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Population aging, retirement, and aggregate productivity
Gründler, Klaus; Potrafke, Niklas - 2023
Most industrialized countries today are facing historical demographic changes, paring increasing retirement with a declining labor force. We study the consequences of an increasing pensioner-worker ratio in a macroeconomic framework, which suggests a negative effect on total factor productivity....
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Pensions and fertility : back to the roots ; the introduction of Bismarck's pension scheme and the European fertility decline
Fenge, Robert; Scheubel, Beatrice - 2013
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009792218
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Population aging and migration
Poutvaara, Panu - 2021
fertility rate and emigration rate are going to develop in Africa. Even modest increases in emigration from Africa would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012533912
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Diabetes and labor market exits : evidence from the Health & Retirement Study (HRS)
Chatterji, Pinka; Joo, Heesoo; Lahiri, Kajal - 2016
The objective of this paper is to estimate the effect of diabetes on labor market exit using longitudinal data from the 1992-2010 Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We estimate a discrete time hazard model to test whether diabetes affects the hazard of leaving employment among individuals who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444891
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Population aging and economic growth : from demographic dividend to demographic drag?
Kotschy, Rainer; Bloom, David E. - 2023
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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014332127
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Approval of equal rights and gender differences in well-being
Lalive, Rafael; Stutzer, Alois - 2004
Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms on the appropriate pay for women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens' approval of an equal rights amendment to the Swiss constitution as a proxy for the norm that "women and men shall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450210
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Socialism, identity and the well-being of unemployed women
Günther, Tom; Conradi, Jakob; Hetschko, Clemens - 2024
Unemployment influences people’s life satisfaction beyond negative income shocks. A large body of literature investigates these non-pecuniary costs of unemployment and stresses the importance of social identity and therefore social norms, especially for men. We add to this literature by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014551530
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Group-specific redistribution, inequality, and subjective well-being in China
Deng, Peihua; Schöb, Ronnie - 2022
Using survey data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) from 2010 to 2018, this paper analyzes the relationship … between income inequality, group-specific income redistribution, and subjective well-being among China's urban, rural, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013285661
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Are the elderly a threat to educational expenditures?
Cattaneo, M. Alejandra (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003598836
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One pillar crumbling, the others too short : old-age provision in Germany
Werding, Martin - 2016
Public pay-as-you-go pensions still form the dominant pillar of old-age provision in Germany. This is in marked contrast to the situation in Anglo-Saxon countries. It has advantages if labour markets are strong, e.g., following a quick recovery from the Great Recession. It has disadvantages, as...
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