This paper examines the extent to which changes in working-age shares associated with population aging might slow … growth model using country panel data from 1950-2015. We then juxtapose the estimates with predicted shifts in population age … structure to project economic growth in 2020-2050. Our results indicate that population aging will slow economic growth …

aggregate economic output. We apply it to estimate and compare the projected effects of climate change and population growth … over the course of the 21st century, by country and globally. We find that standard population growth projections imply … larger reductions in income than even the most extreme widely-adopted climate change scenario (RCP8.5). Climate and …

Many scholars have argued that once "basic needs" have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in … about well-being, we find no support for this claim. The relationship between well-being and income is roughly linear …

We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same … whether we compare individuals or countries, suggesting that absolute income plays an important role in influencing well …

Explanations for the West's escape from premature mortality have focused on chronic malnutrition or income and on …