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                                                                                    Conference Paper
                                                                                
                                            Demographic shocks: the view from history: discussion
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                                                    Massimo Livi-Bacci has taken us on a fascinating tour of demographic history. What lessons for developments in the world today can we draw from the story he tells? I will distinguish between three types of lessons, which I call "economic lessons," "demographic lessons," and "cultural/political lessons."
                                                                                                
                                            
                                                                                
                                    
                                                                                    Working Paper
                                                                                
                                            The annuitization of Americans' resources: a cohort analysis
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                                                                    
                                                                                                    An analysis of the changes since 1960 in the share of Americans' resources that are annuitized, which has declined slightly for younger Americans but has risen dramatically for the elderly, with important implications for the national saving rate and income inequality.
                                                                                                
                                            
                                                                                
                                    
                                                                                    Working Paper
                                                                                
                                            Saving and growth with habit formation
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                        
                                                                                
                                    
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                                            Saving and growth: a reinterpretation