Similar Search Results

The Role of Demographics in Precipitating Crises in Financial Institutions

Macunovich, Diane J. - 2009

There are significant effects of changing demographics on economic indicators: growth in GDP especially, but also the current account balance and gross capital formation. The 15-24 age group appears to be one of the key age groups in these effects, with increases in that age group exerting...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013155560

Life Expectancy and Economic Growth : The Role of the Demographic Transition

Cervellati, Matteo - 2009

In this paper we investigate the causal effect of life expectancy on economic growth by explicitly accounting for the role of the demographic transition. In addition to focusing on issues of empirical identification, this paper emphasizes the role of the econometric specification. We present a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013159658

Population Growth and Multiple Equilibria : Inferences from a Modified Ramsey Model

Lehmijoki, Ulla - 2011

The demographic transition is introduced into the otherwise standard Ramsey model to generate multiple equilibria, poverty traps, and demography-driven cycles. The model is calibrated for global data to explore the demographic conditions under which multiplicity is realized. Three cases arise,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130458

Pension Policies in a Model with Endogenous Fertility

Cipriani, Giam - 2018

We set up an overlapping generations model with endogenous fertility to study pensions policies in an ageing economy. We show that an increasing life expectancy may not be detrimental for the economy or the pension system itself. On the other hand, conventional policy measures, such as...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012919500

Demographic Divide and Labor Migration in the Euro-Mediterranean Region

Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - 2011

This paper provides a demographic outlook of the Euro-Mediterranean region and then shows the economic and fiscal consequences of such demographic differences within a two-region model with international labor mobility. International labor mobility is also examined through an externalities...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117397

Land Reforms, Status and Population Growth

Lehmijoki, Ulla - 2014

In this document, we consider the effects of a land reform on economic and demographic growth by a family-optimization model with sharecropping, endogenous fertility and status seeking. We show that tenant farming is the major obstacle to escaping the Malthusian trap with high fertility and low...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055912

Celebrating 150 Years of Analyzing Fertility Trends in Germany

Kendzia, Michael Jan - 2012

Ever since the very beginning of the Journal of Economics and Statistics, population economics has featured prominently in the Journal. Fertility naturally plays an important role in population economics. Its size has decreased significantly from the 1900s. Long time-series regarding fertility...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013110196

Macroeconomic Impacts of Demographic Change in Scotland : A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis

Lisenkova, Katerina - 2007

This paper combines a multi-period economic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling framework with a demographic model to analyse the macroeconomic impact of the projected demographic trends in Scotland. Demographic trends are defined by the existing fertility-mortality rates and the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777449

Asabiyya : Re-Interpreting Value Change in Globalized Societies

Heshmati, Almas; Tausch, Arno - 2009

. The World Values Survey provided a data framework of global value change, whose quantitative results led members of the … parcel of a larger set of traditional values. With the free available country-wide data from the World Values Survey, we re …/Welzel, 2003, 2003. A frequently asked question is whether “modernization” without “spiritual values” in a globalized world economy …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014203179

The Political U : New Evidence on Democracy and Income

Campos, Nauro; Coricelli, Fabrizio; Frigerio, Marco - 2022

This paper throws new light on the relationship between income and democracy. Using data for 162 countries over 1960-2018, we show that the causal relationship between political and economic development is U-shaped: "intermediate" political regimes significantly lead to inferior economic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014076385