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.[1][2]
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Aspects of the subject include:
Other subfields include measuring value of life[53][54] and the economics of the elderly[55][56][57] and the handicapped[58][59][60] and of gender,[61][62][63] race, minorities, and non-labor discrimination.[64][65] In coverage and subfields, it complements labor economics[66][67] and implicates a variety of other economics subjects.[68][69][70]
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
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- John Eatwell, Murray Milgate, and Peter Newman, ed. ([1987] 1989. Social Economics: The New Palgrave, pp. v-vi. Arrow-page searchable links to entries for:
- "Ageing Populations," pp. 1-3, by Robert L. Clark
- "Declining Population," pp. 10-15, by Robin Barlow
- "Demographic Transition," pp. 16-23, by Ansley J. Coale
- "Extended Family," pp. 58-63, by Oliva Harris
- "Family," pp. 65-76, by Gary S. Becker
- "Fertility," pp.77-89, by Richard A. Easterlin
- "Gender," pp. 95-108, by Francine D. Blau
- "Race and Economics," pp. 215-218, by H. Stanback
- "Value of Life," pp.289-76, by Thomas C. Schelling
- Nathan Keyfitz, 1987. "demography," The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, v. 1, pp. 796–802.
- T. Paul Schultz, 1981. Economics of Population. Addison-Wesley. Book review.
- John B. Shoven, ed., 2011. Demography and the Economy, University of Chicago Press. Scroll-down description[permanent dead link] and preview.
- Julian L. Simon, 1977. The Economics of Population Growth. Princeton,
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- Dennis A. Ahlburg, 1998. "Julian Simon and the Population Growth Debate," Population and Development Review, 24(2), pp. 317-327.
- M. Perlman, 1982. [Untitled review of Simon, 1977 & 1981], Population Studies, 36(3), pp. 490-494.
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- _____, ed., 1998. The Economics of Population: Classic Writings. Description and scroll to chapter-preview links.
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