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The Effects of the Ageing European Population on Economic Growth and Budgets : Implications for Immigration and Other Policies
Feldstein, Martin S. - 2006
The ageing of the population presents a major fiscal challenge for the countries of Europe. The combination of increased longevity and a reduced birth rate will directly reduce the growth rates of the European economies by slowing the growth of the capital stock and by weakening the productivity...
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Growth, Distribution and Demography : Some Lessons from History
Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 1997
If we have learned anything from the recent outpouring of empirical growth equations is that life is far too complex to expect unconditional' convergence among all countries and at" all times. This fact motivates two questions. First, why has it taken economists so long to learn" the same lesson...
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Economic Growth and the Demographic Transition
Bloom, David E. - 2001
, combined with reduced fertility and increases in the working-age population, have contributed to economic growth in some areas …
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Population, Technology, and Growth : From the Malthusian Regime to the Demographic Transition and Beyond
Galor, Oded - 1998
This paper develops a unified model of growth, population, and technological progress that is consistent with long-term historical evidence. The economy endogenously evolves through three phases. In the Malthusian regime, population growth is positively related to the level of income per capita....
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The Effect of Interventions to Reduce Fertility on Economic Growth
Ashraf, Quamrul H. - 2011
We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous reductions in fertility on output per capita. Our simulation model … quantitative macroeconomic theory. We apply the model to examine the effect of a change in fertility from the UN medium-variant to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461281
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The Demographic Transition : Causes and Consequences
Galor, Oded - 2011
the rise in the demand for human capital in the process of development was the main trigger for the decline in fertility …
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Bases, Bullets and Ballots : the Effect of U.S. Military Aid on Political Conflict in Colombia
Dube, Oeindrila - 2014
Does foreign military assistance strengthen or further weaken fragile states facing internal conflict? Aid may strengthen the state by bolstering its repressive capacity vis-à-vis armed non-state actors, or weaken it if resources are diverted to these very groups. We examine how U.S. military...
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Subsidizing the Stork : New Evidence on Tax Incentives and Fertility
Milligan, Kevin - 2002
Variation in tax policy presents an opportunity to estimate the responsiveness of fertility to prices. This paper … studied in the literature on AFDC and fertility. This provides a unique opportunity to investigate heterogeneous responses. I … find a strong effect of the policy on fertility, and some evidence of a heterogeneous response that may help reconcile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469870
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The Impact of Medicaid on Labor Force Activity and Program Participation : Evidence from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment
Baicker, Katherine - 2013
In 2008, a group of uninsured low-income adults in Oregon was selected by lottery for the chance to apply for Medicaid. We use this randomized design and 2009 administrative data to evaluate the effect of Medicaid on labor market outcomes and participation in other social safety net programs. We...
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Malthus to Solow
Hansen, Gary D. - 1998
A unified growth theory is developed that accounts for the roughly constant living standards displayed by world economies prior to 1800 as well as the growing living standards exhibited by modern industrial economies. Our theory also explains the industrial revolution, which is the transition...
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