Steven Lugauer is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame.
As developing countries embark on demographic transitions, the phenomenon of declining birth rates and family size becomes an increasingly important policy dilemma. Demography has implications for a country’s labour supply, savings rates, and capital formation, all of which shape and influence its economic growth. In today’s blog, the authors argue that increases in...
18 Nov 2015 | Chad Curtis, Steven Lugauer, Nelson Mark