This article surveys supervisors' ratings, analyses of piece-rates and employer-employee
datasets as well as other approaches used to estimate how individual productivity varies …

For decades, economists and social thinkers have debated the influence of population
change on economic growth. Three alternative positions define this debate: that population …

Several recent theories emphasize the negative effects of an aging population on economic
growth, either because of the lower labor force participation and productivity of older workers …

The differences in regional economic resilience and the drivers of resilience across the
urban–rural hierarchy in the European Union are explored empirically in this paper. Three …

There is long-standing debate on how population growth affects national economies. A new
report from Population Matters examines the history of this debate and synthesizes current …

Population ageing leads to labour scarcity and labour market rigidity. Contrary to supply-
side economists' belief that labour market rigidity tends to suppress firm innovation, we …

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 …

Background China is one of the world's fastest-aging countries. Population aging and social-
economic development show close relations. This study aims to illustrate the spatial …

This paper offers a reappraisal of the impact of migration on economic growth for 22 OECD
countries between 1986–2006, and relies on a unique data set we compiled that allows us …

The implications of population aging for economic growth is not only the shrinking working-
age population, but also the increasing health care burden of the elderly population. It is …