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Is there a fertility paradox in Denmark?

Lauridsen, Jørgen T. - 2015

Alike most of the Western world, the Danish fertility rate declined throughout the 20th century simultaneous to … economic growth. This development, which conflicts with economic intuition, has been denoted the fertility paradox, and several … the fertility rate during the years 1982 to 2004. Several factors commonly believed to explain the variation in the …

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Evolution Of Geopolitic Factors, Determining Regional Spatial Planning Of Arctic Regions

Mitko, Valery B.; Shitinskiy, Vladimir A.; Minina, Marina V. - 2013

Purpose of one of the priority projects of the Arctic academy of sciences is development, based on the principles of safe and sustainable development, taking into account the experience of United Nations - HABITAT and purposes of the development of United Nations, practical recommendations...

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Demographic Change and Bank Profitability.Empirical Evidence from German Savings Banks

Thum, Marcel; Berlemann, Michael; Oestmann, Marco - 2010

Most European economies will experience significant demographic changes in the decades ahead. Due to low birth rates, populations are shrinking and ageing at the same time. This paper explores the impact of demographic change on the banking industry. A unique data set, which contains detailed...

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Are the Number of Skilled Workers Running Out in Germany? The (Non)-Consequences of Demographic Change

Garloff, Alfred; Wapler, Rüdiger - 2013

Two stylised facts of the German labour market are that first, the demand for (high-)skilled labour has been growing rapidly for a number of years and second, the country is facing a particularly strong demographic change with the expected size of the population decreasing rapidly and the...

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Taxation, Automation Capital, and the Functional Income Distribution

Süssmuth, Bernd; Irmen, Andreas; Heer, Burkhard - 2020

The functional income distribution in the US and most OECD countries has been characterized by an increasing capital income share and a declining wage share over the last decades. We present new evidence for the US economy that this fact is not only explained by technical change and...

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Sustainability of the Romanian rural area: An approach from a demographic and social perspective at the level of the South-Mountain region

Bucur, Sorinel Ionel - 2021

As a basic element of the sustainable development of an area, the demographic component plays an essential role, being considered, most of the time, as representing its backbone. The stock of demographic resources, as well as their structure is a starting point in elaborating any alternative for...

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Experience-Based Heterogeneity in Expectations and Monetary Policy

Radke, Lucas; Wicknig, Florian - 2021

The present paper studies the effect of monetary policy on inflation and output within a New Keynesian model with Experience-Based Learning (EBL) that renders expectations heterogeneous across age groups. Under EBL, the age-distribution directly affects the composition of aggregate expectations...

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Human Capital and Fertility in Germany after 1990: Evidence from a Multi-Spell Model

Sunder, Marco - 2010

determinants of fertility can be measured when at risk rather than ex-post, thus helping to reduce the risk of reverse causality … average, a different birth history trajectory, but with negligible curtailment of completed fertility. …

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The Quantitative Role of Child Care for Female Labor Force Participation and Fertility

Bick, Alexander - 2010

constitutes indeed for some females a barrier to participate in the labor market and depresses fertility. …

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Do Couples Bargain over Fertility? New Evidence Based on Child Preference Data

Hener, Timo - 2010

couples also bargain over fertility. In contrast to earlier tests of bargaining models, our empirical approach makes use of … for fertility decisions. Our results also indicate that couples are not able to fully commit to household resource … that the effect of child benefits on fertility could be enhanced by directing transfers to women. …

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