• Title of article

    Population growth and steady state welfare in an overlapping generations model

  • Author/Authors

    Partha Sen، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    325
  • To page
    329
  • Abstract
    In one-sector growth models, an increase in the population growth rate raises the economyʹs growth rate but lowers steady-state welfare (or consumption per capita). I show that in a two-sector overlapping generations model it can raise the steady-state welfare.
  • Keywords
    Economic growth , Population growth , Wages , Two sector models , Overlapping generations
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    435938