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This paper demonstrates that the non-inheritability of human capital makes investment in it fundamentally different from investment in physical capital when lifetime is uncertain. A simple two-period model is used to highlight the effect of lifetime uncertainty on the optimal investment in human capital with and without markets for life insurance.
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