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Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth

Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - Institutet för Framtidsstudier - 2000

This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the interplay between the evolution of mankind and economic growth since the emergence of the human species. This uni...ted theory encompasses the observed evolution of population, technology and income per capita in the long...

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Demographic transition, income distribution and economic growth

Dahan, Momi; Tsiddon, Daniel - 1996

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The distribution of human capital and economic growth

Galor, Oded; Tsiddon, Daniel - 1996

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Inequality, Human Capital Formation and the Process of Development

Galor, Oded - Brown University, Department of Economics - 2011

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The importance of age for the reallocation of labor. Evidence from Swedish linked employer-employee data 1986-2002

Gartell, Marie; Jans, Ann-Christin; Persson, Helena - Institutet för Framtidsstudier - 2008

Using employer-employee data covering the whole Swedish economy over a uniquely long time period from 1986 to 2002, we examine how job and worker flows have been distributed across age groups. We find that job and worker flows vary by age groups, not only with respect to magnitude and variation,...

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Cohort Effects on Earnings Profiles: Evidence from Sweden.

Dahlberg, Susanne; Nahum, Ruth-Aïda - Institutet för Framtidsstudier - 2003

and shape of one´s earnings profile. We estimate cohort size effects on earnings profiles and further assess whether these … there are significant cohort effects on the earnings profile which are fairly consistent across gender but not across … education levels. Large cohorts have a higher overall earnings level than small cohorts. Cohorts born in an upswing of a boom …

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Productivity consequences of workforce ageing - Stagnation or a Horndal effect?

Malmberg, Bo; Lindh, Thomas; Halvarsson, Max - Institutet för Framtidsstudier - 2005

Data linking the production of value-added at the plant level to the individual employees provide an opportunity to deepen the understanding of how the labor force composition relates to productivity performance. In view of the anticipated aging of the workforce in industrialised economies a...

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The importance of education for the reallocation of labor. Evidence from Swedish linked employer-employee data 1986-2002

Gartell, Marie; Jans, Ann-Christin; Persson, Helena - Institutet för Framtidsstudier - 2007

Using employer-employee data covering the whole Swedish economy over a uniquely long time period from 1986 to 2002, we examine how job flows and worker flows have been distributed both on an aggregate level and across educational levels. We find that job and worker flows vary by educational...

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Study achievement for students with kids

Hallberg, Daniel; Lindh, Thomas; Žamac, Jovan - Institutet för Framtidsstudier - 2011

In this paper we explore the composition of students, the study length towards diploma, and examine the likelihood of diploma, all with respect to parenthood. Few get children while enrolled in higher education, nevertheless one fourth of female university students in Sweden has children. In...

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Low fertility and long run growth in an economy with a large public sector

Zamac, Jovan; Hallberg, Daniel; Lindh, Thomas - Institutet för Framtidsstudier - 2008

There is plenty of evidence that growth has a negative relation to fertility and dependency ratios. Recently it has been suggested that low fertility countries may be caught in a trap that is hard to get out of. One important mechanism in such a trap would be social interaction and its effect on...

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