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Age-structured optimal control in population economics

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  • Gustav Feichtinger
  • Alexia Prskawetz

    (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany)

  • Vladimir M. Veliov

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This paper brings both intertemporal and age-dependent features to a theory of population policy at the macro-level. A Lotkatype renewal model of population dynamics is combined with a Solow/Ramsey economy. By using a new maximum principle for distributed parameter control we derive meaningful qualitative results for the optimal migration path and the optimal saving rate.

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  • Gustav Feichtinger & Alexia Prskawetz & Vladimir M. Veliov, 2002. "Age-structured optimal control in population economics," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2002-045, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:dem:wpaper:wp-2002-045
    DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2002-045
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