Purpose Our paper studies a central issue with a long history in economics: the relationship between population and economic growth. We analyze the joint dynamics of economic and demographic growth in 111 countries during the period 1960-2019. Design/methodology/approach Using the concept of...

Als Folge der Rekordzuwanderung von 2015 und der vorausberechneten hohen Nettomigration für die Folgejahre bleibt der über lange Zeit erwartete Bevölkerungsrückgang in Deutschland bis 2035 aus. Die 2016 veröffentlichte Bevölkerungsprognose des Instituts der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln...

Der demografische Wandel stellt Gesellschaft, Politik und Wirtschaft vor große Herausforderungen. Bevölkerungsprognosen sind dabei die zentrale quantitative Entscheidungsgrundlage, um Lösungsansätze zu entwerfen. Die Bevölkerungspro gnose des Instituts der deutschen Wirtschaft...

The prototypical Lee-Carter mortality model is characterized by a single common time factor that loads differently across age groups. In this paper, we propose a parametric factor model for the term structure of mortality where multiple factors are designed to influence the age groups...

This research introduces an innovative GDP nowcasting strategy tailored for developing countries, specifically addressing challenges related to limited data timeliness. The study centers on Bolivia, where the official monthly indicator of economic growth is released with a substantial delay of...

This study investigates the utility of business uncertainty indicators as predictive tools for forecasting economic activity in the context of Russia. In an era characterized by global economic volatility and geopolitical shifts, understanding the dynamics of economic uncertainty and its impact...

Self-influence and self-reference are among the largely omitted, but quite substantial properties of thought systems in social sciences. These can have significant impact on the ways we can test such thought systems (theories), their applicability and reliability. This paper defines the basic...

Tony Lawson, the leading figure of the Cambridge Social Ontology Group, recently published a series of papers devoted to the question of the nature of money. These contributions have to be understood in the context of his broader approach to social ontology, the so called social positioning...

The aim of this work was to test how returns are distributed across multiple asset classes, markets and sampling frequency. We examine returns of swaps, equity and bond indices as well as the rescaling by their volatilities over different horizons (since inception to Q2-2020). Contrarily to some...