We introduce into a human-capital based growth framework utility from self-esteem, driven by academic achievements. Self-esteem, through its effect on human capital, is shown to shape the intertemporal evolution and the persistence of income inequality, in general, and across population groups. Inequality persistence is obtained because of the wedge that the self-esteem component creates between households whose academic achievements are high enough as opposed to those whose achievements are insufficiently low. Among the several extensions, it is shown that controlling parenting style can exacerbate income inequality while reducing children’s self-esteem.

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人力资本、自尊和收入不平等

我们引入了一个基于人力资本的增长框架，其效用来自于自尊，由学术成就驱动。通过对人力资本的影响，自尊被证明可以塑造总体上以及跨人群收入不平等的跨期演变和持续存在。不平等之所以持续存在，是因为自尊成分在学业成绩足够高的家庭与学业成绩不够低的家庭之间造成了楔子。在多项扩展中，研究表明，控制养育方式会加剧收入不平等，同时降低儿童的自尊。