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4 in 10 elderly excluded on the basis of their age from getting the best health-care, globally. Carta of Florence, the first manifesto against health ageism, released

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

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FLORENCE, Italy, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fondazione Menarini, in the forefront of the fight against discrimination in health-care of the elderly, has contributed to the development of the Carta of Florence.

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FLORENCE, Italy, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Fondazione Menarini, in the forefront of the fight against discrimination in health-care of the elderly, has contributed to the development of the Carta of Florence.
"Ageism is a global problem: one in two people around the world is moderately or highly ageist toward older people, with a really serious impact.
It decreases physical and mental health and increases social isolation," says Alana Officer, head of the department on Demographic Change at WHO and of the Healthy Ageing campaign.
"WHO is leading a global campaign to combat ageism and build a broad coalition so that we all work together to eliminate it."

Eight charts on how Australia’s population is growing – and changing

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

And population characteristics can tell us much about how the inhabitants of a place have changed over time and where the population might be headed in the future.

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And population characteristics can tell us much about how the inhabitants of a place have changed over time and where the population might be headed in the future.
Unpacking Australia’s population composition reveals the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead.

Living longer and with fewer children

Our increased longevity, alongside below-replacement fertility, means Australia’s population is structurally ageing.
The challenges of an ageing population include greater aged care needs, amid a relative shrinking workforce.
In other words, populations like Australia need to work out how to fund more with fewer financial resources or risk declining living standards.
The shape of population age distribution matters more than ever, especially with evidence indicating children in Australia will be outnumbered by people aged 65 and over in the coming ten years.

High short-term growth, potential for population decline

Australia’s population has grown at a historically high rate since the reopening of international borders during COVID-19.
Most of Australia’s population growth is from overseas migration, as has been the case since 2005 (except during COVID border closures).
Natural population increase – the number of births versus deaths – also contributes to Australia’s rising population.

More diverse than ever

Half the world has below-replacement fertility, and the average number of births per woman is set to decline even further. Australia is competing with the likes of Germany, Canada, the United States, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to attract suitable people to migrate.

From a Blak country to a European colonial settlement, Australia now relies heavily on people migrating from India and China.
First Nations people, for example, have a much younger age profile and higher growth rate than the non-Indigenous people.

City living

Australia’s population is also highly urbanised, with a high concentration of people living along the southeastern coastline from southeast Queensland to Victoria.
By 2036, Melbourne is projected to be Australia’s largest capital city, not surprising give Sydney has a considerable surplus of people moving to live in other places in Australia.
More people are living alone, and the number of people in each household on average is declining.

Liz Allen does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

MetLife Receives Prestigious CIO 100 Award

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

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MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) Holdings Digital Customer Experience has earned the company a spot as one of the prestigious 2024 CIO 100 award winners.

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MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) Holdings Digital Customer Experience has earned the company a spot as one of the prestigious 2024 CIO 100 award winners.
For more than 30 years, the CIO 100 Awards from Foundry’s CIO have recognized innovative organizations around the world that exemplify the highest level of strategic and operational excellence in information technology.
The Digital Customer Experience is a contemporary digital self-service solution for the MetLife Holdings business segment, which includes Long Term Care, Retail Life, Retail Annuity, and Group Annuity products.
“Our cross-functional technology and business teams partnered to make the MetLife Holdings Digital Customer Experience a reality," said Ramy Tadros, MetLife’s Head of U.S. Business and MetLife Holdings.

Poland's Buy Now Pay Later Market Expectations Show Strong Growth, Reveals New 2024 Report - Forecasts to 2029 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Friday, March 1, 2024

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The "Poland Buy Now Pay Later Business and Investment Opportunities Databook - 75+ KPIs on BNPL Market Size, End-Use Sectors, Market Share, Product Analysis, Business Model, Demographics - Q1 2024 Update" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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The "Poland Buy Now Pay Later Business and Investment Opportunities Databook - 75+ KPIs on BNPL Market Size, End-Use Sectors, Market Share, Product Analysis, Business Model, Demographics - Q1 2024 Update" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
The Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) sector in Poland is poised to reach new heights, according to the latest comprehensive research.
Poland's burgeoning e-commerce landscape has fueled the rapid advance of BNPL payment options, with robust growth sustained across the last four quarters.
The meticulous report outlines over 75 key performance indicators (KPIs), offering a meticulous analysis of the industry within the Polish market.

Chile's Loyalty Programs Market Set for Robust Growth to 2028: Comprehensive Analysis and Future Outlook Revealed in New Data-Driven Research

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

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Offering over 50 KPIs at the country level, the report delivers a detailed exploration of loyalty market trends across diverse industry categories.

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Offering over 50 KPIs at the country level, the report delivers a detailed exploration of loyalty market trends across diverse industry categories.
As businesses navigate the dynamic market landscape, the report's comprehensive understanding of loyalty program dynamics—including market size and forecast, market share statistics, and operational insights—is indispensable for informed decision-making.
Keep abreast of emerging market trends influencing loyalty programs, crucial for adaptive strategies in a fast-evolving market landscape.
The data and analyses provided through this report are pivotal for entities operating within or allied to the Chilean loyalty programs market.

Isabel Schnabel: From laggard to leader? Closing the euro area’s technology gap

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Saturday, February 17, 2024

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This paper, by means of a DSGE model including heterogeneous firms and banks, financial frictions and prudential regulation, first shows the need of climate-related capital requirements in the existing prudential framework.

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This paper, by means of a DSGE model including heterogeneous firms and banks, financial frictions and prudential regulation, first shows the need of climate-related capital requirements in the existing prudential framework.
We further show that relying on microprudential regulation alone would not be enough to account for the systemic dimension of transition risk.

Demographics, labor market power and the spatial equilibrium

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

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This paper studies how demographics affect aggregate labor market power, the urban wage
premium and the spatial concentration of population.
I develop a quantitative spatial model
in which labor market competitiveness depends on the demographic composition of the local
workforce.
If these factors differ across workers, labor market power has a role to
play in explaining wage inequality.
This paper contributes to the literature on differences in labor market power by analyzing a
new dimension of heterogeneity: demographics.
Since older workers are less mobile in terms of
switching workplaces, firms have more labor market power over older workers.
I start by estimating labor market power by measuring the sensitivity of worker turnover to
the wage paid.
I find a strong
role of demographics in determining the degree of labor market power enjoyed by firms.
Next, I provide evidence of the importance of differences in labor market power for spatial
wage inequality.
To explore the consequences of labor market sorting, I build a spatial general equilibrium
model in which labor market competitiveness depends on the demographic composition of the
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local workforce.
If these factors differ across workers, labor market power has a role to
play in explaining wage inequality.
In
the model, geographic sorting by age matters and leads to higher labor market power in rural
areas, which implies an urban wage premium that is 4% larger than with uniform labor supply
elasticities.
I follow Manning (2013) and estimate labor market power by measuring the sensitivity of worker
turnover to the wage paid.
Bachmann et al., 2021; Ahlfeldt et al., 2022a; Berger et al.,
2022) that nest a monopsonistic labor market in a spatial general equilibrium model (Redding
and Rossi-Hansberg, 2017).
As firms have more labor market power
over older workers, they face an upward-sloping labor supply curve that is less elastic in regions
with an older workforce.
Firms choose in which labor market to operate in the sense that there is free
entry at fixed costs into all locations.
How are differences in labor market competitiveness across space sustained in spatial equilibrium?
I use the model to quantify the importance of heterogeneity
in labor market power for the urban wage premium and the spatial concentration of population.
My work is complementary to but quite different
from this paper since I argue that population aging increases labor market power rather than
product market power.
By analyzing the effects of a changing age composition of the workforce in the context
of labor market power, I relate to literature on the labor market effects of population aging.
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after controlling for age, differences in labor market power between East and West Germany
vanish.
They conclude that higher
concentration is associated with higher labor market power (as in the model of Jarosch et al.,
forthcoming).
I offer an alternative explanation why labor market power differs across regions:
Since denser regions have a younger workforce, workers are more mobile in terms of switching
jobs which implies lower labor market power of firms.
In this case, I infer a
high labor supply elasticity and low labor market power of firms.
I contribute to this growing debate by
quantifying differences in labor market power across worker groups and their effects on regional
inequality.
While the model shows how demographics affect labor market power, the urban wage premium and agglomeration, one fundamental question remains open for future research: What
are the policy implications of (differences in) labor market power?

Jerusalem: Jewish settler movement makes bid for large slice of Armenian quarter

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

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A Jewish businessman with connections to the radical settler movement is poised to develop a quarter of the neighbourhood’s territory, with plans to build a luxury hotel.

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A Jewish businessman with connections to the radical settler movement is poised to develop a quarter of the neighbourhood’s territory, with plans to build a luxury hotel.
The Armenian quarter actually makes up one-sixth of the Old City (the other quarters being the Muslim, the Christian, and the Jewish) and the Armenian presence in Jerusalem dates back to the 4th century.
In 2021, the Armenian patriarch of Jerusalem, Nourhan Manougian, agreed a 98-year lease over part of the Armenian quarter with the developers.

The dispute has now gone to court.
The question is whether the lease agreement is valid or whether the unilateral termination makes the agreement void.

Changing East Jerusalem’s demography

Since the 1967 six-day War, when the whole of Jerusalem came under Israeli control, there has been a concerted effort to change the demography in the traditionally Arab East Jerusalem.
In many places the authorities are evicting the Arab families who have lived there for decades with the explanation that they lack documents that they own the house.
This change of the demography of East Jerusalem happens through evictions, demolitions and buildings restrictions.

East Jerusalem is of vital importance to the Palestinians.
Decisively changing the demography there is therefore a priority goal for some in Israel – including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who doesn’t want a two-state solution.

Hierarchical institutions

Old churches are by nature hierarchical and the leaders at the top rule supremely.
In Jerusalem there is an additional problem in that the church leaders are not always drawn from the local population.
The Armenian patriarchate has been accused of corruption and illegitimate sale of property in the past, long before the current crisis.

Svante Lundgren does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

Demography and reproductive rights are environmental issues: Insights from sub-Saharan Africa

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Sustained and rapid population growth has deep implications for development, exacerbating social, economic and environmental challenges from food insecurity and gender inequity to environmental degradation.

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Sustained and rapid population growth has deep implications for development, exacerbating social, economic and environmental challenges from food insecurity and gender inequity to environmental degradation.
At the same time, Sub-Saharan Africa also has a disproportionate vulnerability to climate change and environmental degradation.
It is critical that population dynamics and reproductive health be at the forefront of ongoing environmental discussions.

Population dynamics and environment

There are many just and humane ways to slow the pace of rapid population growth while also respecting human rights and the need for economic development.
As individuals are given the means to choose the number, timing and spacing of their children, they tend to have fewer children.
Discussions that highlight the negative impacts of global population growth are also often marginalized and perceived as unwarranted, alarmist, coercive and racist.
Some regions of the planet are experiencing sustained population growth, while others are witnessing relative stability and even decline.

Sub-Saharan perspectives

In collaboration with Nkechi S. Owoo, from the University of Ghana, we set out to explore stakeholder perceptions around these issues.
We were surprised to learn that sub-Saharan Africans perspectives had not been individually documented, despite their unique relevance.
Our study included a survey and follow-up interviews with 402 participants from 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
Respondents overwhelmingly perceived population growth as a phenomenon representing challenges to environmental sustainability, economic and social goals, peace and security.

It is time to discuss demography

Our survey suggests that a majority of those working in a field that is related to economic, social, or environmental development in sub-Saharan Africa consider the topic of population growth important.
These individuals, more often than not, live in places where gender equity and access to family planning face significant challenges.

Céline Delacroix is a Senior Fellow with the Population Institute (USA), which provided financial support to pursue this research project by offering a fellowship to its authors.

Mexico Alternative Lending Market Forecast Reveals Strong Growth with CAGR of 17.1% by 2027: Assessment of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Lending, Balance Sheet Lending, and Crowdfunding - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

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The alternative lending market in Mexico is projected to experience substantial growth in the coming years.

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The alternative lending market in Mexico is projected to experience substantial growth in the coming years.
Recent findings anticipate an impressive annual expansion of 29.9%, culminating in a market valuation of US$ 2.15 billion in 2023.
Review of alternative lending market size and forecast by loan types, from personal and education loans to business-specific credit facilities like invoice factoring.
The report also covers Mexico Alternative Lending Market Size and Forecast by Loan Types, including business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) loan segments.