Contrary to previous findings, we find a systematic and economically sizeable relationship between income levels and …

population replacement rate in many developed countries; the evolution of income and fertility distributions across developing …; the relation between income growth and income and fertility distributions; and the relevance of human capital in …

's population, twice the value in 2005. This achievement is not guaranteed, as countries with large initial inequalities will have …

population health. Macro-based approaches estimate a generalized aggregate production function that decomposes output into its …, controlling for potential spillovers of population health at the aggregate level. Our results justify using the micro …

We develop a model which shows that wages, prices and real income should grow faster in countries with low increase in … (Armington's hypothesis), a low growth of the working population constrains the production of German goods, which entails an …

Will an aging population lower economic growth? Economists are generally concerned that the increase in life expectancy … population share increases, this may reduce spending on children as more resources are transferred to the elderly. This will … per worker. However, we also find evidence that an aging population reduces spending on children (or other productive …

We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same … whether we compare individuals or countries, suggesting that absolute income plays an important role in influencing well …