Land and population growth in the Solow growth model: Some empirical evidence

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2010
Volume: 109
Issue: 2
Pages: 66-68

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Abstract

The Solow model with land predicts that the effect of population growth on the growth rate of income per capita decreases with the share of agriculture. This paper shows that the empirical evidence is consistent with this theoretical prediction.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:109:y:2010:i:2:p:66-68
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-25