Do regions with higher working age populations grow faster? This paper examines this question using data from Russian regions and finds evidence that demographic trends influence regional growth convergence. In other words, keeping other factors constant, poorer regions grow faster than richer regions, and some of the growth convergence is explained by demographic changes: faster growth in poor regions in the past was related in part to more favorable...
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2015/11/23
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政策研究报告
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WPS7501
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1
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2015/11/23
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Disclosed
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From demographic dividend to demographic burden ? regional trends of population aging in Russia
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Poverty and Equity