Capital accumulation and growth in Hungary, 1924–2006

Leeuwen, B. and Földvári, P. (2011) Capital accumulation and growth in Hungary, 1924–2006. Acta Oeconomica, 61 (2). pp. 143-164. ISSN 0001-6373

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Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyse the role of both human and physical capital in economic growth in Hungary during the 20^th century by extending the already available data on physical and human capital. Besides the standard measure for the volume of human capital, we develop a simple method to estimate the value of the human capital stock in Hungary between 1924 and 2006. While the volume index slowly grows over time, the value of human capital shows a decline during the late socialist period. Applying the value of human capital in a growth accounting analysis, we find that the Solow residual has no long-run effect on economic growth anymore.

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