This paper explores the effects of unemployment on the school enrolment decisions. A few studies that have taken up this issue in the past have produced results that are seemingly contradictory with each other. We build a model of the enrolment decision that is capable of explaining these...

University of Minnesot Ph.D. dissertation. July 2010. Major: Economics. Advisor: Larry E. Jones and Narayana R. Kocherlakota. 1 computer file (PDF); vi, 99 pages, appendices A-B.

Health progress, as measured by the decline in mortality rates and the increase in life expectancy, is usuallyconceived as related to economic growth, especially in the long run. In this investigation it is shown thateconomic growth is positively associated with health progress in Sweden...

The impact of an ageing population on the economy is one of the key issues in most developed countries. It is a generally accepted notion that an ageing population could cause negative effects, including a decrease of per-capita output and economic welfare, on the economy mainly due to the...

Over the demographic transition, declining fertility leads to rising support ratios and consumption during the first divided phase, followed by falling support ratios as population ages. Might human capital investments rise sufficiently as fertility falls to preserve the initial gains? Using a...

Durch den Kontakt mit holl?ndischen H?ndlern hatte Japan fr?hzeitig Zugang zu westlichem Wissen. In der Edo-Zeit (1603-1868) wurden insgesamt mehr als 10.000 B?cher ?ber Medizin und Technologie aus Holland eingef?hrt. Die Anzahl der Japaner, die sich ?ber die holl?ndische Sprache westliches...