Longevity, pollution and growth
We analyze the interplay between longevity, pollution and growth. We develop an OLG model where longevity, pollution and growth are endogenous. The authorities may provide two types of public services, public health and environmental maintenance, that participate to extend agents’ life expectancy and to sustain growth in the long term. We show that global dynamics might be featured by a high growth rate equilibrium, associated with longer life expectancy and an environmental poverty trap. We examine changes in public policies: increasing public intervention on health or environmental maintenance display opposite effects on global dynamics, i.e. on the size of the trap and on the level of the stable balanced growth path. On the contrary, each type of public policy induces a negative leverage on the long-run rate of growth.
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2014
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Authors: | Raffin, Natacha ; Seegmuller, Thomas |
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Mathematical Social Sciences. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-4896. - Vol. 69.2014, C, p. 22-33
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Elsevier |
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