Study of the Relationship between Population and Economic Growth Based on Fixed Effects Model

Abstract

Targeting population and economic growth, through literature research and empirical analysis, this paper establishes a panel fixed effects model applied to China’s provincial panel data over the period 2007 - 2016. Based on the model, the paper empirically analyses the specific effects relationship between the urbanization level as well as per capita GDP and population growth, and makes correlation test. The findings show there is a close relationship between population and economic growth.