How does global aging affect the convergence in global economic development? Both the developing and developed world will be characterized for the coming decades by aging populations. Changes in the age distribution of a population are an important determinant of economic performance as they...

In this paper advisors are selected by two ministers with conflicting interests in order to (1) acquire information, and (2) obtain political legitimacy concerning a project. In the end, parliament decides whether or not the project, of which the consequences are uncertain, is implemented. In...

Books reviewed: Masahiko Aoki, Toward a Comparative Institutional Analysis. Cambridge Albert Breton, Gianluigi Galeotti, Pierre Salmon, Ronald Wintrobe (eds.), Political Extremism and Rationality Gerard Caprio, Patrick Honohan and Joseph E. Stiglitz (eds.), Financial Liberalization Richard N....

Attention is the coordination device which makes modern science work the way it does. A typical characteristic of attention in the scientific world is that those who seek attention are the same people who are giving it. Another important feature within groups is the skewed distribution of...

Purpose of the study: We offer an empirically based taxonomy of the human resource policies of European employers in relation to older workers. In particular, three age-based strategies are discussed and analyzed in a simultaneous fashion: a focus on exit through retirement, workplace...

In this paper we examine, by means of a citation analysis, which factors influence the impact of scientific articles published in all demography journals registered by the SSCI between 1990 and 1992. Several quantifiable characteristics of the articles (characteristics with respect to authors,...

The emergence of the housewife in the Netherlands over the period 1812-1922 was strongly influenced by the social norm that women should withdraw from the labour market on the eve of marriage. Adherence to this norm is most clearly reflected in the emergence of the housewife among the lower...

This paper tries to establish who carries the burden in supporting reproductive health and AIDS programs worldwide. The 1994 International Conference of Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo established goals for the expansion of assistance in matters of reproductive health and AIDS. This...

Science is a winner-take-all profession in which only a few contributions get excessive attention and the large majority of papers receive scant or no attention. This so-called 'waste', together with all the competitive strategies of scientists seeking attention, is part and parcel of every...

The 1994 International Conference of Population and Development (ICPD) established goals for the expansion of population assistance. This global effort has so far not sufficiently been supported by donor funds. Dynamic panel estimation methods are used to see what lies behind the sharing of...