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PDR SUPPLEMENTS
Population Aging, Human Capital Accumulation, and Productivity Growth
Alexia Prskawetz, David E. Bloom, and Wolfgang Lutz (eds.)

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction
    David E. Bloom
    Wolfgang Lutz
    Alexia Prskawetz

Part I. The Economic Significance of Global Aging

Global Demographic Change: Dimensions and Economic Significance
    David E. Bloom
    David Canning

The Impact of Global Aging on Labor, Product, and Capital Markets
    Axel H. Börsch-Supan

Aggregate Evidence on the Link Between Age Structure and Productivity
    James Feyrer

Part II. The Role of Human Capital Accumulation in Economic Growth

Declining Mortality Among British Scientists During the Age of Enlightenment
    Ryan D. Edwards

Demographic, Economic, and Institutional Factors in the Transition to Modern Growth in England: 1530–1860
    Raouf Boucekkine
    David de la Croix
    Dominique Peeters

The Population Dynamics of Human Capital Accumulation
    Wolfgang Lutz
    Anne Goujon
    Annababette Wils

Part III. Productivity Studies at Various Levels of Analysis

Age and Productivity Potential: A New Approach Based on Ability Levels and Industry-Wide Task Demand 
    Vegard Skirbekk

Charting the Economic Life Cycle
    Ronald Lee
    Sang-Hyop Lee
    Andrew Mason

Productivity Consequences of Workforce Aging: Stagnation or Horndal Effect?
    Bo Malmberg
    Thomas Lindh
    Max Halvarsson

Older Workers and National Productivity in Japan
    Robert L. Clark
    Naohiro Ogawa
    Sang-Hyop Lee
    Rikiya Matsukura

Growth Effects of Age-Related Productivity Differentials in an Aging Society: A Simulation Study for Austria
    Helmut Hofer
    Thomas Url

Workforce Aging and Labor Productivity: The Role of Supply and Demand for Labor in the G7 Countries
    Alexia Prskawetz
    Thomas Fent
    Ross Guest

Authors


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