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Social Networks, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurship
Kerr, William - 2017
We study the relationship between ethnicity, occupational choice, and entrepreneurship. Immigrant groups in the United States cluster in specific business sectors. For example, the concentration of Korean self-employment in dry cleaners is 34 times greater than other immigrant groups, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012965722
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The Economic Impact of Demographic Structure in OECD Countries
Aksoy, Yunus - 2012
We examine the impact of demographic structure, the proportion of the population in each age group, on growth, savings, investment, hours, interest rates and inflation using a panel VAR estimated from data for 20 OECD economies, mainly for the period 1970-2007. This flexible dynamic structure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099235
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Demographic Structure and Macroeconomic Trends
Aksoy, Yunus; Basso, Henrique S.; Smith, Ron; Grasl, Tobias - 2021
The effect of changes in demographic structure on medium-run trends of key macroeconomic variables is estimated using a Panel VAR of 21 OECD economies. The panel data variability assists the identification of direct effects of demographics, while the dynamic structure uncovers long-term effects....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315503
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Longevity Shocks with Age-Dependent Productivity Growth
Heijdra, Ben J. - 2015
The aim of this paper is to study the long-run effects of a longevity increase on individual decisions about education … wisdom following an increase in longevity, depending on the corresponding change in the age-productivity profile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021702
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Bismarck's Health Insurance and the Mortality Decline
Bauernschuster, Stefan - 2018
We study the impact of social health insurance on mortality. Using the introduction of compulsory health insurance in the German Empire in 1884 as a natural experiment, we estimate flexible difference-in-differences models exploiting variation in eligibility for insurance across occupations. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012932916
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Pharmaceuticai Innovation, Longevity, and Medical Expenditure in Greece, 1995-2010
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2021
Longitudinal, disease-level data are used to analyze the impact of pharmaceutical innovation on longevity (mean age at … pharmaceutical innovation increased mean age at death by 0.87 years (10.4 months) — about 44% of the total increase in longevity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315556
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The Impact of Pharmaceutical Innovation on Longevity and Medical Expenditure in Sweden, 1997-2010 : Evidence from Longitudinal, Disease-Level Data
Lichtenberg, Frank R.; Pettersson, Billie - 2021
We use longitudinal, disease-level data to analyze the impact of pharmaceutical innovation on longevity and medical … estimated to have increased mean age at death by 0.60 years during the period. The estimates indicate that longevity depends on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315886
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Increasing Longevity and Social Security Reforms
Andersen, Torben M. - 2021
Increasing longevity causes an upward trend in the dependency ratio in many countries. This raises concerns about the … and benefits to longevity. The political reform process is analysed using the so-called legislative procedure. When … longevity increases, the young generation contributes more, and the old generation faces lower benefits and a retirement age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317447
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Increasing Longevity and Social Security Reforms
Andersen, Torben - CESifo - 2006
Increasing longevity causes an upward trend in the dependency ratio in many countries. This raises concerns about the … and benefits to longevity. The political reform process is analysed using the so-called legislative procedure. When … longevity increases, the young generation contributes more, and the old generation faces lower benefits and a retirement age …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094323
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Pharmaceutical Innovation, Longevity, and Medical Expenditure in Greece, 1995-2010
Lichtenberg, Frank - CESifo - 2015
Longitudinal, disease-level data are used to analyze the impact of pharmaceutical innovation on longevity (mean age at … pharmaceutical innovation increased mean age at death by 0.87 years (10.4 months)-—about 44% of the total increase in longevity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011122677