Macroeconomists acknowledge the contribution of human capital to economic growth, but their empirical studies define … human capital solely in terms of schooling. In this paper, we extend production function models of economic growth to … account for little variation in rates of economic growth. Finally, we find that the effects of average schooling on national …

For decades, economists and social thinkers have debated the influence of population change on economic growth. Three … alternative positions define this debate: that population growth restricts, promotes, or is independent of economic growth … size and growth. In recent years, however, the debate has under-emphasized a critical issue, the age structure of the …