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Demography of global aging
Bloom, David E.; Mitgang, Elizabeth; Osher, Benjamin - 2016
Individuals aged 65 years and older currently make up a larger share of the population than ever before, and this group is predicted to continue growing both in absolute terms and relative to the rest of the population. This chapter begins by introducing the facts, figures, and forecasts...
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Population growth and forest sustainability in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian A. - 2011
Recent distressing trends in climate change, population explosion and deforestation inspired this paper, which completes existing literature by providing empirical justification to hypothetical initiatives on the impact of population growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410348
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Demography of Global Aging
Bloom, David E. - 2016
Individuals aged 65 years and older currently make up a larger share of the population than ever before, and this group is predicted to continue growing both in absolute terms and relative to the rest of the population. This chapter begins by introducing the facts, figures, and forecasts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012983909
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The Demography of Genocide
Kugler, Tadeusz - 2021
The demographic foundation of nations is remarkably resilient to losses with the causes of that resiliency not uniform cross-nationally. Countries in the early stages of development have very high birth rates and a growing youthful population with only the most extreme cases of genocide...
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Demography and age heaping : solving Ireland's post-famine digit preference puzzle
McLaughlin, Eoin; Colvin, Christopher L.; Henderson, Stuart - 2022
attainment improved. We show how demography can account for this seemingly conflicting pattern. Specifically, we argue that a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013199328
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Factors of the income inequality in the Baltics : income, policy, demography
Navicke, Jekaterina - 2017
This paper aims to disentangle the driving factors behind the changes in income inequality in the Baltics since the EU accession, distinguishing between primary income effect, discrete changes in tax-benefit policies and demographic effect. Evaluation of the three effects was based on...
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Demography and provisions for retirement : the pension composition, a behavioral approach
Praag, Bernard M. S. van; Hop, J. Peter - 2020
interests of the different groups are only partly coinciding. For a given demography and interest rate, the joint result of the … in the capital market with a corresponding equilibrium interest rate. In this paper we assume a demography with one … determined by the demography and cannot be modified at will as a long-term political instrument. We find that this is relevant …
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The demographic environment : notes on eight economic, social and cultural threats
Membiela-Pollán, Matías; Martínez Fernández, … - In: Atlantic review of economics : AROE 1 (2018) 1
This article aims to highlight eight implications presented by the demographic environment in the economic, social and cultural fields. More specifically, we will deal with how the ageing of the population, evident in the advanced countries, infers a set of threats related to: 1) The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012157153
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Three pillars of urbanization : migration, aging, and growth
Grafeneder-Weissteiner, Theresa; Prettner, Klaus; … - 2018
Economic development in industrialized countries is characterized by rising per capita GDP, increasing life expectancy, and an ever larger share of the population living in cities. We explain this pattern within a regional innovation-driven economic growth model with labor mobility and a...
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Demography and age heaping : solving Ireland's post-famine digit preference puzzle
McLaughlin, Eoin; Colvin, Christopher L.; Henderson, Stuart - 2022
measures of educational attainment improved. We show how demography partly accounts for this seemingly conflicting pattern …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014338564