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We develop a dynamic microsimulation model to project the labor force and economic dependency ratios in the United States from 2022 to 2060, taking population projections and the large inequalities between population groups of different race/ethnicity and gender into account. We contrast policy...
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economic growth restrict younger workers' access to higher-paying roles and widen the age pay gap in favor of older workers …
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We examine the link between labour market developments and new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and software in 16 European countries over the period 2011- 2019. Using data for occupations at the 3-digit level in Europe, we find that on average employment shares have increased...
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This paper examines the extent to which changes in working-age shares associated with population aging might slow … economic growth in upcoming years. We first analyze the economic effects of changing working-age shares in a standard empirical … growth model using country panel data from 1950-2015. We then juxtapose the estimates with predicted shifts in population age …
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Using population-level administrative data, we study labor market externalities stemming from age-specific employment …
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-pandemic opioid crisis, as measured by age-adjusted opioid overdose death rates. An event study shows that a one …
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workforce affects idea adoption. We show that the relationship between adoption and innovator career age varies with network …. Overall adoption is hump-shaped in the career age of innovators. Simulations show that the aging of innovators and of …
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The evolution of work is of emerging importance to advanced economies' growth. In this study, we develop a new semantic-distance-based algorithm to identify "new work," namely the new types of jobs introduced in the US. We characterize how "new work" relates to task content of jobs and skill...
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Platform intermediation of goods and services has considerably transformed the U.S. economy. We use administrative data on U.S. tax returns to study the role of the gig economy on entrepreneurship. We find that gig workers are more likely to become entrepreneurs, particularly those who are lower...
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A surprisingly small number of innovative firms use the patent system. In the UK, the share of firms patenting among those reporting that they have innovated is about 4%. Survey data from the same firms support the idea that they do not consider patents or other forms of registered IP as...
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