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Population ageing affects most countries, especially developed ones. The elderly have increased in number as a result of increased longevity and a parallel decline in fertility. This phenomenon is placing an increasing burden on the young to finance intergenerational transfers to the old, which...
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We implement a novel empirical strategy for measuring and studying a strong form of nationalism - the willingness to fight and die in a war for national independence - using name choices corresponding to previous war leaders. Based on data on almost half a million soldiers, we first show that...
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This paper provides a comprehensive quantitative assessment of the employment performance of first- and second-generation immigrants in Belgium compared to that of natives. Using detailed quarterly data for the period 2008-2014, we find not only that first-generation immigrants face a...
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's population aging, traditions of filial piety and co-residence, decreasing number of children, and dearth of formal social … security, at a relatively low income level. We draw on rich household surveys from two provinces at distinct development stages … significantly reduces intergenerational co-residence, especially between elderly parents and their adults sons; promotes pensioners …
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