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interests of the different groups are only partly coinciding. For a given demography and interest rate, the joint result of the … in the capital market with a corresponding equilibrium interest rate. In this paper we assume a demography with one … determined by the demography and cannot be modified at will as a long-term political instrument. We find that this is relevant …
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We study the impact of endogenous longevity on optimal tax progressivity and inequality in an overlapping generations model with skill heterogeneity. Higher tax progressivity decreases both the longevity gap and net income inequality, but at the expense of lower average lifetime and lower...
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attainment improved. We show how demography can account for this seemingly conflicting pattern. Specifically, we argue that a …
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Demography is typically defined as the study of human populations and the changes in their quantity associated with … migration, fertility, and mortality. The term demography comes from Greek word and means “describing people.” Thus, this …, composition, spatial distribution, and population density. In addition, sometimes a distinction is made between “formal demography …
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This research explores the biocultural origins of human capital formation. It presents the first evidence that moderate fecundity and thus predisposition towards investment in child quality was conducive for long-run reproductive success within the human species. Using an extensive genealogical...
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This research presents the first evidence that moderate fecundity maximized long-run reproductive success within the human species. Exploiting an extensive genealogy record for nearly half a million individuals in Quebec during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the study traces the...
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Economic development in industrialized countries is characterized by rising per capita GDP, increasing life expectancy, and an ever larger share of the population living in cities. We explain this pattern within a regional innovation-driven economic growth model with labor mobility and a...
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In this paper the effects on aggregate consumption of changes in the age distribution of the population are analysed empirically. Economic theories predict that age influences individuals’ saving and consumption behaviour. Despite this, age structure effects are rarely controlled for in...
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This research explores the biocultural origins of human capital formation. It presents the first evidence that moderate fecundity and thus predisposition towards investment in child quality was conducive for long-run reproductive success within the human species. Using an extensive genealogical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526705
This article aims to highlight eight implications presented by the demographic environment in the economic, social and cultural fields. More specifically, we will deal with how the ageing of the population, evident in the advanced countries, infers a set of threats related to: 1) The...
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