Population and the Asian economic miracle

Publication Date: January 1997

Publisher: East-West Center

Author(s): Andrew Mason

Research Area: Economics; Population and demographics

Type: Brief

Abstract:

Have slower rates of population growth accelerated economic development in East and Southeast Asia? An international study of six economies in the region points to three important ways in which a decline in childbearing and accompanying improvements in mortality have influenced economic development: through increases in the relative size of the labor force, improvements in education, and higher rates of saving and investment.