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The demographic transition: Causes and consequences

Galor, Oded - 2012

the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …

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Cooperation, competition, and risk attitudes: an intergenerational field and laboratory experiment

Charness, Gary; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2007

The population of most developed societies is 'graying'. As life expectancy increases and the large baby-boom generation approaches retirement age, this has critical consequences for maintaining a high standard of living and the sustainability of pension systems. In the light of these...

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Population aging, elderly migration and education spending: intergenerational conflict revisited

Tosun, Mehmet Serkan; Williamson, Claudia R.; Yakovlev, … - 2009

Elderly have been increasingly targeted as a group to enhance economic development and the tax base in communities. While recent literature on elderly migration tends to focus on how elderly migration patterns are influenced by state fiscal variables, the reverse effect from elderly population...

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The effects of aging on migration in a transition economy: The case of China

Bodvarsson, Örn B.; Hou, Jack W. - 2010

China has been experiencing two major demographic sea changes since the late 1970s: (i) Internal migration, primarily rural-to-urban, on a scale that dwarfs all other countries at any time in history; and (ii) a shift in its age distribution. The basic question posed in this paper is: How are...

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Aging and productivity: Evidence from piece rates

Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Uusitalo, Roope - 2012

We evaluate the effects of aging on productivity using piece-rate earnings as a proxy for worker output. Our data contain the population of Finnish blue collar workers in 61 different industries during 1990-2002. A unique feature of the data is that we can observe the exact hours worked on piece...

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Explaining how delayed motherhood affects fertility dynamics in Europe

Bratti, Massimiliano; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2008

This paper analyzes the effect of delayed motherhood on fertility dynamics for women living in several European …

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Age at migration, language and fertility patterns among migrants to Canada

Adsera, Alicia; Ferrer, Ana - 2011

This paper explores the fertility decisions of Canadian immigrants using a 20 percent sample of the Canadian Census of … to assess their process of assimilation in terms of fertility. Our analysis does not show any sharp discontinuity in … fertility by age at migration as sometimes observed on education or labor market outcomes. Instead, there is an inverted U shape …

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The Economic Impact of Non-communicable Disease in China and India: Estimates, Projections, and Comparisons

Bloom, David E.; Cafiero, Elizabeth T.; McGovern, Mark E.; … - 2013

This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and India for the period 2012-2030. Our estimates are derived using WHO's EPIC model of economic growth, which focuses on the negative effects of NCDs on labor supply and capital accumulation. We...

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How China's "Later, Longer, Fewer" Campaign Extends Life Expectancy: A Study of Intergenerational Support for Elderly Parents

Bansak, Cynthia; Dziadula, Eva; Wang, Sophie Xuefei - 2024

Study, we identify adults of childbearing age whose fertility was reduced. We find LLF exposure increases the likelihood of …

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Aggregation and the Estimated Effects of Local Economic Conditions on Health

Lindo, Jason M. - 2013

mortality and infant health and then consider how the estimated effects vary when the analysis is conducted at differing levels … effect on mortality but that state and regional economic conditions are stronger predictors. I also leverage county …

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