Product Variety and the Demographic Transition

TY - UNPB

T1 - Product Variety and the Demographic Transition

AU - Guzmán, Ricardo Andrés

AU - Weisdorf, Jacob Louis

N1 - JEL classification: J13, N30, O10

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - Why does the rate of population growth decline in the face of economic growth? We show that growing product variety may induce a permanent reduction in the demand for children and a continuous rise in income and consumption.

AB - Why does the rate of population growth decline in the face of economic growth? We show that growing product variety may induce a permanent reduction in the demand for children and a continuous rise in income and consumption.

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - demand for children

KW - Malthus

M3 - Working paper

BT - Product Variety and the Demographic Transition

PB - Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen

ER -