The long run relationship between population growth and economic growth: Empirical evidence from Bangladesh

Does population growth induce or depress economic growth? Or, does economic growth encourage or discourage population growth? This is a long-existing debate which has sustained throughout the centuries. This paper investigates the causal relationship between GDP per capita and population growth in B...

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Autor principal:	Zahan, Iffat
Formato:	Working Paper
Lenguaje:	en_US
Publicado:	BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) 2022
Materias:	Cointegration Causality Demographic transition Economic growth GDP per capita Malthusian regimes Population growth
Acceso en línea:	http://hdl.handle.net/10361/15888

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spelling	10361-158882022-01-12T21:01:43Z The long run relationship between population growth and economic growth: Empirical evidence from Bangladesh Zahan, Iffat Cointegration Causality Demographic transition Economic growth GDP per capita Malthusian regimes Population growth Does population growth induce or depress economic growth? Or, does economic growth encourage or discourage population growth? This is a long-existing debate which has sustained throughout the centuries. This paper investigates the causal relationship between GDP per capita and population growth in Bangladesh. Using the Johansen co-integration test, we find evidence of a long-run relationship between population growth and GDP per capita. Next with a Vector Error Correction Model (VEC), we find a causal direction between the two, which suggests that in Bangladesh population growth actually negatively affects GDP per capita, but not vice versa. Therefore, to some extent, Bangladesh is in the Modern Growth regime stage. Hence, the policy implication is very clear: appropriate measures should be taken in order to arrest population growth. 2022-01-12T08:53:52Z 2022-01-12T08:53:52Z 2016 2016-09 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/10361/15888 en_US https://bigd.bracu.ac.bd/publications/the-long-run-relationship-between-population-growth-and-economic-growth-empirical-evidence-from-bangladesh/ application/pdf BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD)
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topic	Cointegration Causality Demographic transition Economic growth GDP per capita Malthusian regimes Population growth
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description	Does population growth induce or depress economic growth? Or, does economic growth encourage or discourage population growth? This is a long-existing debate which has sustained throughout the centuries. This paper investigates the causal relationship between GDP per capita and population growth in Bangladesh. Using the Johansen co-integration test, we find evidence of a long-run relationship between population growth and GDP per capita. Next with a Vector Error Correction Model (VEC), we find a causal direction between the two, which suggests that in Bangladesh population growth actually negatively affects GDP per capita, but not vice versa. Therefore, to some extent, Bangladesh is in the Modern Growth regime stage. Hence, the policy implication is very clear: appropriate measures should be taken in order to arrest population growth.
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title	The long run relationship between population growth and economic growth: Empirical evidence from Bangladesh
title_short	The long run relationship between population growth and economic growth: Empirical evidence from Bangladesh
title_full	The long run relationship between population growth and economic growth: Empirical evidence from Bangladesh
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title_full_unstemmed	The long run relationship between population growth and economic growth: Empirical evidence from Bangladesh
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The long run relationship between population growth and economic growth: Empirical evidence from Bangladesh

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