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 research. This paper hypothesizes that cities with more working-age adults are likely to grow faster than cities with more children or seniors. The paper sets out the potential channels through which such differential growth...
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2019/10/15
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS9040
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2019/10/15
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Cities of Workers, Children, or Seniors? Age Structure and Economic Growth in a Global Cross-Section of Cities
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Canadian Journal of Economics