Product Variety and the Demographic Transition

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  • Ricardo Andrés Guzmán
  • Jacob Louis Weisdorf

Why does the rate of population growth decline in the face of economic growth? We show that growing product variety may induce a permanent reduction in the demand for children and a continuous rise in income and consumption.

Original languageEnglish
PublisherDepartment of Economics, University of Copenhagen
Number of pages5
Publication statusPublished - 2009

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