Demographic economics

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]

Aspects

Aspects of the subject include

• marriage and fertility^{[1][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}
• the family^{[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}
• divorce^[18][19][20]
• morbidity^[21] and life expectancy/mortality^[22][23][24]
• dependency ratios^{[1][3][25][26][27]}
• migration^[28][29][30]
• population growth^{[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]}
• population size^[39][40][41]
• public policy^{[1][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]}
• the demographic transition from "population explosion" to (dynamic) stability^[49] or decline.^[50][51][52]

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]

Further information: Econography

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

• 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

1. 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.
2. van Praag, Bernard M. S. (1988). "The notion of population economics". Journal of Population Economics. Vol. 1. pp. 5–16. doi:10.1007/bf00171507. JSTOR 20007247. PMID 12342564.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. 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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References

• 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

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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 –
• Population Bulletin – Each issue on a
• Population Studies —Aims and scope.
• Review of Economics of the Household