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Demographic economics

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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.

Contents

Aspects of the subject include

  • marriage and fertility
  • the family
  • divorce
  • morbidity and life expectancy/mortality
  • dependency ratios
  • migration
  • population growth
  • population size
  • public policy
  • 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, race, minorities, and non-labor discrimination. In coverage and subfields, it complements labor economics and implicates a variety of other economics subjects.

    Subareas

    The Journal of Economic Literature classification codes are a way of categorizing subjects in economics. There, Demographic Economics is paired with Labor Economics as one of 19 primary classifications at JEL: J. It has 8 subareas, which are listed below with JEL-code links to corresponding available article-preview links of The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (2008) Online:

    JEL: J10 (all) – General JEL: J11 – Demographic Trends and Forecasts JEL: J12 – Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure JEL: J13 – Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth JEL: J14 – Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped JEL: J15 – Economics of Minorities and Races; Non-labor Discrimination JEL: J16 – Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination JEL: J17 – Value of life; Foregone Income JEL: J18 – Public Policy.

    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

    • References

    Demographic economics Wikipedia
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