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How do women respond to increased care needs of their parents? The economic costs of informal caregiving 女性如何应对父母日益增加的照顾需求？非正式照料的经济成本

IF 2 3区经济学

Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100589

Jacek Barszczewski , Ricarda Milstein , Jinkook Lee , Ana Llena-Nozal

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Trend in length-of-stay in nursing homes: Evidence from the Netherlands 在疗养院停留时间的趋势：来自荷兰的证据

IF 2 3区经济学

Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100596

Peter Alders , Bram Wouterse , Frederik T. Schut

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Navigating demographic challenges: The impact of increasing social contribution rates on tax revenue and distribution 应对人口挑战：提高社会贡献率对税收收入和税收分配的影响

IF 1.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100593

Philipp Toussaint, Sebastian Schultis, Stefan Seuffert

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Lifecycle analysis of the gender gap in paid and unpaid work by household structure 按家庭结构对有偿和无偿工作的性别差距进行生命周期分析

IF 2 3区经济学

Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100597

Gemma Abio , Ció Patxot , Elisenda Rentería , Guadalupe Souto , Tanja Istenič

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Occupations and retirement across countries 不同国家的职业和退休情况

IF 1.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100561

Philip Sauré , Arthur Seibold , Elizaveta Smorodenkova , Hosny Zoabi

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Between Beveridge and Bismarck: Preferences for redistribution through public pensions 在贝弗里奇和俾斯麦之间：通过公共养老金进行再分配的偏好

IF 1.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100570

Friedrich Breyer, Christian Breunig, Mark Kapteina, Guido Schwerdt, Maj-Britt Sterba

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Biological age across the globe: 1990–2019 全球生物年龄：1990-2019年

IF 1.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100573

Casper Worm Hansen , Holger Strulik

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Exclusion from a ‘mandatory’ pension scheme: Late-stage dropouts from the National Pension System in South Korea 被排除在“强制性”养老金计划之外：韩国国家养老金制度的晚期退出者

IF 1.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100578

Jongseok Oh , Seho Son , Kun Lee

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The causal effect of working from home on mental health of 50+ Europeans 在家工作对50多个欧洲人心理健康的因果影响

IF 1.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100560

Marco Bertoni , Danilo Cavapozzi , Giacomo Pasini , Caterina Pavese

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Early-life transfers for education and marriage and children’s old-age support: Time or money? 为教育、婚姻和子女养老而进行的早期生活转移：时间还是金钱？

IF 1.9 3区经济学

Journal of the Economics of Ageing Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2025.100562

Ziwei Rao , Max Groneck , Rob Alessie

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