Trading population for productivity: Theory and evidence

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This research argues that the differential effect of international trade on the demand for human capital across countries has been a major determinant of the distribution of income and population across the globe. In developed countries the gains from trade have been directed towards investment in education and growth in income per capita, whereas a significant portion of these gains in less developed economies have been channeled towards population growth. Cross-country regressions establish that indeed trade has positive effects on fertility and negative effects on education in non-OECD economies, while inducing fertility decline and human capital formation in OECD economies.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper ; No. 2008-2

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General ; Neoclassical Models of Trade ; Economic Growth of Open Economies ; Demographic Economics: General ; Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: General, International, or Comparative
• Subject: International Trade ; Demographic Transition ; Growth ; Human Capital ; Außenwirtschaft ; Industrialisierung ; Internationale Arbeitsteilung ; Humankapital ; Technischer Fortschritt ; Welt

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Galor, Oded ; Mountford, Andrew
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Brown University, Department of Economics
• (where): Providence, RI
• (when): 2008

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/62637
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET