Author : Wolfgang Kuhle
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN 13 : 9783631573525
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (735 download)
Book Synopsis The Optimum Growth Rate for Population in the Neoclassical Overlapping Generations Model by : Wolfgang Kuhle
Download or read book The Optimum Growth Rate for Population in the Neoclassical Overlapping Generations Model written by Wolfgang Kuhle and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the course of the last century, birth rates in the OECD have fallen significantly. This study is concerned with the long run factor price and welfare implications of this decline in birth rates. The relevant models, i.e. the pure consumption loan economy, the neoclassical one-sector growth model, variations of the neoclassical overlapping generations model, and the economic dependency approach are utilized to answer this question. The study features exact general conditions for the existence of an interior optimum growth rate for population in the neoclassical overlapping generations model and, hence, is closing a gap in the preceding literature. Subsequent empirical testing suggests that these conditions for the validity of the Serendipity Theorem are probably satisfied.