与国际贸易理论的交叉已成为国际贸易前沿研究领域。自新贸易理论创建以来,人力资本对经济以及贸易发展的重要作用受到广泛关注,考察人力资本驱动因素对一国经济增长的重要性也日渐凸显。经济由封闭转向开放过程中,贸易通过本地劳动力市场就业、技能溢价等多种渠道,影响个体人力资本投资的预期收益与机会成本,并最终作用于个体人力资本投资决策。系统梳理了理论文献中内生人力资本嵌入国际贸易分析框架,强调了个人能力在理论建模中的重要作用；从直接效应和间接效应两方面出发,归纳总结了经验研究中贸易影响个体人力资本投资的多种渠道。在评述文献的基础上,结合中国发展实践提出了未来可能的研究方向。

英文摘要:

      The intersection of labor economics and international trade theory has become the forefront of international trade research. Since the creation of the new trade theory, the important role of human capital in economic and trade development has drawn wide attention. Research on human capital or educational drivers is increasingly important to a nation's economic growth. When a closed-economy turns to open, trade through various mechanisms such as local labor market employment, skill premium, etc. will ultimately affect the expected return and opportunity cost of individual education investment and will act on individual education investment decisions. This paper systematically combs the framework of international trade analysis of endogenous human capital embedded in the theoretical literature, emphasizing on the important role of individual ability in theoretical modeling. From the two aspects of direct effect and indirect effect, it summarizes the various ways of trade impact on individual human capital in empirical research. Based on literature review and combined with the practice in China's development, this paper tries to put forward the possible future research directions.