From the last few centuries, the human population has grown exponentially around the
globe, and an increase in affluence has increased resource usage and pollutant emissions …

The Great Recession that began in late 2007 had devastating consequences for the fiscal
health of state and local governments, and many remain in a precarious financial position …

First published in 1991, Beyond the Welfare State? has been thoroughly revised and
updated for this new edition, which draws on the latest theoretical developments and …

The increasing proportion of the population aged 65 or over has generated a global rise of
health spending due to higher demand for medical and long-term care services, which has …

Health Economics presents a systematic treatment of the economics of health behavior and
health care delivery. Appropriate both for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of …

Population ageing and pension reform will have profound effects on international capital
markets. In order to quantify these effects, we develop a computational general equilibrium …

To study the interplay between age and culture as driver of self-employment motivation, we
examine cross-sectional age differences (young to late adulthood) in self-employment …

Research often suggests that population ageing will be detrimental for the economy due to
increased labour market exits and lost productivity, however the role of population health …

Projected demographic changes in industrialized and developing countries vary in extent
and timing but will reduce the share of the population in working age everywhere …

The elderly population and economic growth have been a contentious topic among
researchers. Regardless of the economic growth rate, the population and its growth have a …