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                                                                                    <journal-title>Bulletin of Economic Theory and Analysis</journal-title>
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                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2548-0707</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>Mehmet SONGUR</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.25229/beta.1834661</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Panel Data Analysis</subject>
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                                                            <subject>Panel Veri Analizi </subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>Aging Europe and Sustainability: Evidence from Panel Econometrics</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Yaşlanan Avrupa ve Sürdürülebilirlik: Panel Ekonometri Analizi</trans-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6465-0297</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Sağlam</surname>
                                    <given-names>Yağmur</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>SİNOP ÜNİVERSİTESİ, BOYABAT İKTİSADİ VE İDARİ BİLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5227-7747</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Önkan</surname>
                                    <given-names>Özge</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>SİNOP ÜNİVERSİTESİ</aff>
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                                                                <issue>Advanced Online Publication</issue>
                                                
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20251202">
                        <day>12</day>
                        <month>02</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260309">
                        <day>03</day>
                        <month>09</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2016, Bulletin of Economic Theory and Analysis</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2016</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Bulletin of Economic Theory and Analysis</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>This study analyzes the interaction among demographic aging, economic growth, and environmental sustainability in the European Union (EU). Rapid population aging increases fiscal pressures through pension and healthcare expenditures, constrains labor markets, and challenges conventional growth models. The environmental effects of aging are mixed: reduced mobility and consumption may lower emissions, while healthcare expansion and energy-inefficient housing may raise them. Using a dynamic panel econometric approach with Common Correlated Effects (CCE) estimators and PCA-based structural controls for 27 EU countries over 2000–2023, the findings confirm long-run co-integrating relationships. The results highlight the need to consider grey economy dynamics, tax compliance, and institutional trust in sustainability and welfare policies. The policy implications include promoting active aging, modernizing healthcare systems, improving energy-efficient housing, and strengthening intergenerational equity. Overall, demographic aging should be reframed not as a burden but as an opportunity for structural reform and sustainable transformation.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Bu çalışma, Avrupa Birliği’nde (AB) demografik yaşlanmanın ekonomik büyüme, mali sürdürülebilirlik ve çevresel etkiler üzerindeki rolünü analiz etmektedir. AB ülkelerinde hızla artan yaşlı nüfus, emeklilik ve sağlık harcamaları nedeniyle kamu maliyesini baskı altına almakta, işgücü piyasalarını daraltmakta ve sürdürülebilir büyüme modellerini yeniden düşünmeyi zorunlu kılmaktadır. Bununla birlikte, yaşlanmanın çevresel etkileri çift yönlüdür: Daha düşük tüketim ve hareketlilik karbon emisyonlarını azaltırken, sağlık hizmetlerine yönelik artan talep ve enerji verimsiz konutların yaygınlığı emisyonları artırmaktadır. Çalışmada 2000–2023 döneminde 27 AB ülkesi için Dinamik Panel CCE yöntemi kullanılmış ve yaşlanma, ekonomik büyüme ve çevresel sürdürülebilirlik arasında uzun dönem ilişkilerin varlığı doğrulanmıştır. Bulgular, gri ekonomi ve vergi uyumu gibi faktörlerin de demografik dönüşümle yakından ilişkili olduğunu göstermektedir. Politik açıdan bulgular, aktif yaşlanma, enerji verimli konutlar, sürdürülebilir sağlık altyapısı ve kurumsal güvenin güçlendirilmesi gibi gereklilikleri ortaya koymaktadır.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Aging Europe</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Panel Econometrics</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Grey Economy</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Sustainability</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Yaşlanan Avrupa</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Panel Veri Analizi</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Gri Ekonomi</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  Sürdürülebilirlik</kwd>
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