... individuals' WEL, it had no impact on individuals' indebtedness. Finally, the PLS-MGA emphasized a number of disparities among the different demographic groups of the sample, confirming the posited moderating effects of gender, age and education. Social implications The current research underscores...

... declining birth rate and increasing old‐age population ratio are creating a demographic situation which will have implications for future economic growth. Policies need to be put in place to mitigate the negative effects these factors will have on Irish growth. Originality/value This paper adopts modern...

... and employment. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses data from the Family Spending Survey to disaggregate the household column of the Portuguese input‐output table in different age groups, projecting their consumption, using the latest demographic projections made by Statistics Portugal (INE...

... Income Demographics Social policy Portugal Child poverty is a problem firmly recognized in the industrialized world. In many OCDE countries, reducing child poverty has become one of the most important targets for policy makers. In recent years, public policies have focused on this challenge [1...

...Ahmad Raza; Hasan Sohaib Murad Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a descriptive analysis of socio‐demographic bases of gender gap in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach The paper analyzes various aspects of gender gap (gender inequalities) in Pakistan. The analysis is based...

...Arindam Banik; Pradip K. Bhaumik Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the dual effect of demographic changes and emigration of young people on the economic growth of small Caribbean economies and the serious economic challenges arising therefrom. Design/methodology/approach...

.../value The paper is the first to document the Singapore experience of payment for health. It draws inferences and makes recommendations that will be of interest to policy makers both in poorer and in richer countries. Medical insurance Health insurance Economics Demographics Singapore...

... short time the fundamental attributes of a competitive market economy have subjugated societal qualities reinforced over hundreds of years and thought to be unchangeable. The administered questionnaire captured demographic and perceptual data. The demographic data (see Table I), which included...

... Demographics Developing countries Environment Policy Population Among the developing countries, Latin America and the Caribbean have been leading the urbanization process during the last few decades. A world resources report composed in 1995 records that more than 70 per cent of the population...

... discusses some of these important issues concerning ageing in Singapore. An alternative measure of dependency burden can be recast from the conventional demographic dependency ratio. This “pseudo” measure (economic dependency ratio or EDR) is based on the following definition: where, P...

... of socialism, and as a proponent of universal,ahistorical theory that denied the historical character of economic arrangements (Meek, 1953). For Marx and Engels,surplus population is generated not through demographic change, but through the functioning of the capitalist system. Doubts about the Malthusian...