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The Role of Fertility and Population in Economic Growth: Empirical ResultsFrom Aggregate Cross-National Data / James A. Brander, Steve Dowrick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brander, James A.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w4270.
- NBER working paper series no. w4270
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- The Role of Fertility and Population in Economic Growth
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1993.
- Summary:
- Two recently improved sets of cross-country panel data are combined in order
- to re-examine the effects of population growth and fertility on economic
- growth. Using a 107 country panel data set covering 1960-85, we find that
- high birth rates appear to reduce economic growth through investment effects
- and possibly through "capital dilution", although classic resource dilution is not
- evident in the data. Most significantly, however, birth rate declines have a
- strong medium-term positive impact on per capita income growth through
- labour supply or "dependency" effects.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- February 1993.
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