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Demographic structure and the security of property rights: The role of development and democracy
2013
Abstract It is often argued that countries with a high population share of children and young workers should attract large capital inflows from aging industrialized economies. However, many of these countries deter foreign investors by a high risk of creeping or outright expropriation. In this paper we explore whether the correlation between countries' demographic structure and the perceived security of property rights reflects a causal relationship. We show that, in low-income countries, the ratio of young to old workers has a positive effect on the perceived security of property rights if the political system is sufficiently democratic. By contrast, this relationship cannot be observed in…
Unemployment Flows in Finland, 1969-95: A Time Series Analysis
1998
We adopt a flow approach to analyse Finnish unemployment experience during the last three decades. In addition to data on short-term and total outflow and inflow rates from a relatively long period beginning in 1969, we also have data on duration-specific outflow rates for the period 1984 I–96 II which encompasses the spectacular increase in unemployment in the early nineties. The empirical study shows that both the inflow and the outflow is mainly driven by variation in job opportunities. For a given vacancy-unemployment ratio, the outflow rate has fallen because of changes in unemployment compensation, demographic structure and emigration. The outflow has been only marginally affected by …
Los espacios de mayor inmigración en los centros históricos: algunos ejemplos en las grandes ciudades españolas
2008
La inmigración reciente ha transformado de forma radical la estructura demográfica de numerosos sectores de los centros históricos de las ciudades, casi siempre los más degradados, pero también algunos en proceso de rehabilitación. Este artículo analiza los cambios producidos en menos de cuatro años –los que van del último Censo al Padrón de 2005– en las secciones censales con mayor porcentaje de extranjeros en 2001. Se estudian los ritmos de llegada, la singularidad respecto a otras áreas de la ciudad, el radical cambio en la composición por edades de dichas secciones, la concentración en ellas de grupos concretos y las diferencias existentes entre las ciudades. Con ello, se intentará cara…