European Union economic growth and the age structure of the population

Economic Change and Restructuring

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 159-187

  Lindh, Thomas ^a   Malmberg, Bo ^a,b  

^a Institutet för Framtidsstudier   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing populations; Demography and growth; Europe

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EUROPEAN UNION; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; GROWTH RATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OECD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 68449085997     PISSN: 15739414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10644-008-9057-1     Document Type: Article

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