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work effort, fertility, and the demographic transition. And it affects total factor productivity by constraining or …
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This paper examines the extent to which changes in working-age shares associated with population aging might slow economic growth in upcoming years. We first analyze the economic effects of changing working-age shares in a standard empirical growth model using country panel data from 1950-2015....
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Fertility has long been declining in industrialised countries and the existence of public pension systems is considered … which a public pension system depresses fertility. Our theoretical framework highlights that the effect of a public pension … system on fertility works via the impact of contributions in such a system on disposable income as well as via the impact on …
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significant negative statistical relationship between 16 years lagged fertility and the rate of immigration in a panel of 23 … countries, which indicates that immigration compensates for low fertility in the labor market. …
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the interactions between climate change and population dynamics. We develop an analytical model of endogenous fertility …
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, villages, and manors in 1871 Prussia. We study religion, literacy, fertility, and group segregation by location type (town … it is in villages and manors. Finally, a larger share of Jews is associated with lower fertility in towns, which is not …
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fertility rate and emigration rate are going to develop in Africa. Even modest increases in emigration from Africa would …
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predicts lower future pensions to reduce fertility, while the "old-age securityʺ to increase it. Our empirical analysis … identifies a clear and robust positive effect of less generous future pensions on post-reform fertility. These findings are … consistent with "old-age securityʺ even for contemporary fertility.-- old-age security ; public pension systems ; fertility …
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fertility model that generates an endogenous demographic transition by means of distinguishing between female and male labor. We …
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A demographic transition resulting from an increase in the size of the young working age population can be a blessing or a curse for economic performance. We focus on the political stability effects of a larger youth population and hypothesize that corruption matters in this nexus. Using panel...
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