TY  - JOUR
AU  - Brander,James A.
AU  - Dowrick,Steve
TI  - The Role of Fertility and Population in Economic Growth:  Empirical ResultsFrom Aggregate Cross-National Data
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 4270
PY  - 1993
Y2  - February 1993
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4270
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w4270.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
James A. Brander
University of British Columbia
Faculty of Commerce
2053 Main Mall
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z2  CANADA
Tel: 604/822-8483
Fax: 604/822-8477
E-Mail: brander@sauder.ubc.ca

Steve Dowrick
Department of Economics, RSSS
Australia National University
Canberra Act 0200
AUSTRALIA
E-Mail: steve.dowrick@anu.edu.au
AB  - Two recently improved sets of cross-country panel data are combined in order
to re-examine the effects of population growth and fertility on economic
growth. Using a 107 country panel data set covering 1960-85, we find that
high birth rates appear to reduce economic growth through investment effects
and possibly through "capital dilution", although classic resource dilution is not
evident in the data. Most significantly, however, birth rate declines have a
strong medium-term positive impact on per capita income growth through
labour supply or "dependency" effects.
ER  -