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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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Demography of Global Aging

Bloom, David E. - 2016

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The new stylized facts about income and subjective well-being

Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013 - This draft: August 2, 2012

satisfaction ; quality of life ; Easterlin Paradox ; adaptation …

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Panel conditioning and self-reported satisfaction : evidence from international panel data and repeated cross-sections

Van Landeghem, Bert G. M. - 2012

Using data from three European countries, this paper investigates whether self-reported satisfaction data are subject … on trends in life satisfaction over time), and might stimulate further research into panel conditioning for other … economic data gathered via household surveys. -- Life satisfaction ; GHQ ; Panel conditioning ; Panel attrition ; time trends …

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The New Stylized Facts About Income and Subjective Well-Being

Sacks, Daniel W. - 2013

In recent decades economists have turned their attention to data that asks people how happy or satisfied they are with their lives. Much of the early research concluded that the role of income in determining well-being was limited, and that only income relative to others was related to...

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Are senior entrepreneurs happier than who? : the role of income and health

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2023

We propose an extension of the standard occupational choice model to analyze the life satisfaction of senior … as main factors that shape the relationship between occupational status and life satisfaction. Senior entrepreneurs enjoy … higher levels of life satisfaction than retirees and senior paid employees. This higher life satisfaction is mainly due to …

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Are senior entrepreneurs happier than who? : the role of income and health

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2023

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Are senior entrepreneurs happier than who? : the role of income and health

Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2023

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2008 Lawrence R. Klein lecture : comparative economic development ; insights from unified growth theory

Galor, Oded - 2009

This paper explores the implications of Unified Growth Theory for the origins of existing differences in income per capita across countries. The theory sheds light on three fundamental layers of comparative development. It identifies the factors that have governed the pace of the transition from...

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The economic and demographic transition, mortality, and comparative development

Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - 2013

We propose a unified growth theory to investigate the mechanics generating the economic and demographic transition, and the role of mortality differences for comparative development. The framework can replicate the quantitative patterns in historical time series data and in contemporaneous...

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