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Social Security and Retirement Around the World : Historical Trends in Mortality and Health, Employment, and Disability Insurance Participation and Reforms
Milligan, Kevin S.; Wise, David A. - 2011
the labor force participation of younger persons in twelve countries. We found no evidence that increasing the employment … of older persons will reduce the employment opportunities of youth and no evidence that increasing the employment of … formal analysis of disability insurance programs, with this key question: Given health status, to what extent are the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014043291
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Money also is sunny in a retiree's world
Lorenz, Svenja; Zwick, Thomas - 2020
This paper shows that labor income plays an important positive role for the decision to work after retirement. Especially individuals who have the chance to substantially supplement their pension entitlements have a higher earnings elasticity. Men are more attracted by earnings incentives than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012299799
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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
In this paper, we address the relationship between age and several dimension of subjective wellbeing. Whilst literature generally finds a U-shaped age-profile in subjective well-being, this agepattern might only hold after controlling for objective life circumstances. The observed U-shaped...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223137
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Disability and Poverty in Developing Countries : A Snapshot from the World Health Survey
Mitra, Sophie; Posarac, Aleksandra; Vick, Brandon C. - 2014
The association between disability and poverty has been noted intuitively, although there is little systematic evidence … to support this claim, mainly due to a lack of quality data on disability. This paper attempts to fill a knowledge gap on … disability and poverty in developing countries by using a unique data set, the World Health Survey, which has comparable measures …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014178873
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Family location and caregiving patterns from an international perspective
Rainer, Helmut; Siedler, Thomas - 2010
This paper conducts a cross-national econometric analysis of intra-family location and caregiving patterns. First, we assess, from an international perspective, the relationship between family structure and the geographic proximity between adult children and their parents. We then examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003952917
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Family location and caregiving patterns from an international perspective
Rainer, Helmut; Siedler, Thomas - 2010
This paper conducts a cross-national econometric analysis of intra-family location and caregiving patterns. First, we assess, from an international perspective, the relationship between family structure and the geographic proximity between adult children and their parents. We then examine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003945827
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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
The relationship between ageing and skills is becoming an important policy issue, not least in the context of population ageing. Data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) will potentially add considerably to the understanding of the relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533340
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Population aging in India : facts, issues, and options
Agarwal, Arunika; Lubet, Alyssa; Mitgang, Elizabeth; … - 2016
India, one of the world's two population superpowers, is undergoing unprecedented demographic changes. Increasing longevity and falling fertility have resulted in a dramatic increase in the population of adults aged 60 and up, in both absolute and relative terms. This change presents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528108
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The global demography of aging : facts, explanations, future
Bloom, David E.; Luca, Dara Lee - 2016
capacities, with potentially significant implications for employment, savings, consumption, economic growth, asset values, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528111
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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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