The environment, life expectancy, and growth in overlapping generations models: A survey

Abstract

It is widely accepted that environmental and demographic changes will significantly influence the future of our society. In recent years, an increasing number of studies has analyzed the interlinkages among economic growth, environmental factors, and a specific demographic variable, namely life expectancy, applying an overlapping generations framework. The aim of this survey is threefold. First, we review the role of life expectancy and pollution for sustainable growth. Second, we discuss the role of intervening factors like health investment and technological progress as well as institutional settings including government expenditures, tax structures, and inequality. Finally, we summarize policy implications obtained in different models and compare them to each other.

Examining the Impact of Environmental Pollution and Life Expectancy on Economic Growth in the European Union

“…Increased global interest in analysing the relationship between pollution and growth as well as the relationship between life expectancy and growth, which are a part of megatrends shaping global economy (Dugan, Prskawetz and Raffin, 2023;Ebhota, Hongxing, and Sampene, 2023) has motivated the research in this paper. The main aim of this paper is to examine whether environmental pollution and life expectancy have an impact on economic growth in the European Union (EU) countries.…”