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The effect of interventions to reduce fertility on economic growth
Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Weil, David N.; Wilde, Joshua - 2011
We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous reductions in fertility on output per capita. Our simulation model allows for effects that run through schooling, the size and age structure of the population, capital accumulation, parental time input into child-rearing, and crowding of fixed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287727
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Après nous le déluge: Fertility and the intensity of struggle against immigration
Azamert, Leonid V. - 2009
future, the host countries allocate very limited amounts of resources to the struggle against illegal immigration. The … which the intensity of the struggle against immigration can be related to fertility. The analysis shows that for childless … individuals, who have no reason to care about the future, it is optimal to contribute less to the costly immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336041
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When does improving health raise GDP?
Ashraf, Quamrul H.; Lester, Ashley; Weil, David N. - 2008
We assess quantitatively the effect of exogenous health improvements on output per capita. Our simulation model allows for a direct effect of health on worker productivity, as well as indirect effects that run through schooling, the size and age-structure of the population, capital accumulation,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284028
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Global demographic trends and provisioning for the future
Wray, L. Randall - 2006
The world's population is aging. Virtually no nation is immune to this demographic trend and the challenges it brings for future generations. Relative growth of the elderly population is fueling debate about reform of social security programs in the United States and other developed nations. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266520
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Population forecasts, fiscal policy, and risk
Tuljapurkar, Shripad - 2006
probabilistic forecasts of demographic rates, mortality, fertility, and immigration, and shows how these are combined to make …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266527
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Ethnic Enclaves and the Economic Success of Immigrants - Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Åslund, Olof - 2000
Recent immigrants tend to locate in ethnic enclaves within metropolitan areas. The economic consequence of living in such enclaves is still an unresolved issue. We use an immigrant policy initiative in Sweden, when government authorities distributed refugee immigrants across locales in a way...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321631
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Immigrant Settlement Policies and Subsequent Migration
Åslund, Olof - 2000
Many countries consider the residential concentration among immigrants a problem. This paper studies the factors influencing individual location decisions and evaluates a Swedish attempt to change the residential distribution of refugee immigrants in the late 1980's. Despite common perceptions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321815
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Settlement Policies and the Economic Success of Immigrants
Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Åslund, Olof - 2000
of new immigrants away from immigrant dense metropolitan areas. We evaluate a reform of Swedish immigration policy that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321822
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Now and forever? Initial and subsequent location choices of immigrants
Åslund, Olof - 2001
This paper exploits a natural experiment to study the influence of regional factors on initial and subsequent location choices among immigrants. The results suggest that immigrants to Sweden are attracted to regions with high representation from the individual's birth country and large overall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321012
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Ethnic enclaves and the economic success of immigrants - evidence from a natural experiment
Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Åslund, Olof - 2000
Recent immigrants tend to locate in ethnic enclaves within metropolitan areas. The economic consequence of living in such enclaves is still an unresolved issue. We use an immigrant policy initiative in Sweden, when government authorities distributed refugee immigrants across locales in a way...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321038