Demographics and cardiology, 1950–2050

Demographics and cardiology, 1950-2050.

Demographics and Productivity ∗

This paper examines the relationship between workforce demographics and aggregate productivity. Changes in the age structure of the workforce is found to be significantly correlated with changes in aggregate productivity. Different demographic structures may be related to almost one quarter of the persistent productivity gap between the OECD and low income nations as well as part of the product...

Housing Markets and Demographics

The earlier concern was sparked by a paper by Mankiw and Weil (1989), in which the authors famously predicted that between 1987 and 2007, real house prices could fall by 3% per year. In fact, real house prices grew by an average of 31/2% per year from 1987 to 2004. Of course, the MankiwWeil prediction may yet come to pass; or it may have already occurred and simply been masked by the surge in d...

Demographics and Automation

We argue theoretically and document empirically that aging leads to greater (industrial) automation, and in particular, to more intensive use and development of robots. Using US data, we document that robots substitute for middle-aged workers (those between the ages of 36 and 55). We then show that demographic change—corresponding to an increasing ratio of older to middle-aged workers—is associ...

Demographics and Industry Returns

Do demographic patterns affect stock returns across industries? While there is a substantial literature on the impact of demographic fluctuations on aggregate stock returns (Gurdip S. Bakshi and Zhiwu Chen 1994; James M. Poterba 2001; Andrew B. Abel 2003; John Geanakoplos, Michael J. P. Magill, and Martine Quinzii 2004; Andrew Ang and Angela Maddaloni 2005), there is little evidence on the effe...