The non-monotonous impact of population growth on economic prosperity

Klaus Prettner

Economics Letters, 2014, vol. 124, issue 1, 93-95

Abstract: We reconcile theory and evidence on the relationship between economic prosperity and population growth in an R&D-based growth model. We show that the negative effect of population growth outweighs the positive effect in industrialized countries with well-developed public education sectors.

Keywords: Human capital accumulation; Population growth; Technological progress; Economic growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I25 J24 O11 O31 O41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2014.04.031

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