Nowadays, it is very important to capture the data relating to the e-commerce phenomenon. It is related to the use of information and communication technology (ICT), not only in the ICT sector, but in all sectors. ICT can accelerate the development of economies, which, in turn, impacts social...

This paper investigates the consequences of sex imbalance in India's population for violence against women. We match district level administrative crime data by category to age- specific sex ratios in census data across four decades and, to analyse mechanisms, we also use administrative data on...

The paper discusses economic and developmental consequences of future population changes in Russia, taking into account demographic changes both on the country level and broken down by ethnic group. It focuses on their impact on the labour market, pension system and economy, including regional...

Persistence of high youth unemployment and dismal labour market outcomes are imminent concerns for most European economies. The relationship between demographic ageing and employment outcomes is even more worrying once the relationship is scrutinized at the regional level. We focus on modelling...

This paper estimates the effect that changes in the size of the youth population have on the wages of young workers. Assuming that differently aged workers are only imperfectly substitutable, economic theory predicts that individuals in larger age groups earn lower wages. We test this hypothesis...

Most euro area countries have entered an unprecedented ageing process: life expectancy continues to rise and fertility rates have declined, while retirement age in the last twenty to thirty years hardly increased. This implies an ever smaller fraction of the working age population in total...