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Population economics

Title
Population economics / Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka.
Author
Razin, Assaf.
Publication
Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Sadka, Efraim.
Description
ix, 275 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-260) and index.
Contents
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.
ISBN
0262181606
LCCN
94027773
OCLC
  • 30734256
  • ocm30734256
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Columbia University Libraries