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Healthy, wealthy, wise, and happy? : an exploratory analysis of the interplay between aging and subjective well-being in low and middle income countries
Flores, Gabriela; Ingenhaag, Michael; Maurer, Jürgen - 2013
aging. Controlling for socio-demographic factors, we find higher levels of well-being for older persons relative to their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223137
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Migration and the demographic shift
Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2014
This chapter connects population aging with international migration. After documenting the trends for both, we review … the supply-push and demand-pull determinants of migration, focusing particularly on the role of age and aging. We … subsequently discuss the literature concerning the implications of migration in the context of aging for labor markets, health and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463681
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Chapter 17. The HRS Around the World Surveys
Dobrescu, L.I.; Smith, J.P. - In: Handbook of the economics of population aging : Volume 1, (pp. 993-1018). 2016
development is intertwined with the major aging trends around the world. This discussion includes the origins of the HRS model … HRS-style data to advance our understanding of population aging and successfully inform the policy and business practices …In this chapter, we first discuss the history of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) network of surveys and how its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023470
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Chapter 3. Migration and the Demographic Shift
Zaiceva, A.; Zimmermann, K.F. - In: Handbook of the economics of population aging : Volume 1, (pp. 119-177). 2016
This chapter investigates the two-way relationship between population aging and international migration. After … role of age and aging. We subsequently analyze the implications of migration in the context of aging for labor markets, as … suggested as a solution for the aging problem, the existing academic literature from different fields is more cautious about its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023473
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Aging and economic opportunities : major world regions around the turn of the century ; background paper for the Economic and Social Progress Report 2000
Behrman, Jere R.; Duryea, Suzanne; Székely, Miguel - 1999
This paper presents new evidence for major world regions and for the most populous countries in each region on associations between the average ages of populations and three groups of economic outcomes: (1) macroeconomic aggregates (domestic saving as a share of GDP, GDP per capita, capital per...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541352
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The educational burden of ADHD : evidence from student achievement test scores
Dannemann, Bernhard C.; Gören, Erkan - 2018 - This version: April 2018
This paper hypothesizes and empirically establishes the educational burden of the ADHD-related behavioral symptoms inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity on aggregate cognitive achievement outcomes. We use a novel compilation of the 2- and 7-repeat allele variants of the human DRD4 exon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011818601
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Will you still need me - when I'm 64?
van Ours, Jan C. - 2009
For various reasons the relationship between age and productivity is a matter of policy concern. I present new empirical research showing how productivity is affected by age. I study age effects at the individual level by analyzing data on running and publishing in economic journals. Furthermore...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276111
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Ageing and skills : a review and analysis of skill gain and skill loss over the lifespan and over time
Desjardins, Richard; Warnke, Arne Jonas - 2012
skill loss over the lifespan and over time. -- Ageing ; Cognitive Skills ; PIAAC ; IALS ; Adult Literacy ; Aging ; ALL …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533340
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Retirement Age Across Countries : The Role of Occupations
Sauré, Philip U.; Zoabi, Hosny - 2011
Cross-country variation in effective retirement age is usually attributed to institutional differences that affect individuals’ incentives to retire. This paper suggests a different approach to explain this variation. Since working individuals in different occupations naturally retire at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014176819
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Occupations shape retirement across countries
Sauré, Philip; Seibold, Arthur; Smorodenkova, Elizaveta; … - 2023
We study how occupations shape individual and aggregate retirement behavior. First, we document large differences in individual retirement ages across occupations in U.S. data. We then show that retirement behavior among European workers is strongly correlated with U.S. occupational retirement...
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