This paper examines the relationship between population growth and economic growth of China at both the national level and provincial level. We base our specification on a version of neoclassical Solow model and incorporates the one child policy implemented in 1979 as a policy variable. At the...

This paper develops a unified growth model that captures the historical evolution of population, technology, and output. It encompasses the endogenous transition between three regimes that have characterized economic development. The economy evolves from a Malthusian regime, where technological...