Demographic transition and the real exchange rate in Australia: An empirical investigation

This article utilizes the empirical findings that age structure of the population affects saving, investment and capital flow and hypothesizes that age structure influences the real exchange rate. Based on this link, an empirical model is specified for Australia and estimated with annual data for th...

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Main Authors: Hassan, K., Salim, Ruhul, Bloch, Harry
Format: Journal Article
Published: Routledge 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9006
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Bloch, Harry
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description This article utilizes the empirical findings that age structure of the population affects saving, investment and capital flow and hypothesizes that age structure influences the real exchange rate. Based on this link, an empirical model is specified for Australia and estimated with annual data for the period 1970–2011. An autoregressive distributed lag model of cointegration indicates that Australia's real exchange rate is cointegrated with its productivity differential and the relative share of young dependents (0–14 years) in the population. Long-run estimates show that young cohort has an appreciating influence on the real exchange rate. Also, the short-run adjustment is substantial, with more than 65% of the disequilibrium corrected in a year.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-90062017-09-13T14:49:27Z Demographic transition and the real exchange rate in Australia: An empirical investigation Hassan, K. Salim, Ruhul Bloch, Harry life cycle hypothesis real exchange rate demographic transition saving ARDL model This article utilizes the empirical findings that age structure of the population affects saving, investment and capital flow and hypothesizes that age structure influences the real exchange rate. Based on this link, an empirical model is specified for Australia and estimated with annual data for the period 1970–2011. An autoregressive distributed lag model of cointegration indicates that Australia's real exchange rate is cointegrated with its productivity differential and the relative share of young dependents (0–14 years) in the population. Long-run estimates show that young cohort has an appreciating influence on the real exchange rate. Also, the short-run adjustment is substantial, with more than 65% of the disequilibrium corrected in a year. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9006 10.1080/00779954.2013.851016 Routledge fulltext
spellingShingle life cycle hypothesis
real exchange rate
demographic transition
saving
ARDL model
Hassan, K.
Salim, Ruhul
Bloch, Harry
Demographic transition and the real exchange rate in Australia: An empirical investigation
title Demographic transition and the real exchange rate in Australia: An empirical investigation
title_full Demographic transition and the real exchange rate in Australia: An empirical investigation
title_fullStr Demographic transition and the real exchange rate in Australia: An empirical investigation
title_full_unstemmed Demographic transition and the real exchange rate in Australia: An empirical investigation
title_short Demographic transition and the real exchange rate in Australia: An empirical investigation
title_sort demographic transition and the real exchange rate in australia: an empirical investigation
topic life cycle hypothesis
real exchange rate
demographic transition
saving
ARDL model
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9006