 POPULATION DECLINE AND ITS CHALLENGES FOR ECONOMIC GROWTHSala Adrian Lucian
Annals - Economy Series, 2017, vol. 4, 237-255 Abstract: The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of population decline on economic growth in Romania compared with the large economies in the EU, by their implications on the main economic indicators of growth, GDP and GDP/capita. Population around the world, including in Romania, is in decline, which will continue to accelerate in the following decades. Statistics show that, in order to stop the population, decrease, the birth rate should remain above 2.1 children per woman. In developed countries, this rate is already below 2.1 and, in the developing countries, it will drop below this level in the next decades. Based on these facts, this article examines the following hypothesis: the population decline does not imply a decline in GDP or GDP/capita. There is no reason to believe that the GDP of a nation would suffer a decline as a result of its population numbers dwindling since the productive base of a nation will not dissolve. The research applies the statistical and econometrical methods. The data sets are from public official statistics. The expected results are that economic growth will maintain its level or will decrease at a pace slower than that recorded by the population. Keywords: population changes; economic growth; statistical methods (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:cbu:jrnlec:y:2017:v:4:p:237-255 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Annals - Economy Series from Constantin Brancusi University, Faculty of Economics Contact information at EDIRC. |
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