Population, population density and technological change

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 611-626

  Klasen, Stephan ^a,b,c   Nestmann, Thorsten ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endogenous growth; Population density; Population growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745625835     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-005-0031-1     Document Type: Article

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