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which population ageing does not lead to an increase in per capita health care expenditures (HCE) because the observed … studies have been rather mixed. In light of the imminent population ageing in many of these countries it is still being …
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This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed....
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In this paper, we use 2008-2013 American Community Survey data to update and further probe evidence on son preference in the United States. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for natives and immigrants. Dahl and Moretti (2008) found earlier...
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In this paper, we use 2008-2013 American Community Survey data to update and further probe evidence on son preference in the United States. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for natives and immigrants. Dahl and Moretti (2008) found earlier...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858670
We study the effect of childbirth on local and non-local employment dynamics for both men and women using Belgian social security and geo-location data. Applying an event-study design that accounts for treatment effect heterogeneity, we show that 75 percent of the effect of the birth of a first...
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We study the effect of childbirth on local and non-local employment dynamics for both men and women using Belgian social security and geo-location data. Applying an event-study design that accounts for treatment effect heterogeneity, we show that 75 percent of the effect of the birth of a first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014082168
This paper integrates into public economics a biologically founded, stochastic process of individual ageing. The novel …
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This paper attempts to paint a coherent picture of the effects of ageing on a small, open, economy with large pension … equilibrium model with institutional details. We find that ageing leads to a tighter labor market, increasing costs for both … burden of ageing is the eventual size of the increase in labor market participation of older workers. The intergenerational …
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With the ageing of the European population, the housing choices of the elderly will have consequences on the whole … housing market. In this paper we use data from the first two waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe …
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We analyze the short and long run effects of demographic ageing - increased longevity and reduced fertility - on per … to demographic ageing and per-capita growth to accelerate. If the retirement age were held constant, the growth rate in …
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