The effect of population growth on economic growth: A meta-regression analysis of the macroeconomic literature

Population and Development Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-248

  Headey, Derek D ^a   Hodge, Andrew ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; MACROECONOMICS; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 67549093139     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2009.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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