Declining population and GDP growth

Theodore P. Lianos, Anastasia Pseiridis and Nicholas Tsounis
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Theodore P. Lianos: Athens University of Economics and Business
Nicholas Tsounis: University of Western Macedonia

Palgrave Communications, 2023, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Businesspeople and politicians seem to be afraid that population reduction will be accompanied by economic recession. In this paper we examine the experience of some countries of various sizes in which population has been declining and observe how GDP, GDP per capita, unemployment rate, and labour force participation rate are evolving during the period that population is declining. Using the pooled mean group (PMG) estimation method, we find that population decline can go hand in hand with growing GDP and increasing per capita GDP, and at the same time the labour participation rate may increase and unemployment may fall.

Date: 2023
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