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International mobility of researchers and scientists: Policy options for turning a drain into a gain

Thorn, Kristian; Holm-Nielsen, Lauritz B. - 2006

High demand for researchers and scientists has led to an increase in skilled migration in recent years. The paper … scientists from developing countries and discusses policy options for maximizing the potential gains associated with … return decisions of researchers and scientists are primarily shaped by factors such as the quality of the research …

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Does month of birth affect individual health and education attainment in Iceland?

2010

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Demands for redistributive policies in an era of demographic aging: The rival pressures from age and class in 15 OECD countries

Busemeyer, Marius R.; Goerres, Achim; Weschle, Simon - 2008

This paper is about the relative impact of retirement and social class on individual attitudes towards welfare state policies in advanced industrial democracies. Which factor is more important in explaining individuals' social policy preferences: socio-economic background or retirement? How can...

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Aging in a Neoclassical Theory of Labor Demand

Christiaans, Thomas - 2003

This paper introduces aging of workers into the neoclassical theory of labor demand. Among other things, it is shown that under reasonable hypotheses employment, even of younger workers, increases in the span of working life. Using the standard model without aging, the analysis of such issues...

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Cooperation, competition, and risk attitudes: an intergenerational field and laboratory experiment

Charness, Gary; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2007

The population of most developed societies is 'graying'. As life expectancy increases and the large baby-boom generation approaches retirement age, this has critical consequences for maintaining a high standard of living and the sustainability of pension systems. In the light of these...

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Population aging, elderly migration and education spending: intergenerational conflict revisited

Tosun, Mehmet Serkan; Williamson, Claudia R.; Yakovlev, … - 2009

Elderly have been increasingly targeted as a group to enhance economic development and the tax base in communities. While recent literature on elderly migration tends to focus on how elderly migration patterns are influenced by state fiscal variables, the reverse effect from elderly population...

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The effects of aging on migration in a transition economy: The case of China

Bodvarsson, Örn B.; Hou, Jack W. - 2010

China has been experiencing two major demographic sea changes since the late 1970s: (i) Internal migration, primarily rural-to-urban, on a scale that dwarfs all other countries at any time in history; and (ii) a shift in its age distribution. The basic question posed in this paper is: How are...

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Representing the future in aging societies: Policy implications of the voting age reform in Germany

Asatryan, Zareh - 2022

Aging societies face a fundamental challenge: How to represent future oriented policies in the politics of today? Voting age reforms and, more generally, policies that encourage the participation of the youth in politics are discussed as one solution. In this report, we study whether voting age...

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Demographic change and industry-specific innovation patterns in Germany

Henseke, Golo; Tivig, Thusnelda - 2007

In Germany, a thread to growth is perceived from demographic change. Demographic change means that a population is aging with the perspective of shrinking. The key question is whether an aging and shrinking population has enough talents to sustain the innovation process that is at the basis of...

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Aging and productivity: Evidence from piece rates

Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Uusitalo, Roope - 2012

We evaluate the effects of aging on productivity using piece-rate earnings as a proxy for worker output. Our data contain the population of Finnish blue collar workers in 61 different industries during 1990-2002. A unique feature of the data is that we can observe the exact hours worked on piece...

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