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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
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Aspects of the subject include:
Other subfields include measuring
value of life
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and the economics of the elderly
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and the handicapped
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and of gender,
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race, minorities, and non-labor discrimination.
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In coverage and subfields, it complements
labor economics
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and implicates a variety of other economics subjects.
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Subareas
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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.
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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
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Notes
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Kelley, Allen C.; Schmidt, Robert M. (2008). "Economic Demography".
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 655.
doi
:
10.1057/9780230226203.0428
.
ISBN
978-0-333-78676-5
.
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van Praag, Bernard M. S.
(1988).
The notion of population economics
. Vol. 1. pp. 5?16.
doi
:
10.1007/bf00171507
.
JSTOR
20007247
.
PMID
12342564
.
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a
b
Foster, Andrew (2008). "Marriage Markets".
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 356.
doi
:
10.1057/9780230226203.1044
.
ISBN
978-0-333-78676-5
.
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Schultz, T. Paul (2008). "Fertility in Developing Countries".
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
(PDF)
. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 291.
doi
:
10.1057/9780230226203.0560
.
ISBN
978-0-333-78676-5
.
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Galor, Oded (2008). "Economic Growth in the Very Long Run".
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
(PDF)
. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 685.
doi
:
10.1057/9780230226203.0434
.
ISBN
978-0-333-78676-5
.
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Adsera, Alicia (2008). "Fertility in Developed Countries".
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 286.
doi
:
10.1057/9780230226203.0559
.
ISBN
978-0-333-78676-5
.
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Montgomery, Mark; Trussell, James (1986).
Models of marital status and childbearing
. Handbook of Labor Economics. Vol. 1. pp. 205?71.
doi
:
10.1016/S1573-4463(86)01006-4
.
ISBN
978-0-444-87856-4
.
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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.
doi
:
10.1162/jeea.2005.3.2-3.494
.
hdl
:
10419/80187
.
JSTOR
40004992
.
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Hanushek, Eric A
(1992).
"The Trade-Off between Child Quantity and Quality"
(PDF)
.
Journal of Political Economy
.
100
(1): 84?117.
doi
:
10.1086/261808
.
JSTOR
2138807
.
S2CID
154820218
.
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Lehrer, Evelyn L. (1996). "Religion as a determinant of marital fertility".
Journal of Population Economics
.
9
(2): 173?96.
doi
:
10.1007/s001480050013
.
JSTOR
20007500
.
PMID
12320501
.
S2CID
24326107
.
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Ermisch, John (2008). "Family Economics".
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 260.
doi
:
10.1057/9780230226203.0550
.
ISBN
978-0-333-78676-5
.
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Ermisch, John (2003).
An Economic Analysis of the Family
. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
ISBN
978-0-691-09667-4
.
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page needed
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Becker, Gary S. (2008). "Family".
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 1.
doi
:
10.1057/9780230226203.2528
.
ISBN
9780333786765
.
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Becker, Gary S.
(1991) [1981].
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. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
ISBN
978-0-674-90698-3
.
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page needed
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Becker, Gary S.
(1988).
"Family Economics and Macro Behavior"
(PDF)
.
American Economic Review
.
78
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Lehrer, Evelyn (2007).
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ISBN
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.
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Lehrer, Evelyn L. (2004).
"Religion as a Determinant of Economic and Demographic Behavior in the United States"
.
Population and Development Review
.
30
(4): 707?726.
doi
:
10.1111/j.1728-4457.2004.00038.x
.
hdl
:
10419/20687
.
JSTOR
3657335
.
S2CID
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.
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The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 347.
doi
:
10.1057/9780230226203.1043
.
ISBN
978-0-333-78676-5
.
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Lehrer, Evelyn L.; Chiswick, Carmel U. (August 1993).
"Religion as a Determinant of Marital Stability"
.
Demography
.
30
(3): 385?404.
doi
:
10.2307/2061647
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JSTOR
2061647
.
PMID
8405605
.
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:
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.
hdl
:
2078.1/110739
.
ISSN
0034-6527
.
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The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 516.
doi
:
10.1057/9780230226203.1310
.
ISBN
978-0-333-78676-5
.
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Vaupel, James W.; Von Kistowski, Kristin G.; Rau, Roland (2008). "Mortality".
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 781.
doi
:
10.1057/9780230226203.1141
.
ISBN
978-0-333-78676-5
.
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Preston, Samuel H. (1975).
"The Changing Relation between Mortality and level of Economic Development"
.
Population Studies
.
29
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doi
:
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.
PMC
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PMID
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.
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Bloom, D. E; Canning, D. (2007).
"Commentary: The Preston Curve 30 years on: Still sparking fires"
.
International Journal of Epidemiology
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36
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doi
:
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PMID
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.
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Kelley, AC; Schmidt, RM (1996). "Saving, dependency and development".
Journal of Population Economics
.
9
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doi
:
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.
PMID
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.
S2CID
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.
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Weil, David N. (May 1999). "Population Growth, Dependency, and Consumption".
The American Economic Review
.
89
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doi
:
10.1257/aer.89.2.251
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JSTOR
117115
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Canadian Journal on Aging
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19
: 1?31.
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S2CID
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Ioannides, Yannis M.; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban (2008). "Urban Growth".
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 544.
doi
:
10.1057/9780230226203.1772
.
ISBN
978-0-333-78676-5
.
- ^
Walker, James R. (2008). "Internal Migration".
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 421.
doi
:
10.1057/9780230226203.0824
.
ISBN
978-0-333-78676-5
.
- ^
Borjas, George J. (2008). "International Migration".
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
. p. 453.
doi
:
10.1057/9780230226203.0830
.
ISBN
978-0-333-78676-5
.
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Lee, Ronald D. (2008). "Population Dynamics".
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 512.
doi
:
10.1057/9780230226203.1309
.
ISBN
978-0-333-78676-5
.
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Galor, Oded (2008). "Human Capital, Fertility and Growth".
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
(PDF)
. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 109.
doi
:
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.
ISBN
978-0-333-78676-5
.
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Galor, Oded; Weil, David N. (September 2000). "Population, Technology, and Growth: From Malthusian Stagnation to the Demographic Transition and beyond".
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doi
:
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JSTOR
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ISBN
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Journal of Economic Literature
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JSTOR
2726858
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PMID
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S2CID
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JSTOR
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Dasgupta, Partha
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JSTOR
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PMID
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doi
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PMID
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The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 769.
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National Research Council
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JSTOR
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S2CID
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; Kelley, Allen C.; Sinding, Steven W., eds. (2001).
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Gokhale, Jagadeesh (2008). "Generational Accounting".
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 630.
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.
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.
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The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 826.
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.
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. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 433.
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.
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:
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JEL classification codes#Labor and demographic economics JEL: J Subcategories
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Labor and Demographic Economics: Demographic Economics
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National Bureau of Economic Research
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Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka, 1996.
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Online
,
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JEL classification codes#Labor and demographic economics JEL: J Subcategories
.
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