Ireland will experience population ageing in the coming years, whereby the percentage of the population aged 65 and over will rise from its current level of 11 percent to over 20 percent in 2035. A number of papers have looked at the implications of this process for the public finances. However,...

Population aging will be a major determinant of long-run economic development in industrial and developing countries. The extent of the demographic changes is dramatic in some countries and will deeply affect future labor, financial and goods markets. The expected strain on public budgets and...

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...

The Expert Panel on Older Workers made recommendations designed to increase the labour force participation of older workers. We explore the implications that higher rates of older-worker participation would have for the overall size and age composition of the labour force, for the productive...

Projecting the religious composition of the population is relevant for several reasons. It is a key characteristic influencing several aspects of individual behaviour, including marriage and childbearing patterns. The religious composition is also a driver of social cohesion and increased...

Religion and religiosity are important identity markers, and changes in a country's religious composition may affect its culture, value orientations and policies. In recent decades the Protestants in both the US and Canada have lost their absolute population majority. In the present study we...

This report provides estimates of structural (demographic) housing demand at a regional level. Any assessment of structural future housing demand relies on assumptions around (1) population growth, (2) headship rates (the typical household size) and (3) rates of obsolescence of the housing...

Der demographische Alterungsprozess ist nicht auf die Länder hohen Lebensstandards beschränkt. Der Alterslastquotient (das Verhältnis der Personen von 65 Jahren und älter zu den wirtschaftlich Aktiven zwischen 15 und 64 Jahren) ist z.B. auch in Afrika im Ansteigen begriffen. Jedoch ist der...

Zwischen 2000 und 2002 ging der Wohnungsneubau in Deutschland um knapp 134 000 Einheiten pro Jahr zurück. 2003 sank die Fertigstellungszahl gegenüber dem Vorjahr noch einmal um 7,4%. 2004 dürfte sich der Rückgang fortgesetzt haben. Allerdings wird sich die Schrumpfung auf die neuen Länder...

In der Bauvorausschätzung Deutschland geht das ifo Institut davon aus, dass die Wohnungsneubaunachfrage äußerst zurückhaltend bleiben und erst 2015 das Niveau von 2000 erreichen wird. Der Wohnungsneubau hat eine rasante Talfahrt hinter sich: Von über 600 000 Fertigstellungen in 1995 sank er...