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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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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 examine the economic geography of gender wage gaps to understand the role that location plays in gender earning differences. Using panelised administrative data for the universe of French workers, our findings indicate that women benefit relatively more from density than men, with an urban...
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The paper examines the effects of ageing and makes a case for partial pre-funding of pensions. The argument is based on …
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In this paper we address the question whether in case of population ageing a transition from an unfunded to a more …
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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 …
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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 …
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In this paper we model an OLG-economy where labour supply is endogenously determined and where we assume that there are two pension systems, namely, a pay-as-you-go system and a funded system. The main question is whether there is an equilibrium involving an old-age pensions system, partly...
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