Cities of Workers, Children, or Seniors? Age Structure and Economic Growth in a Global Cross-Section of Cities

Cities of Workers, Children, or Seniors? Age Structure and Economic Growth in a Global Cross-Section of Cities

A large literature documents the positive influence of a city's skill structure on its rate of economic growth. By contrast, the effect of a city's age structure on its economic growth has been a hitherto largely neglected area of researc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jedwab, Remi, Pereira, Daniel, Roberts, Mark
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
URBANIZATION
DEMOGRAPHICS
AGGLOMERATION EFFECT
HUMAN CAPITAL
AGING
DEPENDENCY RATIO
AGE STRUCTURE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/836441571143681111/Cities-of-Workers-Children-or-Seniors-Age-Structure-and-Economic-Growth-in-a-Global-Cross-Section-of-Cities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32585

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/836441571143681111/Cities-of-Workers-Children-or-Seniors-Age-Structure-and-Economic-Growth-in-a-Global-Cross-Section-of-Cities
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32585

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