This paper integrates into public economics a biologically founded, stochastic process of individual ageing. The novel …

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 …

To assess the likely effects of population ageing on the outcomes of direct democracy, we analyze the effect of age on … intergenerational conflicts arising from population ageing will likely be limited to areas in which the net present value differs … such instances, however, the effect can be quantitatively relevant, raising the question of whether, as population ageing …

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 …

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 …

The paper examines the effects of ageing and makes a case for partial pre-funding of pensions. The argument is based on …

In this paper we address the question whether in case of population ageing a transition from an unfunded to a more …

research project called AGIR. The project tries to establish facts and evidence on the ageing process in EU countries and … relate this process with health and retirement issues. Five dimensions of the ageing process have been considered: population …, mortality, longevity, lifecourses and morbidity. Conventionally measured ageing can be caused by low fertility and longer lives …

run, particularly for rapidly ageing nations, but also entail non-negligible transitional costs. …