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Demography: Chicken or Egg?

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  • Claude Diebolt
  • Cédric Doliger

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This article analyses the demographic matrix of France since the end of World War 2. We first show the fundamental character of the demographic variable for explaining economic growth. The importance of the youngest cohort, and hence fertility, is shown for the economic dynamic. This is followed by verification that the underlying mechanism of this link is founded on Easterlin’s hypothesis, that is to say the labour market situation.

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  • Claude Diebolt & Cédric Doliger, 2008. "Demography: Chicken or Egg?," Historical Social Research (Section 'Cliometrics'), Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC), vol. 33(1), pages 364-380.
    • Handle: RePEc:afc:histor:v:33:y:2008:i:1:p:364-380
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    1. Claude Diebolt & Cédric Doliger, 2008. "New international evidence on the cyclical behaviour of output: Kuznets swings reconsidered," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 42(6), pages 719-737, December.
    2. Claude Diebolt & Cédric Doliger, 2005. "Becker vs. Easterlin. Education, Fertility and Growth in France after World War II," Working Papers 05-03, Association Française de Cliométrie (AFC).

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