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Article: Population growth and economic growth: A reconsideration

TitlePopulation growth and economic growth: A reconsideration
Authors
KeywordsEconomic growth
Neo-Malthusian relation
Population growth
Issue Date1996
PublisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ecolet
Citation
Economics Letters, 1996, v. 52 n. 3, p. 319-324 How to Cite?
AbstractIn an endogenous growth model with endogenous fertility, a neo-Malthusian relation emerges only when all exogenous variables are controlled for. This suggests that conflicting findings in the literature may originate from heterogeneity in unobserved variables in cross-country panel data sets. | The relationship between population growth and development has long been a controversial topic in the economic development literature. Early work by Hoover and Coale and more recent work by Blanchet suggest that high fertility suppresses per capita income growth. However, recent work by Kelley and Srinivasan are ambivalent about such a neo-Malthusian relationship between population growth and economic growth. The authors examine these conflicting positions. They emphasize that the rates of both population growth and income growth are endogenous variables within a general equilibrium framework. An endogenous growth model with endogenous fertility is then developed. It is found that when all exogenous variables are controlled for, there exists an inverse relation between population growth and economic growth. However, when some exogenous factors change, such as an improvement in technological progress, the relation becomes ambiguous. This suggests that the conflicting findings in the literature may be because of the presence of substantial heterogeneity in unobserved variables across countries and over time in cross-country panel data sets.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/177657
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dc.contributor.authorZhang, Jen_US
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dc.date.issued1996en_US
dc.identifier.citationEconomics Letters, 1996, v. 52 n. 3, p. 319-324en_US
dc.identifier.issn0165-1765en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/177657-
dc.description.abstractIn an endogenous growth model with endogenous fertility, a neo-Malthusian relation emerges only when all exogenous variables are controlled for. This suggests that conflicting findings in the literature may originate from heterogeneity in unobserved variables in cross-country panel data sets. | The relationship between population growth and development has long been a controversial topic in the economic development literature. Early work by Hoover and Coale and more recent work by Blanchet suggest that high fertility suppresses per capita income growth. However, recent work by Kelley and Srinivasan are ambivalent about such a neo-Malthusian relationship between population growth and economic growth. The authors examine these conflicting positions. They emphasize that the rates of both population growth and income growth are endogenous variables within a general equilibrium framework. An endogenous growth model with endogenous fertility is then developed. It is found that when all exogenous variables are controlled for, there exists an inverse relation between population growth and economic growth. However, when some exogenous factors change, such as an improvement in technological progress, the relation becomes ambiguous. This suggests that the conflicting findings in the literature may be because of the presence of substantial heterogeneity in unobserved variables across countries and over time in cross-country panel data sets.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherElsevier BV. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ecoleten_US
dc.relation.ispartofEconomics Lettersen_US
dc.subjectEconomic growth-
dc.subjectNeo-Malthusian relation-
dc.subjectPopulation growth-
dc.subject.meshDemographyen_US
dc.subject.meshEconomicsen_US
dc.subject.meshModels, Theoreticalen_US
dc.subject.meshPopulationen_US
dc.subject.meshPopulation Dynamicsen_US
dc.subject.meshPopulation Growthen_US
dc.titlePopulation growth and economic growth: A reconsiderationen_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S0165-1765(96)00876-2en_US
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