Does Aging Influence Sectoral Employment Shares? Evidence from Panel Data
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2008-12Type
- Working Paper
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Abstract
Our study represents a first attempt to single out the effects of aging on the entire structure of the economy that is approximated by employment shares in different sectors. We find that even after controlling for the effects of other relevant factors—e.g. income per capita, share of trade in GDP, government consumption share in GDP, population size—aging does have a statistically significant differentiated impact on the employment shares. In particular, we find that an increase in the aging proxies exerts a statistically significant adverse effect on the employment shares in agriculture, manufacturing, construction, and mining and quarrying industries. At the same time, increasing share of the elderly people in the society positively affects employment shares in community, social, and personal services as well as in the financial sector. In the simulation exercise, we illustrate the effects of aging on the employment structure within the next 45 years. Show more
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https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-a-005717951Publication status
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KOF Working PapersVolume
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KOF Swiss Economic Institute, ETH ZurichSubject
SOCIAL CHANGE + SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (SOCIOLOGY); LABOUR MARKET AND EMPLOYMENT; Dynamic panel data; Employment shares; ARBEITSMARKT UND BESCHÄFTIGUNG; Aging; ELDERLY EMPLOYEES + ELDERLY WORKERS (LABOUR); SOZIALER WANDEL + GESELLSCHAFTLICHE ENTWICKLUNG (SOZIOLOGIE); Structural change; ARBEITNEHMER/AELTERE ARBEITNEHMEROrganisational unit
02525 - KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle / KOF Swiss Economic Institute
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