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The timing of the demographic transition and economic growth

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  • Cervellati, Matteo
  • Meyerheim, Gerrit
  • Sunde, Uwe

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This research provides novel evidence that the time since the onset of the demographic transition affects growth dynamics across countries and within countries. This sheds light on a factor that has been neglected in the existing empirical growth literature. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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  • Cervellati, Matteo & Meyerheim, Gerrit & Sunde, Uwe, 2019. "The timing of the demographic transition and economic growth," Munich Reprints in Economics 78230, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:lmu:muenar:78230
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    JEL classification:

    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity

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