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When wealth hurts: Inheritances and the health of older Europeans 财富伤害：遗产和欧洲老年人的健康

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100591

Ignacio Belloc , José Alberto Molina , Jorge Velilla

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Demographic change, firm costs, and digital transformation 人口变化、企业成本和数字化转型

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100592

Gang Qiao , Ruipeng Tan

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Understanding social norms for women toward the elderly: Evidence from Japan 理解女性对待老年人的社会规范：来自日本的证据

IF 2 3区经济学

Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100603

Hiroyuki Motegi

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The macroeconomic impact of chronic disease in the United Kingdom 英国慢性病的宏观经济影响

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100590

Yannick Schindler , Andrew J. Scott

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Long-run patterns in the spousal correlation of lifespan 配偶寿命相关性的长期模式

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100588

Jacob Hutchings , Adriana Lleras-Muney , Joshua Nicholls , Joseph Price , Sven E Wilson

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The impact of macroeconomic conditions on long-term care: Evidence on prices 宏观经济条件对长期护理的影响：价格证据

IF 2 3区经济学

Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100600

Johannes Geyer , Peter Haan , Mia Teschner

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Comparing age-happiness relationships between Japan and Europe 比较日本和欧洲的年龄-幸福关系

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100606

Takashi Oshio , Satoshi Shimizutani

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Japan at the forefront of the economics of aging? A bibliometric analysis 日本走在老龄化经济学的前沿？文献计量学分析

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100601

Sébastien Lechevalier , Brieuc Monfort

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Macroeconomic and fiscal implications of changes in the labor share under population aging in Japan 日本人口老龄化背景下劳动收入占比变化的宏观经济和财政影响

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100608

Tomoaki Yamada

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Introduction to this Special Issue: The Economics of Ageing 本期特刊简介：老龄化经济学

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Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100579

David E. Bloom , Andrew J. Scott

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