The relationship between population growth and standard-of-living growth over 1870–2013 : evidence from a bootstrapped panel Granger causality test
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Chang, Tsangyao
Chu, Hsiao-Ping
Deale, Frederick W.
Gupta, Rangan
Miller, Stephen M.
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Springer
Abstract
This paper examines the linkages between population growth and
standard-of-living growth in 21 countries over the period of 1870–2013. We apply
the bootstrap panel causality test proposed by Ko´nya (Econ Model 23:978–992,
2006), which accounts for both dependency and heterogeneity across countries. We
find one-way Granger causality running from population growth to standard-ofliving
growth for Finland, France, Portugal, and Sweden, one-way Granger causality
running from standard-of-living growth to population growth for Canada, Germany,
Japan, Norway and Switzerland, two-way causality for Austria and Italy, and no
causal relationship for Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Spain, Sri Lanka, the UK, the USA, and Uruguay. Dividing the sample into two
subsamples due to a structural break yields different results over the two periods of
1871–1951 and 1952–2013. Our empirical results suggest important policy implications for these 21 countries as the directions of causality differ across
countries and time period.
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Population growth, Economic growth, Dependency and heterogeneity, Bootstrap panel causality test
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Chang, T., Chu, H., Deale, F., Gupta, R. & Miller, S.M. The relationship between population growth and standard-of-living growth over 1870–2013 : evidence from a bootstrapped panel Granger causality test. Empirica (2017) 44: 175-201. doi:10.1007/s10663-016-9315-9.