Demography and the Economy

Abstract

Demographics is a vital field of study for understanding social and economic change and it has attracted attention in recent years as concerns have grown over the aging populations of developed nations. Demographic studies help make sense of key aspects of the economy, offering insight into trends in fertility, mortality, immigration, and labor force participation, as well as age, gender, and race specific trends in health and disability. Demography and the Economy explores the connections between demography and economics, paying special attention to what demographic trends can reveal. The future of American fertility / Samuel H. Preston and Caroline Sten Hartnett -- Comment: Gopi Shah Goda -- Fertility theories: can they explain the negative fertility-income relationship? / Larry E. Jones, Alice Schoonbroodt and Michèle Tertilt -- Comment: Amalia R. Miller -- Women's education and family behavior: trends in marriage, divorce and fertility / Adam Isen and Betsey Stevenson -- Comment: Enrico Moretti -- Adjusting government policies for age inflation / John B. Shoven and Gopi Shah Goda -- Comment: Warren C. Sanderson -- Old Europe ages: reforms and reform backlashes / Axel Börsch-Supan and Alexander Ludwig -- Comment: Alan J. Auerbach -- The final inequality: variance in age at death / Shripad Tuljapurkar -- Comment: Victor R. Fuchs -- Demographic trends, housing equity, and the financial security of future retirees / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti and, David A. Wise -- Comment: Thomas Davidoff -- Aging populations, pension operations, potential economic disappointment, and its allocation / Sylvester J. Schieber -- Comment: Steven F. Venti -- Financing Medicare: a general equilipbrium analysis / Orazio Attanasio, Sagiri Kitao, and Giovanni L. Violante -- Comment: Moshe Buchinsky -- Italians are late: does it matter? / Francesco C. Billari and Guido Tabellini -- Comment: Luigi Pistaferri.