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Social security programs and retirement around the world : micro-estimation
Gruber, Jonathan (ed.); Wise, David A. (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002582617
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Health and Work at Older Ages : Using Mortality to Assess the Capacity to Work across Countries
Milligan, Kevin S. - 2012
Health and longevity have increased substantially over the last 50 years, yet the labor force participation of older men has declined in most developed countries. We use mortality as a measure of health to assess the capacity to work at older ages in 12 OECD countries. For a given level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460431
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Employment and taxes
Nickell, Stephen J. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002050401
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Cheap Thrills : the Price of Leisure and the Global Decline in Work Hours
Kopytov, Alexandr - 2020
The real price of recreation goods and services has fallen dramatically over the last century. At the same time, hours per worker have also been on a steady decline. As recreation goods make leisure time more enjoyable, we investigate if the fall in their price has contributed to the decline in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481292
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Implications of skill-biased technological change : international evidence
Berman, Eli; Bound, John; Machin, Stephen - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000981289
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Implications of Skill-Biased Technological Change : International Evidence
Berman, Eli - 1997
Demand for less skilled workers decreased dramatically in the US and in other developed countries over the past two decades. We argue that pervasive skill-biased technological change rather than increased trade with the developing world is the principal culprit. The pervasiveness of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472648
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Aging and the Growth of Long-Term Care
Lakdawalla, Darius - 1999
This paper analyzes how markets for old-age care respond to the aging of populations. We consider how the biological … demand for and supply of care. We argue that aging many times may lower the demand for market care by increasing the supply … of family-provided care, which substitutes for market care. By providing healthy spouses, aging may increase the supply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471827
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Implications of Population Aging for Economic Growth
Bloom, David E. - 2011
The share of the population aged 60 and over is projected to increase in nearly every country in the world during 2005-2050. Population ageing will tend to lower both labor-force participation and savings rates, thereby raising concerns about a future slowing of economic growth. Our calculations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461952
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Has Social Security Influenced Family Formation and Fertility in OECD Countries? An Economic and Econometric Analysis
Ehrlich, Isaac - 2007
There is growing concern about a decline in the total fertility rate worldwide, but nowhere is the concern greater than in OECD countries, some of which already face the prospect of population decline as well. While the trend is largely the result of structural economic and social changes, our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465787
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On the Consequences of Demographic Change for Rates of Returns to Capital, and the Distribution of Wealth and Welfare
Krueger, Dirk - 2006
consumption, from higher wages associated with population aging. Older, asset-rich households tend to lose, because of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466211