Population, Earth Carrying Capacity and Economic Growth

Giovanni Scarano ()

Rivista di Politica Economica, 2011, issue 2, 149-166

Abstract: This paper deals with the interaction between population growth and capital accumulation in an ecological perspective. Some demographic behaviours are modelled taking an ecological economics approach and combining the effects of technical progress geared to prevent decline in the marginal productivity of capital with the logistic growth model. Connection between the biological side and the economic side of the model is achieved by connecting the ecological concept of carrying capacity with that of subsistence, a very "classical" economic concept, strictly consistent with Malthus’ original approach. The economic analysis of the model is implemented with a growth accounting approach.

Keywords: population growth; carrying capacity; economic growth; subsistence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J10 O41 Q56 Q57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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