Population ageing, longevity and migration: an overlapping generations approach

The silent demographic revolution characterizing the main industrialized countries is an unavoidable factor which has major economic, social, cultural and psychological implications. This thesis studies the main consequences of population ageing and the connections with the phenomenon of migration, The theoretical analysis is developed using Overlapping Generations Models (OLG). The thesis is divided in the following four chapters: 1) “A Model for Determining Consumption and Social Assistance Demand in Uncertainty Conditions”, focuses on the relation between demographic impact and social insurance and proposes the institution of a non selfsufficiency fund for the elderly. 2) "Population Ageing, Longevity and Health", analyzes the effects of health investment on intertemporal individual behaviour and capital accumulation. 3) "Population Ageing and the Nursing Flow", studies the consequences of migration in the nursing sector. 4) "Quality of Multiculturalism and Minorities' Assimilation", focuses on the problem of assimilation and integration of minorities.

Grantor dc:publisher

Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Year dc:date

2008

Author dc:creator

• Melindi Ghidi, Paolo <1979>

Contributors dc:contributor

• Onofri, Paolo

• SECS-P/01 Economia politica

Statement dc:rights

• info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Language dc:language

en

Identifier

urn:nbn:it:unibo-764
Melindi Ghidi, Paolo (2008) Population ageing, longevity and migration: an overlapping generations approach, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Economia <https://amsdottorato.unibo.it/view/dottorati/DOT233/>, 20 Ciclo.

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