The role of demography on per capita output growth and saving rates

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1347-1377

  Sánchez Romero, Miguel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Demography; Income growth; Investment rates; Overlapping generations; Saving rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884977879     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-012-0447-3     Document Type: Article

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