The U.S. and other western economies are experiencing dramatic changes in growth and age structure of their populations … population growth rates …

is not embedded in extant unified growth models. We develop a model which can endogenously account for these facts, where … unskilled-labor-biased. Increasing basic knowledge causes a growth takeoff, an income-led demand for fewer educated children …

dramatically alters this prediction. Even though China is aging rapidly, its saving behavior, growth rate, and fiscal policies are …

For decades, economists and social thinkers have debated the influence of population change on economic growth. Three … alternative positions define this debate: that population growth restricts, promotes, or is independent of economic growth … size and growth. In recent years, however, the debate has under-emphasized a critical issue, the age structure of the …