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Aging and immigration policy in a representative democracy
Calahorrano, Lena - 2010
This paper analyzes how population aging affects immigration policy in rich industrialized countries. It sets up a two …-period model of a representative democracy with two overlapping generations. The government’s preferred immigration rate increases … with the immigrants. -- Demographic Change ; Political Economy ; Immigration Policy …
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The Political Economy of Inequality in Rich Democracies
Rothwell, Jonathan T. - 2019
Rich democracies have experienced a large increase in income inequality starting around 1980, coinciding with a rise in international trade and information technology. The leading theories used to explain changes in the income distribution — skill-biased technological change and globalization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860917
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Chapter 25 The political economy of intergenerational cooperation
Cigno, Alessandro - In: Handbook of the economics of giving, altruism and …, (pp. 1505-1558). 2006
-best policy include a pension and a child benefit scheme. Section 6 rexamines the same issues in the presence of educational …
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Environment and democracy in the Czech Republic : the environmental movement in the transition process
Fagan, Adam - 2004
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Democracy's dilemma : environment, social equity, and the global economy
Paehlke, Robert C. - 2003
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Environmental decentralization and political centralization
Fredriksson, Per; Wollscheid, Jim R. - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 107 (2014), pp. 402-410
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Citizens' support for economic reforms in sub-Saharan Africa
Congdon Fors, Heather - In: The South African journal of economics 84 (2016) 3, pp. 343-363
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Why has home ownership fallen among the young?
Fisher, Jonas D. M.; Gervais, Martin - 2010
We document that home ownership of households with 'heads' aged 25-44 years fell substantially between 1980 and 2000 and recovered only partially during the 2001-2005 housing boom. The 1980-2000 decline in young home ownership occurred as improvements in mortgage opportunities seemingly made it...
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Differential mortality in the UK
Attanasio, Orazio; Emmerson, Carl - 2001
In this paper we use the two waves of the British Retirement Survey (1988/89 and 1994) to quantify the relationship between socio-economic status and health outcomes. We find that, even after conditioning on the initial health status, wealth rankings are important determinants of mortality and...
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Giving children a better start: Pre-school attendance and school-age profiles
Berlinski, Samuel; Galiani, Sebastian; Manacorda, Marco - 2006
grade repetition harms subsequent school progression and that pre-primary education appears as a successful policy option to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293016