TY  - BOOK
AU  - Razin,Assaf
AU  - Sadka,Efraim
TI  - Population economics
SN  - 9780262517225
U1  - 304.6 22
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass., London
PB  - THE MIT Press
KW  - Fertility, Human
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Population policy
KW  - Economic development
KW  - BUSECO
KW  - November2018
KW  - Reading book
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction. 2. Population Dynamics: Summary Indicators --
I. The Microeconomics of Fertility and Child Quality. 3. Number and Quality of Children. 4. Children as a Capital Good --
II. Ethical Considerations. 5. Social Evaluation of Population Size --
III. Externalities and Corrective Population Policies. 6. Malthus's Hypothesis. 7. Bequests as a Public Good within Marriage. 8. Bequests and Child Education: Full Information. 9. Bequests and Child Education: Imperfect Information --
IV. Income Distribution and Social Security. 10. The Intergenerational Role of Social Security. 11. Intragenerational Income Distribution Policies. 12. Inter- and Intragenerational Distribution: The Extended Role of Social Security --
V. Growth and Development. 13. Engines of Growth. 14. Development and Population: A Survey --
VI. Migration and Trade. 15. Empirical Regularities and Trends. 16. Factor and Goods Mobility and International Migration. 17. Normative Issues of International Migration
N2  - From Malthus to Becker, the economic approach to population growth and its interactions with the surrounding economic environment has undergone a major transformation. Population Economics elucidates the theory behind this shift and the consequences for economic policy
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