Ageing Population: Identifying the Determinants of Ageing in the Least Developed Countries

Nagarajan, N. Renuga; Teixeira, Aurora A.C.; Silva, Sandra

doi:10.1007/s11113-020-09571-1

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“…Additionally, the System-GMM estimator provides stronger instruments and lower bias, by considering both first-differenced and levels equations [86]. This methodology is especially useful in samples that are based on a short time scale and a larger number of countries, as it was our case [87,88]. The GDP growth and the year and country dummies were considered exogenous, while the remaining variables were considered endogenous.…”

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Sustainable Banking, Market Power, and Efficiency: Effects on Banks’ Profitability and Risk

2021

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The financial crisis seriously damaged the reputation of the banking sector, as well as its profitability and risk of insolvency, which led many banks to adopt a sustainable approach aimed at balancing long-term goals with short-term performance pressures. This article analyses how sustainable banking practices affect the profitability and the insolvency risk of banks. Moreover, we examine how sustainable strategies determine the effects of market power and efficiency on bank profitability. We used a two-step System-GMM to analyze an unbalanced panel of 1236 banks from 48 countries over the period 2015–2019. We found that sustainable banking practices increased profitability, and market power was an important determinant of profitability among conventional banks, but not among sustainable banks. Higher levels of cost scale efficiency led to greater profitability for both sustainable and conventional banks. However, there was no significant relationship between sustainable banking and insolvency risk. These results indicate that the traditional determinants of bank profitability are not relevant in explaining the superior profits of sustainable banks, which suggests the emergence of a new paradigm related to sustainability among the drivers of bank profitability.

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Sustainable Banking, Market Power, and Efficiency: Effects on Banks’ Profitability and Risk

2021

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“…The inclusion criteria of studies and assessing methods for the automatic identification of various diseases using the accelerometer sensor were: (1) Studies that perform recognition of diseases related to the movement; (2) Studies that use at least an accelerometer sensor; (3) Studies that were published between 2008 and 2020; (4) Studies that defined the number of participants; (5) Studies written in English.…”

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“…Ageing is presently a critical challenge worldwide, which is particularly relevant in developed countries [1][2][3]. In total, 9% of the population is over 64 years old worldwide, and 10% will have disabilities [4,5].…”

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Identification of Diseases Based on the Use of Inertial Sensors: A Systematic Review

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Inertial sensors are commonly embedded in several devices, including smartphones, and other specific devices. This type of sensors may be used for different purposes, including the recognition of different diseases. Several studies are focused on the use of accelerometer signals for the automatic recognition of different diseases, and it may empower the different treatments with the use of less invasive and painful techniques for patients. This paper aims to provide a systematic review of the studies available in the literature for the automatic recognition of different diseases by exploiting accelerometer sensors. The most reliably detectable disease using accelerometer sensors, available in 54% of the analyzed studies, is the Parkinson’s disease. The machine learning methods implemented for the automatic recognition of Parkinson’s disease reported an accuracy of 94%. The recognition of other diseases is investigated in a few other papers, and it appears to be the target of further analysis in the future.

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“…As regards Europe, which becomes the oldest continent in the world, the European Union (EU) has registered the highest old-age dependency ratio (65+/ (15-64)), representing 31% in 2019, compared to 13.95% at the worldwide level [9], being projected to increase at 57% in 2100 [10]. As much, against the background of a declining active labor force (15-64 years), the implications of demographic ageing on economic and social well-being are more and more visible within all countries, but with different intensities [5,[11][12][13][14][15]. is requires an accurate and specific analysis by distinct groups of countries with similar characteristics.…”

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Workforce Participation, Ageing, and Economic Welfare: New Empirical Evidence on Complex Patterns across the European Union

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The ageing population has become one of the major issues, with manifold consequences upon the economic welfare and elderly living standards satisfaction. This paper grasps an in-depth assessment framework of the ageing phenomenon in connection with the labor market, with significant implications upon economic welfare, across the European Union (EU–27). We configure our research on four distinctive groups of the EU–27 countries based on the Active Ageing Index mapping, during 1995–2018, by acknowledging the different intensities of ageing implications on economic well-being from one group of countries to another. The methodological endeavor is based on Structural Equation Modelling. Empirical results highlight that the ageing dimensions and labor market productivity notably shape the socioeconomic development of EU countries, visibly distinguished across the four panels. The economic development induced remarkable positive spillover effects on the welfare of older people, under the influence of the ageing credentials and dynamic shaping factors. Our research advances the literature underpinnings on this multifaceted topic by investigation made on specific groups of the EU countries and distinctive strategies proposed for each group of countries, as effective results for improving the well-being of older people. Constant policy rethinking and adequate strategies should be a top priority for each specific group of EU countries, to further sustain the ageing phenomenon, with positive implications mostly on elderly welfare.

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Ageing Population: Identifying the Determinants of Ageing in the Least Developed Countries

Cited by 26 publications

References 50 publications

Sustainable Banking, Market Power, and Efficiency: Effects on Banks’ Profitability and Risk

Sustainable Banking, Market Power, and Efficiency: Effects on Banks’ Profitability and Risk

Identification of Diseases Based on the Use of Inertial Sensors: A Systematic Review

Workforce Participation, Ageing, and Economic Welfare: New Empirical Evidence on Complex Patterns across the European Union

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