This study examines the impact of demographic change and urbanization on economic growth in Indonesia from 1960-2007. The analysis shows that economic growth is positively related to both the level and the rate of change of the working age population. Economic growth is also positively...

A large literature documents the positive influence of a city's skill structure on its rate of economic growth. By contrast, the effect of a city's age structure on its economic growth has been a hitherto largely neglected area of research. This paper hypothesizes that cities with more...