This article investigates whether the temporal orientation of political actors influences the allocation of public resources to environmental policy. We construct an original panel dataset covering Italy’s regions from 2000 to 2021, linking demographic information on both executives and legislative assemblies to disaggregated data on public expenditure. Using fractional response models, we estimate the effect of policymakers’ life expectancy-adjusted age on the share of environmental spending across current, capital, and total expenditure. Our results show that regions with legislative bodies with longer remaining life spans allocate a significantly smaller share to environmental policy, while the temporal horizon of executives exerts a positive influence on capital investment in the environment. These findings are robust across specifications and highlight the institutional asymmetries in the intertemporal politics of public goods. The study contributes to the literature on demographic influences on public finance, emphasizing how internal heterogeneity in politicians’ time horizons affects intergenerational policy choices.
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Pub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2025-12-23DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100617
Marta Giachello , Cristina Ugolini , Rossella Verzulli
A growing share of the global population is affected by chronic conditions, prompting the development of various organizational models for chronic disease management. These models often emphasize the pivotal role of General Practitioners (GPs) and community health nurses in leading chronic care efforts.
Recognizing the significant burden of diabetes as a leading cause of disability and mortality, the Emilia-Romagna Region of Italy introduced clinical guidelines for diabetes management in 2010 to enhance the quality of care for patients with type 2 diabetes. This initiative enables GPs working within Community Health Homes to collaborate with Nursing Outpatient Clinics (NOCs) for more effective chronic disease management.
This study evaluates the impact of NOCs on key indicators of patient adherence with clinical guidelines. Using a balanced panel of administrative, individual-level data, we analyse the diabetic population over 65 years old within the largest Local Health Authority in Emilia-Romagna over a seven-year period (2010–2016). To assess the impact of NOCs on patient adherence, we employ alternative difference-in-differences approaches while accounting for heterogeneous treatment effects due to varying patient exposure periods.
Our findings indicate that patients enrolled with GPs who integrate NOCs into diabetes management exhibit significantly improved adherence to clinical guidelines. These results offer valuable insights for policymakers designing diabetes management programs that incorporate nursing support to enhance patient engagement and adherence.
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Pub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2026-01-10DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2026.100619
Alessio Gaggero , Joan Gil , Dolores Jiménez-Rubio
The objective of this paper is twofold. First, we aim to provide evidence on the relationship between genetic predisposition to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and later-life health outcomes. Additionally, we investigate cross-spousal spillovers on both physical and mental health associated with genetic risk for this condition. Leveraging rich data for individuals aged 50+ and their partners in England our findings indicate poorer general wellbeing, physical and mental health among older individuals with a higher genetic risk of experiencing ADHD. Moreover, these associations are substantially larger for older women and individuals who are unmarried, relatively less educated and less wealthy. Our results also show that male partner’s genetic risk for ADHD negatively affects the health of their female partners, whereas female genetic risk predisposition does not appear to affect the health of their male partners. Moreover, these adverse effects on women are stronger among those who are relatively less educated and live in relatively poorer households. Finally, we present a number of robustness tests which validate the reliability of our approach.
{"title":"Genetic risk for ADHD and later-life health and wellbeing: individual and spousal spillovers","authors":"Alessio Gaggero , Joan Gil , Dolores Jiménez-Rubio","doi":"10.1016/j.jeoa.2026.100619","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeoa.2026.100619","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The objective of this paper is twofold. First, we aim to provide evidence on the relationship between genetic predisposition to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and later-life health outcomes. Additionally, we investigate cross-spousal spillovers on both physical and mental health associated with genetic risk for this condition. Leveraging rich data for individuals aged 50+ and their partners in England our findings indicate poorer general wellbeing, physical and mental health among older individuals with a higher genetic risk of experiencing ADHD. Moreover, these associations are substantially larger for older women and individuals who are unmarried, relatively less educated and less wealthy. Our results also show that male partner’s genetic risk for ADHD negatively affects the health of their female partners, whereas female genetic risk predisposition does not appear to affect the health of their male partners. Moreover, these adverse effects on women are stronger among those who are relatively less educated and live in relatively poorer households. Finally, we present a number of robustness tests which validate the reliability of our approach.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45848,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Economics of Ageing","volume":"34 ","pages":"Article 100619"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146037772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2026-01-16DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2026.100618
Tomohiko Moriyama
This study examines how informal caregiving for parents affects the employment of Japanese adults aged 60–70 and whether firm size at age 59 moderates this relationship. Using longitudinal panel data, the results show that caregiving reduces employment probability, more strongly for women than for men, but has no significant effect on working hours. Among men, the negative impact is pronounced for those employed in small and medium-sized enterprises before age 60, while it is weaker for those from large firms. These findings suggest that firm size immediately before age 60 not only shapes employment trajectories beyond that age but also constrains the range of responses available when individuals face unexpected life events such as informal caregiving responsibilities.
{"title":"Informal caregiving and labor supply at older ages: Heterogeneity by firm-size before age 60","authors":"Tomohiko Moriyama","doi":"10.1016/j.jeoa.2026.100618","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeoa.2026.100618","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines how informal caregiving for parents affects the employment of Japanese adults aged 60–70 and whether firm size at age 59 moderates this relationship. Using longitudinal panel data, the results show that caregiving reduces employment probability, more strongly for women than for men, but has no significant effect on working hours. Among men, the negative impact is pronounced for those employed in small and medium-sized enterprises before age 60, while it is weaker for those from large firms. These findings suggest that firm size immediately before age 60 not only shapes employment trajectories beyond that age but also constrains the range of responses available when individuals face unexpected life events such as informal caregiving responsibilities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45848,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Economics of Ageing","volume":"34 ","pages":"Article 100618"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146078422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2025-11-29DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100609
Marcel Mérette , Julien Navaux
National Transfer Accounts (NTA) integrate micro- and macro-level data to measure the ways individuals of various ages produce, consume, save, and share resources. This methodology has been applied in more than 100 countries worldwide following United Nations guidelines. This paper proposes a theoretical framework for constructing NTA at the subnational level and presents an application across five Canadian regions from 1997 to 2017. We report two important findings. First, substantial interregional transfers in Canada reduce disparities among regions. Second, the per capita consumption of seniors, compared to individuals aged 0 to 24, remained stable over the two decades analyzed. Additionally, public transfers—whether or not they account for transfers paid—received by seniors relative to younger individuals declined over the 20-year study period. Consequently, in all Canadian regions, seniors did not gain an advantage in consumption and public transfers at the expense of young individuals between 1997 and 2017.
国民转移账户（National Transfer Accounts， NTA）综合了微观和宏观层面的数据，以衡量不同年龄的个人生产、消费、储蓄和共享资源的方式。按照联合国的指导方针，这一方法已在全世界100多个国家得到应用。本文提出了在次国家层面构建NTA的理论框架，并在1997 - 2017年对加拿大五个地区进行了应用。我们报告两个重要的发现。首先，加拿大大量的地区间转移减少了地区间的差距。其次，与0至24岁的人相比，老年人的人均消费在分析的20年里保持稳定。此外，在20年的研究期间，与年轻人相比，老年人获得的公共转移支付——无论是否算上已支付的转移支付——有所下降。因此，在1997年至2017年期间，在加拿大所有地区，老年人并没有以牺牲年轻人为代价在消费和公共转移方面获得优势。
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Pub Date : 2026-06-01Epub Date: 2026-01-26DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2026.100622
Zhuang Hao , Zhenhao Ning , Yi Zhang
Recent studies, especially those from developed countries, find little causal effect of grandparenthood on older individuals’ mental health. However, the results may differ in developing contexts, where grandparents often face unique challenges, such as insufficient formal childcare, inadequate pension support, a higher likelihood of remaining in the workforce, and significant healthcare copayment burdens. Using four waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey and a fixed-effects difference-in-differences approach, we find that becoming a grandparent adversely affects the mental health and self-rated health of older adults in China. The transition to grandparent also increases outpatient care utilization and out-of-pocket costs for outpatient services. Grandmothers and those with vulnerable socio-economic backgrounds are more susceptible to these negative health impacts and increased healthcare costs. Grandchild care emerges as a major channel through which these effects manifest, with grandparenthood leading to an average monthly increase of 83 h in grandchild care. Additionally, reduced working hours combined with an increased likelihood of retirement, poorer health behaviors, and strained relationships with children all contribute to explaining the main findings. Our findings highlight the overlooked health costs of grandparenting in developing countries. Expanding access to formal childcare may mitigate the negative health impacts on older caregivers and improve overall well-being among aging populations.
{"title":"Grandparents in Blue? The Impact of Grandparenthood on Mental Health and Healthcare Utilization in China","authors":"Zhuang Hao , Zhenhao Ning , Yi Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jeoa.2026.100622","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeoa.2026.100622","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent studies, especially those from developed countries, find little causal effect of grandparenthood on older individuals’ mental health. However, the results may differ in developing contexts, where grandparents often face unique challenges, such as insufficient formal childcare, inadequate pension support, a higher likelihood of remaining in the workforce, and significant healthcare copayment burdens. Using four waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey and a fixed-effects difference-in-differences approach, we find that becoming a grandparent adversely affects the mental health and self-rated health of older adults in China. The transition to grandparent also increases outpatient care utilization and out-of-pocket costs for outpatient services. Grandmothers and those with vulnerable socio-economic backgrounds are more susceptible to these negative health impacts and increased healthcare costs. Grandchild care emerges as a major channel through which these effects manifest, with grandparenthood leading to an average monthly increase of 83 h in grandchild care. Additionally, reduced working hours combined with an increased likelihood of retirement, poorer health behaviors, and strained relationships with children all contribute to explaining the main findings. Our findings highlight the overlooked health costs of grandparenting in developing countries. Expanding access to formal childcare may mitigate the negative health impacts on older caregivers and improve overall well-being among aging populations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45848,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Economics of Ageing","volume":"34 ","pages":"Article 100622"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146078421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-01Epub Date: 2026-02-28DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2026.100624
Christophe André, Peter Gal, Matthias Schief
Japan is ahead of most other countries in the global population ageing process. Its working-age population (aged 20–64) peaked in 1998, compared to 2011 in the European Union, while continued growth is expected in the United States until 2070, albeit at a declining pace. In this paper, we analyse employment and productivity developments in Japan since 1998 and examine how Japan differs from other OECD countries in various dimensions potentially related to ageing. Rising employment among women and older workers has lifted Japan’s employment rate to one of the highest levels in the OECD. However, older workers tend to be employed in low-productivity jobs. Despite rising labour shortages, immigration is much lower in Japan than in most other OECD countries. Ageing has led to the adoption of some labour-saving technologies, notably robots. Nevertheless, business dynamism is weak in international comparison and population ageing creates challenges for business succession. Changes in the consumption structure have been modest. Age-related spending contributed significantly to the deterioration of fiscal positions. Overall, even though Japan has been able to cope with ageing relatively well, its economic developments over the past decades illustrate the challenges of enhancing job quality at the same time as raising employment rates, sustaining innovation and preserving public finance sustainability in an ageing society.
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Pub Date : 2025-12-01Epub Date: 2025-07-19DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100587
Martin G. Haas, Uwe Sunde
In economics, most empirical studies of the consequences of changes in longevity focus on life expectancy, without considering other moments of the survival probability distribution. Here, we apply a novel parsimonious parametric and easily implementable decomposition method of variation in longevity based on life table information. We document several empirical facts of longevity changes around the world and their associations with aggregate population dynamics and economic development, and demonstrate that a parametric decomposition of changes in longevity beyond life expectancy can be very useful for various applications.
{"title":"Decomposing longevity: How life expectancy changes around the world","authors":"Martin G. Haas, Uwe Sunde","doi":"10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100587","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100587","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In economics, most empirical studies of the consequences of changes in longevity focus on life expectancy, without considering other moments of the survival probability distribution. Here, we apply a novel parsimonious parametric and easily implementable decomposition method of variation in longevity based on life table information. We document several empirical facts of longevity changes around the world and their associations with aggregate population dynamics and economic development, and demonstrate that a parametric decomposition of changes in longevity beyond life expectancy can be very useful for various applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45848,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Economics of Ageing","volume":"32 ","pages":"Article 100587"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144724417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-01Epub Date: 2025-09-14DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100595
Joelle H. Fong, Yuhao Ba, Zhe Chen
We investigate how financial literacy impacts older adults’ views on carbon taxation and climate fiscal policies. Using a representative survey in Singapore, we find that financially savvy older adults are generally less supportive of climate fiscal policies in that they are less likely to perceive carbon tax as fair or believe that increasing carbon tax will help increase employment. We provide empirical evidence that these relationships are causal. Interestingly also, the negative causal effect of financial knowledge on older adults’ attitudes towards carbon taxes is predominantly driven by their inflation literacy. Those more knowledgeable about inflation have higher awareness that carbon pricing can lead to higher costs of production and costs of living. Other personal factors that shape older adult’s attitudes on carbon taxation include age, marital status, and income. As future cohorts of elderly become more financially literate, communication campaigns on climate change and carbon taxation directed towards older demographic groups are urgently warranted.
{"title":"Who supports carbon pricing? Older adults’ financial literacy and attitudes toward carbon taxation","authors":"Joelle H. Fong, Yuhao Ba, Zhe Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100595","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100595","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We investigate how financial literacy impacts older adults’ views on carbon taxation and climate fiscal policies. Using a representative survey in Singapore, we find that financially savvy older adults are generally less supportive of climate fiscal policies in that they are less likely to perceive carbon tax as fair or believe that increasing carbon tax will help increase employment. We provide empirical evidence that these relationships are causal. Interestingly also, the negative causal effect of financial knowledge on older adults’ attitudes towards carbon taxes is predominantly driven by their inflation literacy. Those more knowledgeable about inflation have higher awareness that carbon pricing can lead to higher costs of production and costs of living. Other personal factors that shape older adult’s attitudes on carbon taxation include age, marital status, and income. As future cohorts of elderly become more financially literate, communication campaigns on climate change and carbon taxation directed towards older demographic groups are urgently warranted.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45848,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Economics of Ageing","volume":"32 ","pages":"Article 100595"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145104777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-12-01Epub Date: 2025-10-24DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100602
Fang Chen, Wenge Liu
As demographic aging intensifies globally, the aging of the labor force is exerting significant impacts on technological adoption, industrial restructuring, and pathways toward sustainable development. This study empirically investigates the effect of labor force aging on the adoption of industrial robots by employing industry-level panel data from Japan spanning 1996 to 2018. A fixed-effects regression model is used to control for unobserved industry and year heterogeneity, while human capital variables—including educational attainment and average wage—are incorporated to assess potential moderating effects.
The results indicate that labor force aging significantly facilitates the deployment of industrial robots, particularly in manufacturing and capital-intensive industries, whereas the effect is statistically insignificant in service-oriented and labor-intensive sectors. Furthermore, higher average wages strengthen the positive relationship between labor force aging and robot adoption, while educational attainment shows no significant moderating effect. Robustness tests using alternative aging measures (e.g., working hours by age group) and lagged explanatory variables confirm the stability of the findings.
This study contributes to the literature by revealing the demographic underpinnings of automation trends, emphasizing the role of labor composition in shaping technological transitions. The findings offer policy implications for aging societies aiming to enhance resilience and productivity through automation. Future research should expand the scope by exploring cross-national comparisons and investigating the potential of intelligent automation in non-standard labor markets and service-oriented domains.
{"title":"Aging workforce and industrial Robots: Industry-Level evidence from Japan","authors":"Fang Chen, Wenge Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100602","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100602","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As demographic aging intensifies globally, the aging of the labor force is exerting significant impacts on technological adoption, industrial restructuring, and pathways toward sustainable development. This study empirically investigates the effect of labor force aging on the adoption of industrial robots by employing industry-level panel data from Japan spanning 1996 to 2018. A fixed-effects regression model is used to control for unobserved industry and year heterogeneity, while human capital variables—including educational attainment and average wage—are incorporated to assess potential moderating effects.</div><div>The results indicate that labor force aging significantly facilitates the deployment of industrial robots, particularly in manufacturing and capital-intensive industries, whereas the effect is statistically insignificant in service-oriented and labor-intensive sectors. Furthermore, higher average wages strengthen the positive relationship between labor force aging and robot adoption, while educational attainment shows no significant moderating effect. Robustness tests using alternative aging measures (e.g., working hours by age group) and lagged explanatory variables confirm the stability of the findings.</div><div>This study contributes to the literature by revealing the demographic underpinnings of automation trends, emphasizing the role of labor composition in shaping technological transitions. The findings offer policy implications for aging societies aiming to enhance resilience and productivity through automation. Future research should expand the scope by exploring cross-national comparisons and investigating the potential of intelligent automation in non-standard labor markets and service-oriented domains.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":45848,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Economics of Ageing","volume":"32 ","pages":"Article 100602"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145424828","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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