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Aging and Migration in a Transition Economy : The Case of China
Bodvarsson, Orn B. - 2014
Post-reform China has been experiencing two major demographic changes, an extraordinary amount of internal migration … of a transition economy. We find that shifts in China's age distribution have generated significant changes in the …
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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 … five main NCDs will total USD 27.8 trillion for China and USD 6.2 trillion for India (in 2010 USD). For both countries, the … that the costs are much larger in China than in India mainly because of China's higher income and older population. Rough …
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The Economics of Healthy Ageing in China
Heshmati, Almas - 2016
Healthy ageing is a challenge for many countries with significant shares of elderly people. Literature refers to China … ageing, policy practices and measures, organization, finances and manpower resources to promote healthy ageing in China. Up … drawn with respect to conditions of healthy ageing in China and about the state policy in this regard …
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Quantifying Optimal Growth Policy
Grossmann, Volker - 2010
The optimal mix of growth policies is derived within a comprehensive endogenous growth model. The analysis captures important elements of the tax-transfer system and takes into account transitional dynamics. Currently, for calculating corporate taxable income US firms are allowed to deduct...
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Aging and Pensions in General Equilibrium : Labor Market Imperfections Matter
de la Croix, David - 2010
This paper re-examines the effects of population aging and pension reforms in an OLG model with labor market frictions. The most important feature brought about by labor market frictions is the connection between the interest rate and the unemployment rate. Exogenous shocks (such as aging)...
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Aging and Productivity : Evidence from Piece Rates
Pekkarinen, Tuomas - 2012
We evaluate the effects of aging on productivity using piece-rate earnings as a proxy for worker output. Our data contain the population of Finnish blue collar workers in 61 different industries during 1990-2002. A unique feature of the data is that we can observe the exact hours worked on piece...
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The German Labor Market after the Great Recession : Successful Reforms and Future Challenges
Caliendo, Marco - 2012
The reaction of the German labor market to the Great Recession 2008/09 was relatively mild – especially compared to other countries. The reason lies not only in the specific type of the recession – which was favorable for the German economy structure – but also in a series of labor market...
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The Impact of Population Ageing on House Prices : A Micro-Simulation Approach
Chen, Yu - 2012
This paper attempts to estimate the impact of population ageing on house prices. There is considerable debate about whether population ageing puts downwards or upwards pressure on house prices. The empirical approach differs from earlier studies of this relationship, which are mainly regression...
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Do Wealthier Households Save More? The Impact of the Demographic Factor
Belke, Ansgar Hubertus - 2012
This paper investigates the relationship between wealth, ageing and saving behaviour of private households by using pooled cross sections of German consumption survey data. Different components of wealth are distinguished, as their impact on the savings rate is not homogeneous. On average, the...
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Ageing and Productivity : Introduction
Bloom, David E. - 2013
Population ageing will be the dominant feature of the world's demographic landscape in the coming decades, raising concerns about labor productivity and about economic outcomes at both the individual, enterprise, and macro levels. The articles in this special issue of Labour Economics define and...
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