Land and population growth in the Solow growth model: Some empirical evidence

Georgios Karras

Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 109, issue 2, 66-68

Abstract: The Solow model with land predicts that the effect of population growth on the growth rate of income per capita decreases with the share of agriculture. This paper shows that the empirical evidence is consistent with this theoretical prediction.

Keywords: Solow; model; Population; growth; Agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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