Demographic Structure and Macroeconomic Trends

Impacts of Demographic Trends on US Household Size and Structure

The Macroeconomic Dynamics of Demographic Shocks

The paper employs an extended Yaari-Blanchard model of overlapping generations to study how the macroeconomy is affected over time by various demographic changes. It is shown that a proportional decline in fertility and death rates has qualitatively similar effects to capital income subsidies; both per capita savings and per capita consumption increase in the new steady state. A drop in the bir...

Essays on Macroeconomic Trends and Cycles

Title of dissertation: ESSAYS ON MACROECONOMIC TRENDS AND CYCLES Yiqun Chen, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016 Dissertation directed by: Professor S. Borağan Aruoba Professor L. Luminita Stevens Department of Economics This dissertation describes two studies on macroeconomic trends and cycles. The first chapter studies the impact of Information Technology (IT) on the U.S. labor market. Over the past 3...

Demographic Transition and Industrial Revolution: A Macroeconomic Investigation

All industrialized countries experienced a transition from high birth rates and stagnant standards of living to low birth rates and sustained growth in per capita income. What contributed to these transformations? Did economic and demographic changes transpire through common or distinct channels? We construct a general equilibrium model with endogenous fertility in order to quantitatively inves...

Demographic Trends and Educational Homogamy in Britain

This paper considers how the rise of remarriage and premarital cohabitation affect the trends and patterns of educational homogamy in Britain. Using repeated cross-sectional data taken from the General Household Surveys, which cover a thirty years period, I show that the strength of educational homogamy has declined for remarriages and for marriages that began as cohabiting unions. The decline ...