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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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RFS on world food prices and their impact on household level consumption and wage incomes in India. We first develop a … are greater among urban households. However, more poor people in India live in villages, so rural poverty impacts are …
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outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to … Italy, Brazil and then finally India. We also show that autonomous government schools (i.e. government funded but with …
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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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This paper combines a multi-period economic Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling framework with a demographic model to analyse the macroeconomic impact of the projected demographic trends in Scotland. Demographic trends are defined by the existing fertility-mortality rates and the...
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, especially in LMICs, which host 95% of teen births globally (WHO, 2014). Using panel and sibling data from India, this paper …
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India, one of the world's two population superpowers, is undergoing unprecedented demographic changes. Increasing … context, scope, and magnitude of India's demographic changes.It then details the major challenges these shifts pose in the … presents an overview of India's recent and ongoing initiatives to adapt to population aging and provide support to older adults …
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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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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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effect of the relative cohort size on educational attainment of young adults in Germany is analyzed utilizing data from the …
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