TY - JOUR
AU - Mountford, Andrew
AB - This research argues that the differential effect of international trade on the demand for human capital across countries has been a major determinant of the distribution of income and population across the globe. In developed countries the gains from trade have been directed towards investment in education and growth in income per capita, whereas a significant portion of these gains in less developed economies has been chanelled towards population growth. Cross-country regressions establish that indeed trade has positive effects on fertility and negative effects on education in non-OECD economies, while inducing fertility decline and human capital formation in OECD economies.
TI - Trading Population for Productivity: Theory and Evidence
JF - The Review of Economic Studies
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-937X.2008.00501.x
DA - 2008-10-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/trading-population-for-productivity-theory-and-evidence-uTiM5TOpZB
SP - 1143
EP - 1179
VL - 75
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -