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Bloom, David E. - 2016

Individuals aged 65 years and older currently make up a larger share of the population than ever before, and this group is predicted to continue growing both in absolute terms and relative to the rest of the population. This chapter begins by introducing the facts, figures, and forecasts...

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Diversity and Social Capital in the U.S : A Tale of Conflict, Contact or Total Mistrust?

Belton, Willie J. - 2014

In this paper we explore the relationship between ethnic fractionalization and social capital. First, we test for time differences in the impact of ethnic fractionalization on social capital using U.S. data from 1990, 1997 and 2005. Subsequently we examine the data for evidence of the conflict,...

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Beauty is the Promise of Happiness?

Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2011

We measure the impact of individuals' looks on their life satisfaction or happiness. Using five data sets from the U … about 0.10 standard deviations of additional satisfaction/happiness among men, 0.12 among women. Accounting for a wide …

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Age, Life-Satisfaction, and Relative Income : Insights from the UK and Germany

Fitzroy, Felix R. - 2011

income. The effects on life-satisfaction are positive and significant for those under 45, consistent with Hirschman's (1973 …

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Happy in the Hood? The Impact of Residential Segregation on Self-Reported Happiness

Herbst, Chris M. - 2014

Previous research consistently finds that racially-based residential segregation is associated with poor economic, health, and social outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between residential segregation and self-reported happiness. Using panel data from the National...

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Testing the Tunnel Effect : Comparison, Age and Happiness in UK and German Panels

Fitzroy, Felix R. - 2013

income effects. In GSOEP they cancel to give no effect of effect of comparison income on life satisfaction in the whole …

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Explaining Well-Being Over the Life Cycle : A Look at Life Transitions During Young Adulthood

Switek, Malgorzata - 2014

affect well-being, and to what degree can they account for the life satisfaction path followed during young adulthood? To … transitions undergone during each age interval are examined. Life satisfaction at ages 22 to 40 follows a slight inverse U … overall life satisfaction. Partnership formation, the school-to-work transition, and parenting younger children are all …

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The Economic and Demographic Transition, Mortality, and Comparative Development

Cervellati, Matteo - 2013

We propose a unified growth theory to investigate the mechanics generating the economic and demographic transition, and the role of mortality differences for comparative development. The framework can replicate the quantitative patterns in historical time series data and in contemporaneous...

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China's 40 Years Demographic Dividend and Labor Supply : The Quantity Myth

Meng, Xin - 2023

In the past forty years the Chinese economy achieved miracle growth and many attributed a significant part of this to China's favourable labour supply flowing from the "demographic dividend": a larger share of working age population (WAPS). Currently, this dividend is slipping away and many in...

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Celebrating 150 Years of Analyzing Fertility Trends in Germany

Kendzia, Michael Jan - 2012

Ever since the very beginning of the Journal of Economics and Statistics, population economics has featured prominently in the Journal. Fertility naturally plays an important role in population economics. Its size has decreased significantly from the 1900s. Long time-series regarding fertility...

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