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Linkages between Economic Growth and Population Ageing with a Knowledge Spillover Effect

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  • Shrabanti Maity

    (Vidyasagar University)

  • Anup Sinha

    (Assam University)

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Currently, the natural demographic process ageing becomes a worldwide phenomenon. The United Nations recognizes any country as “ageing” or “greying nation” if the share of the elderly in the total population of the concerned nation exceeds 7%. According to census 2001 and 2011, 7.47% and 8.60%, respectively, of Indians were elderly. Thus, the ageing process in India was initiated since 2001. Undoubtedly, it has a serious implication on the economic growth process. With this backdrop, the present study aims to investigate the linkages between population ageing and economic growth in India. In conjunction with this, the study also explores the ascendency of the knowledge spillover on the footprint of population ageing on economic growth in India. The study is based on the “World Bank” data. The standard econometric tool of “Granger causality test” based “VECM” setting is utilized to scrutinize the unidirectional causality between ageing and economic growth. The empirical results divulge that population ageing is negatively related to economic growth. But interestingly, “knowledge spillover” can effectively marginalize the adverse consequences of population ageing on economic growth. The originality of the study is not only in orchestrating the problem but also propounding the potential solution to cope with the scar of ageing on the economy. Moreover, the study is unique in itself as it considers the globally recognized young economy, India, to find the connotation of population ageing on economic growth. Because of that, the furnished solution is applicable to all countries irrespective of their demographic and economic position.

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  • Shrabanti Maity & Anup Sinha, 2021. "Linkages between Economic Growth and Population Ageing with a Knowledge Spillover Effect," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 12(4), pages 1905-1924, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jknowl:v:12:y:2021:i:4:d:10.1007_s13132-020-00696-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s13132-020-00696-4
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    Keywords

    Economic growth; Population ageing; Knowledge spillover effect; Granger causality and VECM;
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    JEL classification:

    • C5 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
    • J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
    • O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity

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