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The Long-Awaited Rise of the Middle Class in Latin America is Finally Happening
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2017
In many developing countries, the supply of skilled workers is likely to continue to be stronger than demand, and this should drive down the skill premium and reduce inequality. Within the limitations of any exercise based on simulations, this paper finds that the recently observed reduction in...
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Education, Governance, Trade and Distance : Impact on Technology Diffusion and the East Asia-Latin America Productivity Gap
Schiff, Maurice - 2017
This paper examines the impact of education, trade, governance and distance on technology diffusion and TFP in Latin America – specifically South America and Mexico (SAM) – and East Asia, over the 32 years preceding the Great Recession (1976–2007). Findings are: i) TFP rises with...
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Going Beyond GDP with a Parsimonious Indicator : Inequality-Adjusted Healthy Lifetime Income
Bloom, David E. - 2020
Per capita GDP has limited use as a well-being indicator because it does not capture many dimensions that imply a "good life," such as health and equality of opportunity. However, per capita GDP has the virtues of easy interpretation and can be calculated with manageable data requirements....
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The Rising Longevity Gap by Lifetime Earnings : Distributional Implications for the Pension System
Haan, Peter - 2017
This study uses German social security records to provide novel evidence about the heterogeneity in life expectancy by lifetime earnings and, additionally, documents the distributional implications of this earnings-related heterogeneity. We find a strong association between lifetime earnings and...
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Understanding the Rise in Life Expectancy Inequality
Dahl, Gordon B.; Kreiner, Claus Thustrup; Nielsen, Torben; … - 2021
age-specific mortality rates and differences in "survivability". Declining age-specific mortality rates increases life … recent widening of mortality rates between rich and poor due to lifestyle-related diseases does not explain much of the rise … poor, made initial differences in lifestyle-related mortality more consequential via survivability …
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The Changing Size Distribution of U.S. Trade Unions and its Description by Pareto's Distribution
Pencavel, John H. - 2013
The size distribution of trade unions in the United States and changes in this distribution are documented. Because the most profound changes are taking place among very large unions, these are subject to special analysis by invoking Pareto's distribution. This represents a new application of...
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Spurring Economic Growth through Human Development : Research Results and Guidance for Policymakers
Bloom, David E. - 2020
Education, general health, and reproductive health are key indicators of human development. Investments in these domains can also promote economic growth. This paper argues for the importance of human development related investments based on i) a theoretical economic growth model with poverty...
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The Demographic Transition : Causes and Consequences
Galor, Oded - 2012
This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...
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The Economic and Demographic Transition, Mortality, and Comparative Development
Cervellati, Matteo - 2013
the role of mortality differences for comparative development. The framework can replicate the quantitative patterns in … endogenous variables across countries. The results suggest that differences in extrinsic mortality might explain a substantial …
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The Economic Impact of Non-Communicable Disease in China and India : Estimates, Projections, and Comparisons
Bloom, David E. - 2013
This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China and India for the period 2012-2030. Our estimates are derived using WHO's EPIC model of economic growth, which focuses on the negative effects of NCDs on labor supply and capital accumulation. We...
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