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acquired by the representative organism in the short term determines the positive or negative population growth. Moving short …-run equilibria constitute the dynamics of the predator-prey relations that are characterized in numerical analysis. The population …
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The population literature in theoretical economics has long focused on attempts to avoid the repugnant conclusion. We … advance the literature by proving that no social ordering in population economics can escape the repugnant conclusion in all …
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demand deficiency, this paper examines the relationship between the two countries' relative population size and their … specialization patterns, employment and consumption. When the countries have similar population sizes, they specialize in respective … commodities with comparative advantage. In this case a larger foreign, or a smaller home, population raises the relative price of …
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population, and incentives for investment in human capital combine to predict the decline of the West. In particular, indigenous … transfers. For the economy at large, high-fertility unskilled immigrants and a low-fertility indigenous population result in …
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which population size changes. Drawing on recent work in population ethics I propose an alternative welfare framework with …
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By exploiting a commuting policy that led to a sharp and unexpected inflow of Czech workers to areas along the German-Czech border, we examine the impact of an exogenous immigration-induced labor supply shock on local wages and employment of natives. On average, the supply shock leads to a...
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We assess the concentration and duration of zero tax liabilities and of transfer receipts, using data for households with ten to forty years of observations from the Panel Survey of Income Dynamics. We find that neither is strongly concentrated. Nearly 68% owe no federal tax in at least one...
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enlarged-EU migrants on the native population, the paper concludes with a discussion on lessons learned. …
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historically significant decline in the growth rate of the U.S. foreign born population since 2000. A decomposition shows that … Population Ratio reveals a 13% larger decline since 2000 than is shown when conventionally measured. …
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Population ageing affects most countries, especially developed ones. The elderly have increased in number as a result … increase the labor force and broaden the tax base. Increasing immigration has a variety of effects on the local population … attractiveness of immigration as a solution to population ageing. This paper examines immigration as a solution to the problem of …
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