Demographic structure and growth: The effect of unfunded social security

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 100
Issue: 2
Pages: 288-291

Authors (2)

Ito, Hiroyuki (not in RePEc) Tabata, Ken (Kwansei Gakuin University)

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper examines how demographics affect economic growth in an OLG model with unfunded social security. We derive two interesting results. First, the relationship between population growth and per capita output growth is hump shaped. Second, the relationship between life expectancy and per capita output growth is also hump shaped.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:100:y:2008:i:2:p:288-291
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29