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Be Fruitful and Multiply? Moderate Fecundity and Long-Run Reproductive Success

Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc - 2014

This research presents the first evidence that moderate fecundity was conducive for long-run reproductive success within the human species. Exploiting an extensive genealogy record for nearly half a million individuals in Quebec during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the study traces...

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Demography of Global Aging

Bloom, David E.; Mitgang, Elizabeth; Osher, Benjamin - 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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Population Growth and Carbon Emissions

Casey, Gregory; Galor, Oded - 2016

We provide evidence that lower fertility can simultaneously increase income per capita and lower carbon emissions, eliminating a trade-off central to most policies aimed at slowing global climate change. We estimate the effect of lower fertility on carbon emissions accounting for the fact that...

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Demographic Change and the European Income Distribution

Dolls, Mathias; Doorley, Karina; Paulus, Alari; … - 2018

This paper assesses the effect of key demographic changes (population ageing and upskilling) that are expected by 2030 on the income distribution in the EU-27 and examines the potential of tax-benefit systems to counterbalance negative developments. Theory predicts that population ageing should...

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Demography, Unemployment, Automation, and Digitalization: Implications for the Creation of (Decent) Jobs, 2010–2030

Bloom, David E.; McKenna, Matthew J.; Prettner, Klaus - 2018

Globally, an estimated 734 million jobs will be required between 2010 and 2030 to accommodate recent and ongoing demographic shifts, account for plausible changes in labour force participation rates, and achieve target unemployment rates of at or below 4 percent for adults and at or below 8...

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Demografie und Ungleichheit: der Einfluss von Veränderungen der Haushaltsstruktur auf die Einkommensverteilung in Deutschland

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - 2009

In Germany, two observations can be tracked over the past 15 to 20 years: First, income inequality has constantly increased while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies on equivalence-weighted incomes, which take into...

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Does size matter? The impact of changes in household structure on income distribution in Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Schneider, Hilmar - 2010

In Germany, two observations can be made over the past 20 years: First, income inequality has been constantly increasing while, second, the average household size has been declining dramatically. The analysis of income distribution relies on equivalence-weighted incomes which take into account...

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Religion as a Determinant of Economic and Demographic Behavior in the United States

Lehrer, Evelyn Lilian - 2004

This paper critically reviews and synthesizes research on the role of religion on various aspects of the economic and demographic behavior of individuals and families in the United States, including the choice of marital partner, union formation and dissolution, fertility, female time...

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Demography and Provisions for Retirement: The Pension Composition, a Behavioral Approach

van Praag, Bernard M. S.; Hop, J. Peter - 2020

interests of the different groups are only partly coinciding. For a given demography and interest rate, the joint result of the … in the capital market with a corresponding equilibrium interest rate. In this paper we assume a demography with one … determined by the demography and cannot be modified at will as a long-term political instrument. We find that this is relevant …

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The Future of Work: Challenges for Job Creation Due to Global Demographic Change and Automation

Abeliansky, Ana; Algur, Eda; Bloom, David E.; Prettner, … - 2020

We explore future job creation needs under conditions of demographic, economic, and technological change. First, we estimate the implications for job creation in 2020–2030 of population growth, changes in labor force participation, and the achievement of plausible target unemployment rates,...

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