Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202788 
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Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12442
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Paul Samuelson made a series of important contributions to population theory for humans and other species, evolutionary theory, and the theory of age structured life cycles in economic equilibrium and growth. The work is highly abstract but much of it was intended to illuminate issues of compelling policy importance, such as declining fertility and population aging. While his work in population economics has been very influential, his work in population and evolution appears to have been largely overlooked, perhaps because he seldom published in demographic journals or went to population meetings. Here I discuss his many contributions in all these areas, but give particular attention to demographic aspects of his famous work on overlapping generation models, social security systems, and population growth.
Subjects: 
Samuelson
overlapping generations
social security
population growth rate
reproductive value
population cycles
intergenerational transfers
predator-prey
altruism
JEL: 
J11
J18
Q57
H55
D64
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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