are more likely to have them. Consistent with the model, we find that higher population U.S. states have more pages of …. Overall, the data show that population is an empirically important determinant of regulation …

We assess the evidence on the contribution of changes in the population age structure to the changing fortunes of … youth cohort size. Finally, due to recent declines in fertility, some European countries will see reductions in the size of … youth population shares are projected to decline moderately or to increase …

developing countries. This paper presents a theoretical model which integrates micro-level decision making about fertility and … of this hypothesis. In this model, observation of a negative rate of return to children and positive population growth in … the rate of population growth is "too high" from a Paretian point of view; and (3) that each individual in current and all …

who are not born. We show how these concepts relate to the notion of Pareto-efficiency when fertility is exogenous. We …

carbon emissions accounting for the impacts of fertility on population growth, population age structure, and income per …We provide evidence that lower fertility can simultaneously increase income per capita and lower carbon emissions …, eliminating a trade-off central to most policies aimed at slowing global climate change. We estimate the effect of lower fertility …

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between public capital spending and population dynamics at the state … level. Empirically, we document two robust facts. First, states with faster population growth do not spend more (per capita …) to accommodate the needs of their growing population. Second, states whose population is more likely to leave do tend to …

GDP. This paper shows that changes in population growth provide a unified quantitative explanation for these long …-term changes. The mechanism goes through firm entry rates. A decrease in population growth lowers firm entry rates, shifting the …