Online survey data were collected from 30,000 users of Massively Multi-User Online RolePlaying Games (MMORPGs) over a three year period to explore users’ demographics, motivations and derived experiences. Not only do MMORPGs appeal to a broad age range (Mage= 26.57, range = 11-68), but the appeal is strong (on average 22 hours of usage per week) across users of all ages (r = -.04). An explorato...

The age distribution influences capital flows through aggregate saving and labor supply. To quantify this, I build a dynamic model featuring overlapping generations international trade among 28 countries since 1970. equilibrium is replicated by with representative household in each country that experiences an endogenous discount factor, which summarizes the co-evolution of demographics relevant...