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Demographics And Development Policy [PDF]
By late 2011 there will be more than 7 billion people in the world, with 8 billion in 2025 and 9 billion before 2050. New technologies and institutions, and a lot of hard work have enabled us to avoid widespread Malthusian misery. Global income per capita has increased 150 percent since 1960, outpacing the growth of population.
Bloom, David E., Canning, David
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REFLECTION OF DEMOGRAPHIC POLICY IN FERTILITY RATES IN RUSSIA
Since 2018, a new package of demographic policy measures has been introduced in Russia, including direct financial support for families with children, a preferential mortgage lending program, expanded use of maternity funds, and the development of ...
E. Sindyashkina
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Demographics and Monetary Policy Shocks [PDF]
AbstractWe show that consumption expenditures for older households are more responsive to monetary policy shocks than for young‐ or middle‐aged households. A one‐standard‐deviation expansionary monetary policy shock induces a statistically significant and quantitatively large (1.7%) increase in aggregate consumption for old households over the ensuing ...
Steven Lugauer+3 more
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Adolescent school injuries and classroom sex compositions in German secondary schools
Background School injuries are an important adolescent health problem. Previous research suggests that relevant risk behaviors for school injuries, risk-taking and aggression, are highly susceptible to peer effects.
Andreas Filser+3 more
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Introduction The increase in the suicide mortality rate among middle-aged adults in the United States (US) has been well documented. Aside from a few studies from the United Kingdom, it is unclear whether the suicide mortality rate trend in the US is ...
Shannon Lange+8 more
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Does board demographic diversity affect the dividend payout policy in Turkey?
PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of board demographic diversity on the dividend payout policy in Turkish capital markets.Design/methodology/approachUsing a sample of 67 non-financial companies listed on Borsa Istanbul 100 ...
Ajab Khan+2 more
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Correlates of testosterone change as men age
Objective: The literature on testosterone (T) in men reports diverse correlates of T, some with minimal empirical support and most with little indication of how they change with advancing age. We test eight putative correlations across age.
Ricky Kanabar+3 more
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ESTIMATES OF THE MOTHERHOOD PENALTY IN RUSSIA [PDF]
The paper concerns systematic differences in the wages of women with children and childless women, or «motherhood penalty», in modernRussia. The study bases on the 23rd wave of the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS HSE).
Svetlana Biryukova, Alla Makarentseva
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Measuring by time: a new paradigm of socio-demographic policy
The purpose of this article is to describe the idea of forming a new paradigm of socio-demographic policy based on the core «family-work balance». Today, it is no longer enough to talk about the family-work balance policy as an integral part of the State
I. Kalabikhina
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Background People in socially disadvantaged groups face a myriad of challenges to their health. Discrimination, based on group status such as gender, immigration generation, race/ethnicity, or religion, are a well-documented health challenge.
Joshua G. Rivenbark, Mathieu Ichou
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