This paper proposes a new and unified explanation for the following trends observed over the last 25 years: (1) the increased returns to education, (2) the slow measured growth in TFP in an economy undergoing massive changes in its methods of production, and (3) the poor wage performance,...

The growth in the number of elderly people throughout the world is beginning to have a major social and economic impact. Deep-seated demographic change is driving the large scale restructuring of many state pension systems. The way in which this restructuring is being carried out is contributing...

Purpose: Examining the linkage between self-reported ethnicity and the propensity for family-based informal health care, this study considers cultural connections to religion as a possible explanation for ethnic difference. Design and Methods: Nation-wide survey respondents (N = 2,126) were...

Japan, like most of the developed world, faces potentially extreme demographic shortfalls brought on by a rapidly aging society with a long life expectancy and low birthrate. Where other western countries have utilized greater levels of immigration to help fight these tendencies, immigration...

The barriers to, and the opportunities for, a much enhanced implementation of CHP in the UK are under the control of the UK Government.