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Global Demographic Change and Climate Policies

Gerlagh, Reyer - 2017

Between 1950 and 2017, world average life expectancy increased from below-50 to above-70, while the fertility rate …

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Did the Black Death Cause Economic Development by 'Inventing' Fertility Restriction?

Edwards, Jeremy S. S. - 2018

unmarried women, thereby delaying female marriage, lowering fertility, and unleashing economic growth. We show that this …

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What Explains Fertility? Evidence from Italian Pension Reforms

Billari, Francesco C.; Galasso, Vincenzo - 2021

predicts lower future pensions to reduce fertility, while the 'old-age security' to increase it. Our empirical analysis … identifies a clear and robust positive effect of less generous future pensions on post-reform fertility. These findings are … consistent with 'old-age security' even for contemporary fertility …

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Parental Leave, (In)Formal Childcare and Long-Term Child Outcomes

Danzer, Natalia - 2017

's counterfactual work behavior. We show that extending parental leave has significant positive effects on children's health and human …

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Inaccurate Age and Sex Data in the Census PUMS Files : Evidence and Implications

Alexander, J. Trent - 2011

We discover and document errors in public use microdata samples ("PUMS files") of the 2000 Census, the 2003 …

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'Hold that Ghost' : Using Notches to Identify Manipulation of Population-Based Grants

Foremny, Dirk - 2015

We study local government incentives to misreport the information required to implement a formula grant. We focus specifically on population, in theory the easiest variable for the grantor to verify. We analyze the Spanish case and show how a switch from the use of census to registered...

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Latinos in the Northeastern United States : Trends and Patterns

Massey, Douglas S. - 2017

This paper charts the growth and development of the Latino population of the northeastern U.S. from 1970 to 2015. The relatively small population dominated by Puerto Ricans and concentrated in New York and a few other cities has evolved into a large, diverse, and more geographically dispersed...

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Decomposition of Demographic Effects on the German Pension System

Fenge, Robert - 2018

effects of mortality, fertility and migration developments on the dynamics of the German pension system. We show that the past … population structure - driven by past fertility changes - and future mortality improvements will be the most important factors …

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Young and Old Competing for Public Welfare Services

Borge, Lars-Erik - 2008

Generational conflict affects the supply of public welfare services, and the rising share of elderly is seen as a threat to educational spending. We offer an analysis of spending in child care, primary and lower secondary education, and care for the elderly related to the size of young and old...

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Demographic Transition and Political Stability : Does Corruption Matter?

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2015

A demographic transition resulting from an increase in the size of the young working age population can be a blessing or a curse for economic performance. We focus on the political stability effects of a larger youth population and hypothesize that corruption matters in this nexus. Using panel...

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