Learning-by-doing,population pressure,and the theory of demographic transition |
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Authors: | Strulik H |
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Institution: | (1) University of Hamburg, Department of Economics, Von Melle Park 5, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany (Fax: (0)40/4123-5547, e-mail: strulik@hermes1.econ.uni-hamburg.de), DE |
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Abstract: | The present paper discusses the long-run effects of two interdependent relations between economic and population growth.
According to a frequently used formulation of the population-push hypothesis, learning-by-doing effects in production lead
to increasing returns to scale and, therefore, to a positive correlation between economic and population growth. In accordance
to the theory of demographic transition the population growth rate initially increases with rising income levels and then
declines. Regarding this relationship, the existence and stability of a low-income equilibrium and a high-income equilibrium
will be shown in a neoclassical growth model. Under plausible conditions a demo-economic transition from the first to the
second steady-state takes place. The result yields a meaningful interpretation of the population-push hypothesis, which is
consistent with the empirical findings on the correlation between economic and population growth.
Received March 8, 1996 / Accepted October 24, 1996 |
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Keywords: | JEL classification: O11 J10 |
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