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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020

The Impact of Population Aging and Public Health Support on EU Labor Markets.

Mirela Cristea, Gratiela Georgiana Noja, Petru Stefea, Adrian Lucian Sala

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Mirela CristeaDepartment of Finance, Banking and Economic Analysis, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, Center for Banking and Financial Research, 13 A I Cuza Street, 200585 Craiova, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-6670-9798
Gratiela Georgiana NojaDepartment of Marketing and International Economic Relations, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timisoara, East European Center for Research in Economics and Business, 16 Pestalozzi Street, 300115 Timisoara, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-9201-3057
Petru StefeaDepartment of Management, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, West University of Timisoara, 16 Pestalozzi Street, 300115 Timisoara, Romania.
Adrian Lucian SalaDoctoral School of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Craiova, 13 A I Cuza Street, 200585 Craiova, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-5158-9335

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Population aging and public health expenditure mainly dedicated to older dependent persons present major challenges for the European Union (EU) Member States, with profound implications for their economies and labor markets. Sustainable economic development relies on a well-balanced workforce of young and older people. As this balance shifts in favor of older people, productivity tends to suffer, on the one hand, and the older group demands more from health services, on the other hand. These requisites tend to manifest differently within developed and developing EU countries. This research aimed to assess population aging impacts on labor market coordinates (employment rate, labor productivity), in the framework of several health dimensions (namely, health government expenditure, hospital services, healthy life years, perceived health) and other economic and social factors. The analytical approach consisted of applying structural equation models, Gaussian graphical models, and macroeconometric models (robust regression and panel corrected standard errors) to EU panel data for the years 1995-2017. The results show significant dissimilarities between developed and developing EU countries, suggesting the need for specific policies and strategies for the labor market integration of older people, jointly with public health expenditure, with implications for EU labor market performance.

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EconomicsOccupationsPublic HealthDemographyEuropean UnionHumansPopulation Dynamicseconometric proceduresEuropean Unionhealth expenditurelabor market policieslabor productivityolder workers

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PMCPMC7068414

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