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Quantifying the Effects of the Demographic Transition in Developing Economies

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  • Attanasio Orazio P.

    () (University College London)

  • Kitao Sagiri

    () (New York University)

  • Violante Giovanni L.

    () (New York University)

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This paper evaluates quantitatively the impact of the observed demographic transition on aggregate variables (factor prices, saving rate, output growth), and on inter-generational welfare in developing economies. It does so by developing a large-scale two-region equilibrium overlapping generations model calibrated to the North (more developed countries) and the South (less developed countries). The paper highlights that the effects of the demographic trends for less developed regions may depend on the degree of international capital mobility and on the extent to which the large Pay-As-You-Go systems in place in the more developed world will be reformed.

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  • Attanasio Orazio P. & Kitao Sagiri & Violante Giovanni L., 2006. "Quantifying the Effects of the Demographic Transition in Developing Economies," The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, De Gruyter, vol. 6(1), pages 1-44, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bejmac:v:advances.6:y:2006:i:1:n:2
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