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.
Aspects Aspects of the subject include: marriage and fertility the family divorce morbidity and life expectancy/mortality dependency ratios migration population growth population size public policyTheodore W. Schultz, 1981. Investing in People: The Economics of Population Quality, University of California Press. Description and chapter-preview links. Republished as the demographic transition from "population explosion" to (dynamic) stability or decline.
Other subfields include measuring value of life and the economics of the elderly and the handicapped and of gender, Also available online. race, minorities, and non-labor discrimination. In coverage and subfields, it complements labor economicsJEL classification codes#Labor and demographic economics JEL: J Subcategories.Labor and Demographic Economics: Demographic Economics, NBER Working Paper abstract links from the National Bureau of Economic Research. and implicates a variety of other economics subjects.Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka, 1996. Population Economics. MIT Press. Description & chapter previews.Search of The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online, "population OR demography".
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.Of which a complete list for JEL: J with corresponding Wikipedia links is at JEL classification codes#Labor and demographic economics JEL: J Subcategories. 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
Cost of raising a child Family economics Generational accounting Growth economics Retirement age, international comparison
Related:
Income and fertility Demographic dividend Demographic transition Demographic gift Demographic window Demographic trap Preston curve Development economics
Notes
References John Eatwell, Murray Milgate, and Peter Newman, ed. ( 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 and preview. Julian L. Simon, 1977. The Economics of Population Growth. Princeton, _____, 1996. The Ultimate Resource 2, rev. and expanded. Princeton. Description and preview links. 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. Julian L. Simon, ed., 1997. The Economics Of Population: Key Modern Writings. Description. _____, ed., 1998. The Economics of Population: Classic Writings. Description and scroll to chapter-preview links. Joseph J. Spengler 1951. "The Population Obstacle to Economic Betterment," American Economic Review, 41(2), pp. 343-354. _____, 1966. "The Economist and the Population Question," American Economic Review, 56(1/2), pp. 1–24.
Journals Demography – Scope and links to issue contents & abstracts. Journal of Population Economics – Aims and scope and 20th Anniversary statement, 2006. Population and Development Review – Aims and abstract & supplement links. Population Bulletin – Each issue on a current population topic. Population Studies —Aims and scope. Review of Economics of the Household