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Health and Work at Older Ages : Using Mortality to Assess the Capacity to Work Across Countries

Milligan, Kevin S. - 2013

Health and longevity have increased substantially over the last 50 years, yet the labor force participation of older men has declined in most developed countries. We use mortality as a measure of health to assess the capacity to work at older ages in 12 OECD countries. For a given level of...

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Long-run homogeneity of labour demand, panel evidence from OECD countries

Hahn, Franz R. - In: Applied economics 36 (2004) 11, pp. 1199-1203

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Cheap Thrills : The Price of Leisure and the Global Decline in Work Hours

Kopytov, Alexandr; Roussanov, Nikolai L.; … - 2022

Recreation prices and hours worked have both fallen over the last century. We construct a macroeconomic model with general preferences that allows for trending recreation prices, wages, and work hours along a balanced-growth path. Estimating the model using aggregate data from OECD countries, we...

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Trade and technological explanations for changes in sectoral labour demand in OECD economies

Boyle, Gerard E.; MacCormack, Pauline - In: Applied economics 34 (2002) 5, pp. 617-635

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Implications of Skill-Biased Technological Change : International Evidence

Berman, Eli; Bound, John; Machin, Stephen J. - 2021

Demand for less skilled workers decreased dramatically in the US and in other developed countries over the past two decades. We argue that pervasive skill-biased technological change rather than increased trade with the developing world is the principal culprit. The pervasiveness of this...

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A politico-economic model of aging, technology adoption and growth

Lancia, Francesco (contributor); … - 2007

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Has Social Security Influenced Family Formation and Fertility in OECD Countries? An Economic and Econometric Analysis

Ehrlich, Isaac - 2010

There is growing concern about a decline in the total fertility rate worldwide, but nowhere is the concern greater than in OECD countries, some of which already face the prospect of population decline as well. While the trend is largely the result of structural economic and social changes, our...

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On the Consequences of Demographic Change for Rates of Returns to Capital, and the Distribution of Wealth and Welfare

Krueger, Dirk - 2010

consumption, from higher wages associated with population aging. Older, asset-rich households tend to lose, because of the …

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Secular Stagnation? The Effect of Aging on Economic Growth in the Age of Automation

Acemoglu, Daron - 2017

Several recent theories emphasize the negative effects of an aging population on economic growth, either because of the … lower labor force participation and productivity of older workers or because aging will create an excess of savings over … anything, countries experiencing more rapid aging have grown more in recent decades. We suggest that this counterintuitive …

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Aging, Pension Reform, and Capital Flows : A Multi-Country Simulation Model

Börsch-Supan, Axel H.; Ludwig, Alexander; Winter, … - 2021

Population aging and pension reform will have profound effects on international capital markets. First, demographic … reform shifts old-age provision towards more pre-funding. Third, while the patterns of population aging are similar in most …, population aging will induce capital flows between countries. All three effects influence the rate of return to capital and …

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