Population aging and endogenous economic growth

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 811-834

  Prettner, Klaus ^a,b  

^a HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demographic change; Long run economic growth; Technological progress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872876295     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-012-0441-9     Document Type: Article

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