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Aging and immigration policy in a representative democracy
Calahorrano, Lena - 2010
This paper analyzes how population aging affects immigration policy in rich industrialized countries. It sets up a two …-period model of a representative democracy with two overlapping generations. The government’s preferred immigration rate increases … with the immigrants. -- Demographic Change ; Political Economy ; Immigration Policy …
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The Political Economy of Inequality in Rich Democracies
Rothwell, Jonathan T. - 2019
Rich democracies have experienced a large increase in income inequality starting around 1980, coinciding with a rise in international trade and information technology. The leading theories used to explain changes in the income distribution — skill-biased technological change and globalization...
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Demographic Transition and Rise of Modern Representative Democracy
Namasaka, Martin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
liberalisation, studies on the determinants of democracy have often overlooked the influence of demographic factors such as … stability of liberal democracy. It is not surprising, noting the recent revolutions such as the Arab spring and the Egyptian … authoritarian regimes or sustain liberal democracies as a result of youth-led democracy movements as witnessed in Costa Rica, India …
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The Population Cycle Drives Human History - from a Eugenic Phase into a Dysgenic Phase and Eventual Collapse
Weiss, Volkmar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
In the period before the onset of demographic transition, when fertility rates were positively associated with income levels, Malthusian pressure gave an evolutionary advantage to individuals whose characteristics were positively correlated with child quality and hence higher IQ, increasing in...
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Green Lifestyle Adoption: Shopping without Plastic Bags
Wang, Wenbo - HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS), … - 2014
IEMS Faculty Associate Prof. Wenbo Wang examines how people become green by studying a policy change in China which …
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Why has home ownership fallen among the young?
Fisher, Jonas D. M.; Gervais, Martin - 2010
We document that home ownership of households with 'heads' aged 25-44 years fell substantially between 1980 and 2000 and recovered only partially during the 2001-2005 housing boom. The 1980-2000 decline in young home ownership occurred as improvements in mortgage opportunities seemingly made it...
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Differential mortality in the UK
Attanasio, Orazio; Emmerson, Carl - 2001
In this paper we use the two waves of the British Retirement Survey (1988/89 and 1994) to quantify the relationship between socio-economic status and health outcomes. We find that, even after conditioning on the initial health status, wealth rankings are important determinants of mortality and...
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Giving children a better start: Pre-school attendance and school-age profiles
Berlinski, Samuel; Galiani, Sebastian; Manacorda, Marco - 2006
grade repetition harms subsequent school progression and that pre-primary education appears as a successful policy option to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293016
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Subjective and objective indicators of racial progress
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013
Progress in closing differences in many objective outcomes for blacks relative to whites has slowed, and even worsened, over the past three decades. However, over this period the racial gap in well-being has shrunk. In the early 1970s data revealed much lower levels of subjective well-being...
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Erwerbstätigkeit auf Rekordniveau: Ergebnis richtiger Arbeitsmarktpolitik?
Klinger, Sabine; Bonin, Holger; Horn, Gustav A.; … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 93 (2013) 3, pp. 143-158
Die Erwerbstätigkeit befindet sich in Deutschland auf einem Höchststand. Die Ursachen hierfür sind vielfältig und nicht nur in der vor zehn Jahren verabschiedeten Agenda 2010 zu sehen. Das gestiegene Bildungsniveau, die hohe Erwerbsbeteiligung, demografische Aspekte, die schrittweise...
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