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dc.contributor.authorGrossmann, Volkeren
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-29-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:30:51Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:30:51Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34930-
dc.description.abstractR&D-based growth theory suggests that a larger population size raises either the long-run rate of economic growth (strong scale effect) or the level of per capita income (weak scale effect), with far-reaching policy implications. However, for modern times there is little empirical support for strong scale effects and evidence in favor of weak scale effects is mixed, at best. This paper develops a simple overlapping-generations framework with endogenous occupational choice of heterogeneous agents and entrepreneurial innovations in which any form of scale effect is absent. A higher population growth rate has a negligible, possibly negative effect on the long-run growth rate of per capita income. Long-run growth is sustained also in absence of population growth and generally is policy-dependent.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3389en
dc.subject.jelO10en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordEconomic growthen
dc.subject.keywordendogenous technical changeen
dc.subject.keywordentrepreneurial skillsen
dc.subject.keywordpopulation growthen
dc.subject.keywordscale effectsen
dc.subject.stwUnternehmeren
dc.subject.stwEndogener technischer Fortschritten
dc.subject.stwNeue Wachstumstheorieen
dc.subject.stwBevölkerungswachstumen
dc.subject.stwSkalenertragen
dc.subject.stwSozialprodukten
dc.subject.stwTheorieen
dc.titleEntrepreneurial innovation and sustained long-run growth without weak or strong scale effects-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn560862059en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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