An interest-group theory of population growth

Journal of Population Economics - Tập 1 - Trang 131-139 - 1988
M. S. Kimenyi1, W. F. Shughart1, R. D. Tollison2
1Department of Economics and Finance, University of Mississippi, University, USA
2Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason University, Fairfax, USA

Tóm tắt

This paper applies the interest-group theory of government to explain population growth. The main argument is that countries whose populations are more ethnically heterogeneous will tend to have higher fertility rates because there are more interest groups which compete for control of the political process of wealth redistribution. The theoretical model is supported by empirical evidence using data on 130 countries for 1980.

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