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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

How Relevant Is Malthus for Economic Development Today?

  • David N. Weil
  • Joshua Wilde
American Economic Review
vol. 99, no. 2, May 2009
(pp. 255–60)
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Citation

Weil, David N., and Joshua Wilde. 2009. "How Relevant Is Malthus for Economic Development Today?" American Economic Review, 99 (2): 255–60. DOI: 10.1257/aer.99.2.255

JEL Classification

  • J11 Demographic Trends and Forecasts; General Migration
  • O11 Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
  • O47 Measurement of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence