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accumulation of human capital during the transition from stagnation to growth. This is because greater longevity raises children … that longevity and health have had a minor effect, if any, on the transition from stagnation to growth via investment in …This article challenges conventional wisdom by arguing that greater longevity cannot explain the significant …
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saving rate; (ii) strengthen the effect of growth on saving; and (iii) increase the growth rate if productivity growth is … endogenous. These propositions are supported by cross-country regressions of saving and growth rates on indicators of liquidity … further reduction in saving and growth rates. …
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turn, slowed down growth. In this essay a preliminary reconstruction of the balance of payments on current account allows …
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In this paper, we demonstrate how age-adjusted inequality measures can be used to evaluate whether changes in inequality over time are due to changes in the age-structure. To this end, we use administrative data on earnings for every male Norwegian over the period 1967-2000. We find that the...
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link the population of a country to a host of economic and social phenomena. Using both graphical and statistical …
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As we approach the 21st Century, Australia needs to thoroughly its future population and immigration policies. The …
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Australia. The reason is believed to be that the immigrants on balance have a lower net saving than those born in the country. …
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This study analyses reform of migration policy. We organise discussion around two main issues- the need to base policy on consensus and the case for implementing policies using forward planning and stable intakes.
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The main focus of this paper is on the determinants of migrants' remittances, based on a study of the Pacific island migrants in Australia.
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There has been little empirical work evaluating the sensitivity of fertility to financial incentives at the household level. We put forward an identification strategy that relies on the fact that variation of wages induces variation in benefits and tax credits among 'comparable' households. We...
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