This paper provides a politico-economic theory that explains how an economy evolves when the longevity of its citizens is jointly determined with the process of economic development. We propose a three-period overlapping generation model where agents’ decisions embrace two dimensions: a private choice about education and a public one on innovation policy. We find that (a) poverty traps can emerge in human capital accumulation, (b) higher life expectancy increases the incentive to innovate for both young and adults, (c) different political configurations can arise depending on endogenous demographic structures and (d) the steady state can entertain both innovation and its absence.

G. Prarolo, F. Lancia (2012). A politico-economic model of aging, technology adoption and growth. JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS, 25(3), 989-1018 [10.1007/s00148-011-0364-x].

A politico-economic model of aging, technology adoption and growth

PRAROLO, GIOVANNI;LANCIA, FRANCESCO
2012

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This paper provides a politico-economic theory that explains how an economy evolves when the longevity of its citizens is jointly determined with the process of economic development. We propose a three-period overlapping generation model where agents’ decisions embrace two dimensions: a private choice about education and a public one on innovation policy. We find that (a) poverty traps can emerge in human capital accumulation, (b) higher life expectancy increases the incentive to innovate for both young and adults, (c) different political configurations can arise depending on endogenous demographic structures and (d) the steady state can entertain both innovation and its absence.
2012
G. Prarolo, F. Lancia (2012). A politico-economic model of aging, technology adoption and growth. JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS, 25(3), 989-1018 [10.1007/s00148-011-0364-x].
G. Prarolo; F. Lancia
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