Demographic transition, income distribution, and economic growth

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-52

  Dahan, Momi ^a   Tsiddon, Daniel ^b,c  

^a INTER AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c The Bank of Israel   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic transition; Economic growth; Human capital; Income distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003065221     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009769930916     Document Type: Article

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