The Young, the Old, and the Government: Demographics and Fiscal Multipliers

We document that government spending multipliers depend on the population age structure. Using the variation in military spending and birth rates across US states, we show that the local fiscal multiplier is 1.5 and increases with the population share of young people, implying multipliers of 1.1–1.9...

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Veröffentlicht in:American economic journal. Macroeconomics 2021-10, Vol.13 (4), p.110-141
Hauptverfasser: Basso, Henrique S., Rachedi, Omar
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