Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/46002 
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Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5469
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The demographic transition is introduced into the otherwise standard Ramsey model to generate multiple equilibria, poverty traps, and demography-driven cycles. The model is calibrated for global data to explore the demographic conditions under which multiplicity is realized. Three cases arise, referring either to unique or multiple equilibria, and to transitional cycles. The calibrated model shows that multiple equilibria can explain a considerable fraction of the global income gap. The model provides a test to distinguish the trapped countries from those which just suffer from a long-lasting demographic recession, showing that the latter are more common than the former. Therefore, the economic effects of the demographic transition, even though considerable, are temporary rather than permanent.
Subjects: 
demographic transition
optimal growth
multiple equilibria
poverty traps
calibrations
JEL: 
O41
O11
J11
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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