A BEJM Advances article.

Abstract

This paper evaluates quantitatively the impact of the observed demographic transition on aggregate variables (factor prices, saving rate, output growth), and on inter-generational welfare in developing economies. It does so by developing a large-scale two-region equilibrium overlapping generations model calibrated to the North (more developed countries) and the South (less developed countries). The paper highlights that the effects of the demographic trends for less developed regions may depend on the degree of international capital mobility and on the extent to which the large Pay-As-You-Go systems in place in the more developed world will be reformed.

Submitted: February 8, 2005 · Accepted: March 24, 2006 · Published: April 13, 2006

Originally published in Advances in Macroeconomics.

Recommended Citation

Attanasio, Orazio P.; Kitao, Sagiri; and Violante, Giovanni L. (2006) "Quantifying the Effects of the Demographic Transition in Developing Economies," Advances in Macroeconomics: Vol. 6 : Iss. 1, Article 2.
Available at: http://www.bepress.com/bejm/advances/vol6/iss1/art2