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Is there a long-run relationship between population growth and living standards? The case of India

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  • P. J. Dawson
  • Richard Tiffin

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This note examines the existence of a long-run, cointegrating relationship between population and per capita GDP in India for 1950-93. Unit root tests show that per capita GDP is integrated of order one while population is integrated of order zero; further, estimation of the bi-variate relationship using the cointegration procedure of Johansen shows that no long-run relationship exists. Thus, population growth neither causes per capita income growth nor is caused by it. A corollary is that population growth neither stimulates per capita income growth nor detracts from it.

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  • P. J. Dawson & Richard Tiffin, 1998. "Is there a long-run relationship between population growth and living standards? The case of India," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(5), pages 149-156.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:34:y:1998:i:5:p:149-156
    DOI: 10.1080/00220389808422540
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