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Application of economic analysis to demography
Demographic economics or population economics is the application of
economic analysis to
demography , the study of human
populations , including
size ,
growth ,
density ,
distribution , and
vital statistics .
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Aspects
Aspects of the subject include:
Other subfields include measuring
value of life
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[54] and the economics of the elderly
[55]
[56]
[57] and the handicapped
[58]
[59]
[60] and of gender,
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[63] race, minorities, and non-labor discrimination.
[64]
[65] In coverage and subfields, it complements
labor economics
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[67] and implicates a variety of other economics subjects.
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Subareas
The
Journal of Economic Literature classification codes are a way of categorizing subjects in economics. There, demographic economics is paired with
labour economics as one of
19 primary classifications at JEL: J.
[71] It has eight subareas:
General
Demographic Trends and Forecasts
Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped
Economics of Minorities and Races; Non-labor Discrimination
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Value of life ; Foregone Income
Public Policy
See also
Related:
Notes
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^
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JSTOR
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PMID
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^
a
b Foster, Andrew (2008). "Marriage Markets". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 356.
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^ Schultz, T. Paul (2008). "Fertility in Developing Countries".
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (PDF) . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 291.
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ISBN
978-0-333-78676-5 .
^ Galor, Oded (2008). "Economic Growth in the Very Long Run".
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (PDF) . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 685.
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^ Adsera, Alicia (2008). "Fertility in Developed Countries". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 286.
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^ Montgomery, Mark; Trussell, James (1986). Models of marital status and childbearing . Handbook of Labor Economics. Vol. 1. pp. 205–71.
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^ Galor, Oded (2005).
"The Demographic Transition and the Emergence of Sustained Economic Growth" (PDF) . Journal of the European Economic Association . 3 (2–3): 494–504.
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hdl :
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^
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^ Ermisch, John (2008). "Family Economics". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 260.
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^ Lehrer, Evelyn (2007). Religion, Economics and Demography: The Effects of Religion on Education, Work, and the Family . Routledge.
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^ Lehrer, Evelyn L. (2004).
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hdl :
10419/20687 .
JSTOR
3657335 .
S2CID
4981446 .
^ Weiss, Yoram (2008). "Marriage and Divorce". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 347.
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^ Lehrer, Evelyn L.; Chiswick, Carmel U. (August 1993).
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ISSN
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^ Canning, David; Bloom, David E. (2008). "Population Health, Economic Implications of". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 516.
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^ Vaupel, James W.; Von Kistowski, Kristín G.; Rau, Roland (2008). "Mortality". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 781.
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^ Weil, David N. (May 1999). "Population Growth, Dependency, and Consumption". The American Economic Review . 89 (2): 251–5.
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^ Ioannides, Yannis M.; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban (2008). "Urban Growth". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 544.
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^ Walker, James R. (2008). "Internal Migration". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 421.
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^ Borjas, George J. (2008). "International Migration". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . p. 453.
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^ Lee, Ronald D. (2008). "Population Dynamics". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 512.
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^ Galor, Oded (2008). "Human Capital, Fertility and Growth".
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (PDF) . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 109.
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^ Galor, Oded; Weil, David N. (September 2000). "Population, Technology, and Growth: From Malthusian Stagnation to the Demographic Transition and beyond". The American Economic Review . 90 (4): 806–28.
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^ Johnson, David Gale; Lee, Ronald Demos, eds. (1987). Population Growth and Economic Development: Issues and Evidence . University of Wisconsin Press.
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^ Kelley, Allen C. (1988). "Economic Consequences of Population Change in the Third World". Journal of Economic Literature . December (4): 1685–728.
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^ Brander, James A.; Dowrick, Steve (1994). "The role of fertility and population in economic growth". Journal of Population Economics . 7 (1): 1–25.
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^ Kremer, Michael (August 1993). "Population Growth and Technological Change: One Million B.C. to 1990". The Quarterly Journal of Economics . 108 (3): 681–716.
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^
Dasgupta, Partha (December 1995). "The Population Problem: Theory and Evidence". Journal of Economic Literature . 33 (4): 1879–902.
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^ Arrow, K.; Bolin, B.; Costanza, R.; Dasgupta, P.; Folke, C.; Holling, C. S.; Jansson, B.-O.; Levin, S.; Mäler, K.-G.; Perrings, C.; Pimentel, D. (1995). "Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, and the Environment". Science . 268 (5210): 520–1.
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^ Cohen, J. (1995). "Population growth and earth's human carrying capacity". Science . 269 (5222): 341–6.
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^ Cohen, Joel E. (1995). How Many People Can the Earth Support? . Norton.
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^ Currie, Janet (2008). "Child Health and Mortality". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 769.
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"Authoritarianism versus Cooperation" (PDF) . International Lecture Series on Population Issues . John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Archived from
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S2CID
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^
Birdsall, Nancy ; Kelley, Allen C.; Sinding, Steven W., eds. (2001). Population Matters: Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World . Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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^
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^ Gokhale, Jagadeesh (2008). "Generational Accounting". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 630.
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ISBN
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^ Tuljapurkar, Shripad (2008). "Stable Population Theory". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 826.
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^ Greenwood, Jeremy; Seshadri, Ananth; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume (2005). "The Baby Boom and Baby Bust". American Economic Review . 95 : 183–207.
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^ Mosk, Carl (2008). "Historical Demography". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 38.
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^ Lee, Ronald D. (2008). "Demographic Transition". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 433.
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^ Kip Viscusi, W. (2008). "Value of Life". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 586.
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^ Becker, Gary S; Philipson, Tomas J; Soares, Rodrigo R (2005). "The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality". American Economic Review . 95 (1): 277–291.
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^ Hurd, Michael (2008). "Retirement". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 130.
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^ Weil, David N. (2008). "Population Ageing". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 499.
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^ Galor, Oded; Weil, David N. (June 1996). "The Gender Gap, Fertility, and Growth". The American Economic Review . 86 (3): 374–87.
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^
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^ Sowell, Thomas (1995).
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^
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^ Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka, 1996. Population Economics . MIT Press.
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^ Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Stark, Oded (1997). "Introduction: Population and family economics".
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^ Search of
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"population OR demography".
^ Of which a complete list for JEL: J with corresponding Wikipedia links is at
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