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The Impact of Demographic Change on Labor Supply and Economic Growth Can Asia Meet the Challenge Ahead

18 May 2018
Some member-nations of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) will see their working-age population grow or slightly decline by 2050; others will see them shrink. Several APEC countries rely on migration to expand their labor force and GDP. The labor force participation rates among people…

Tapping Technology to Maximize the Longevity Dividend in Asia

18 May 2018
The workforce in many Asian countries is aging and shrinking. Specific technologies could help improve the labor force participation of senior citizens or their productivity. Policies should promote the promotion and adoption of technologies, lifelong learning for seniors, and cross-border, intra-…

Demographics and Innovation

18 May 2018
Are younger labor forces more innovative? The authors attempt to answer this question using the native-born labor force projected based on local historical births in the US. They used three successive levels of analysis to eliminate or examine effects such as firm and inventor life cycles. They…

Discussion on Demographics and Innovation

18 May 2018
In discussing the presentation on “Demographics and Innovation” by François Derrien, the speaker noted that the paper successfully gathered various data to control for factors that appear to be correlated with age structure and innovation. She also underscored the policy implications of coping with…

Firm and Worker Dynamics in an Aging Labor Market

17 May 2018
The author assesses the impact of an aging labor force on business dynamism, labor market fluidity, and economic growth. The analysis embeds endogenous growth through creative destruction in an equilibrium job ladder model, highlighting feedback between the extent of mismatch in the labor market…

Discussion on Firm and Worker Dynamics in an Aging Labor Market

17 May 2018
In discussing the presentation on the “Firm and Worker Dynamics in an Aging Labor Market” by Niklas Engbom, the presenter offers an alternative method to separate the direct age effect on job-to-job mobility. He also encouraged the authors to quantify the contribution of "on-the-job search" on…

Ecocompensation vs Pollution Compensation US Transboundary Watershed ManagementExperiences and Lessons

8 December 2017
Who pays, who benefits, how much, and how—these are among the questions tackled in the presentation to better differentiate eco-compensation from pollution compensation, particularly in the context of watershed management. The experiences and lessons of the United States in transboundary watershed…

EcoCompensation and Agriculture Lessons from the United States Questions for the Peoples Republic of China

8 December 2017
Why is agriculture important for eco-compensation? Agriculture is key to food security, rural livelihoods, economic growth, and human survival; but, it is also a major source of environmental degradation. Current farming practices (e.g., tillage, introduction of new plant varieties, application of…

Building an SDG Data Dashboard for the California Bay Area

29 June 2017
Presentation of Derek Ouyang on localizing the SDGs

Consumers Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste

28 February 2017
Up to 10 billon metric tons of solid waste is generated annually from urban households, commerce, industry, and construction globally. This is bound to increase further as populations grow and migration from rural to urban areas occurs with wealth and consumption inevitably rising, prompting the…