Product variety and the demographic transition

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  • Ricardo Andrés Guzmán
  • Jacob Louis Weisdorf
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.
Original languageEnglish
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume107
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)74–76
Number of pages3
ISSN0165-1765
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

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