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Family policies : what does the standard endogenous fertility model tell us ?

Baudin, Thomas - HAL - 2008

standard framework of endogenous fertility, the present paper shows that this result is still valid but that subsidizing … exhibit a too high fertility rate. Furthemore, when health is introduced as another source of externalities, the model shows …

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Asymptotic age structures and intergenerational trade

Ponthière, Grégory - HAL - 2009

While demographers Lotka (1939) and Lopez (1961) proposed conditions on (exogenous) fertility and mortality laws under … issues of age structure stabilization and convergence, by considering a population whose fertility and mortality are … structures will end up with the same long-run age structure when fertility and mortality laws are converging, which requires …

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How Powerful is Demography? The Serendipity Theorem Revisited

Croix, David De La; Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthière, Grégory - HAL - 2009

annuity market with actuarially fair return, imposing the optimum fertility rate and the optimum survival rate leads the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738987

How Powerful is Demography? The Serendipity Theorem Revisited

Croix, David De La; Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthière, Grégory - HAL - 2009

annuity market with actuarially fair return, imposing the optimum fertility rate and the optimum survival rate leads the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010784116

Contribution of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Country'S H-Index

FARHADI, MARYAM; Salehi, Hadi; Embi, Mohamed Amin; … - HAL - 2013

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development on country's scientific ranking as measured by H-index. Moreover, this study applies ICT development sub-indices including ICT Use, ICT Access and ICT skill to find the distinct effect of...

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Agriculture

Battesti, Vincent; Richards, Alan R. - HAL - 2004

Introduction :Du latin agricultura (ager, champs et cultura, culture), l'agriculture réfère au processus par lesquels des aliments sont cultivés et récoltés. Cela concerne aussi le secteur de l'économie dédié à l'alimentation récoltée.La culture du sol pour la production de récolte...

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Prevention against equality?

Fleurbaey, Marc; Ponthière, Grégory - HAL - 2012

Common sense supports prevention policies aimed at improving survival prospects among the population. It is also widely acknowledged that an early death is a serious disadvantage, and that attention should be paid to the compensation of short-lived individuals. This paper re-examines the...

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Compensating the dead? Yes we can!

Fleurbaey, Marc; Leroux, Marie-Louise; Ponthière, Grégory - HAL - 2010

An early death is, undoubtedly, a serious disadvantage. However, the compensation of short-lived individuals has remained so far largely unexplored, probably because it appears infeasible. Indeed, short-lived agents can hardly be identified ex ante, and cannot be compensated ex post. We argue...

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Actuarial risk assessment of expected fatalities attributable to carbon capture and storage in 2050

Ha-Duong, Minh; Loisel, Rodica - HAL - 2011

This study estimates the human cost of failures in the CCS industry in 2050, using the actuarial approach. The range of expected fatalities is assessed integrating all steps of the CCS chain: additional coal production, coal transportation, carbon capture, transport, injection and storage, based...

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Fair Retirement Under Risky Lifetime

Fleurbaey, Marc; Leroux, Marie-Louise; Pestieau, Pierre; … - HAL - 2013

egalitarian grounds --although the conclusion is reversed when mortality strikes only after retirement. …

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