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Population Policies, Demographic Structural Changes, and the Chinese Household Saving Puzzle

Ge, Suqin; Yang, Dennis T.; Zhang, Junsen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Using combined data from population censuses and Urban Household Surveys, we study the effects of demographic structural changes on the rise in household saving in China. Variations in fines across provinces on unauthorized births under the one-child policy and in cohort-specific fertility...

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Norwegian cohort emigration

Thonstad, Tore; Riis, Christian; Bævre, Kåre - In: Journal of Population Economics 14 (2001) 3, pp. 473-489

This paper introduces a counterfactual technique to estimate net emigration from Norwegian birth cohorts from 1846 to 1900. A main finding is that despite strong fluctuations in annual emigration, the percentage reduction of each cohort due to emigration was surprisingly stable for all cohorts...

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Unintended Consequences: The Impact of Proposition 2Â½ Overrides on School Segregation in Massachusetts

Zabel, Jeffrey - In: Education Finance and Policy 9 (2014) 4, pp. 481-514

segregation in school districts in Massachusetts. This can occur because richer, low-minority towns tend to have more successful … school district enrollments and other district- and town-level characteristics. I find evidence that passing overrides … earmarked for schools results in a significant decrease in the percent of nonwhite students enrolled in Massachusetts school …

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The Brazilian Pension System: Recent Reforms and Challenges Ahead

Bonturi, Marcos - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2002

Brazil’s public pension expenditure is about 9 per cent of GDP, above the OECD average. Given that OECD countries are … generally not only wealthier, but also significantly older, Brazil’s pension expenditures are clearly excessive, draining … for only 5 per cent of total retirees. Given the demographic challenges Brazil is likely to face in the next decades …

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O uso das taxas de crescimento por idade para identificação das principais etapas da transição demográfica no Brasil

Myrrha, Luana Junqueira Dias; Siviero, Gabriela Pamila … - Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional … - 2012

the main features of the demographic history in Brazil. Based on simulated patterns of age specific growth rates discussed …

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Langfristige demographische Herausforderungen in den BRICS-Ländern

Ragnitz, Joachim - In: ifo Dresden berichtet 20 (2013) 01, pp. 24-31

dieses Beitrags stehen die künftige demographische Entwicklung in den sogenannten BRICS-Ländern (Brasilien, Russland, Indien …

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Towards a European Migration Policy

Straubhaar, Thomas; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

The stagnating West European population combined with the prosperous economic development of the European Community (EC) generate strong economic incentives for immigration. The drastic political changes in Eastern Europe generate emigration pressures. There are a variety of problems with...

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Fiscal Sustainability and Demographics - Should We Save or Work More?

Andersen, Torben M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

Approaching demographic shifts are raising concerns about fiscal sustainability in most OECD countries. A widespread view based on the tax-smoothing idea is that a prior consolidation of public finances is required to cope with the predicted trend deterioration in the primary budget balance....

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Women's Health and Pregnancy Outcomes: Does Access to Services Make a Difference?

Frankenberg, Elizabeth; Thomas, Duncan - RAND - 2000

The question of how access to services affects health outcomes is critical for policy makers allocating resources across different programs, but it is difficult to answer with cross-sectional data sets. The authors use data from a panel survey in Indonesia (the Indonesia Family Life Survey) that...

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Grandparent Care and Welfare: Assessing the Impact of Public Policy on Split and Three Generation Families.

Cox, Amy G.; Pebley, Anne R. - RAND - 1999

Grandparent caregiving has received increased attention in recent years, and grandparent-grandchild families have generated several public policy concerns, including whether grandparent-led families face barriers to obtaining public assistance. The authors address this question by comparing the...

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