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"This book provides a comprehensive, theory-based analysis of current issues in population economics. It addresses the most important problems caused by demographic changes using the popular overlapping generations growth model by Samuelson and Diamond. Taking into account families' fertil...
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Springer International Publishing AG,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham, Switzerland : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Population Economics,
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| Summary: |
"This book provides a comprehensive, theory-based analysis of current issues in population economics. It addresses the most important problems caused by demographic changes using the popular overlapping generations growth model by Samuelson and Diamond. Taking into account families' fertility decisions, it examines not only the demographic changes due to longer life expectancy but also the effects of social security policy on demography and labor supply/individual retirement behaviors. Conducting all analyses in a dynamic general equilibrium setting, the book offers a valuable theoretical re |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9783319476438 3319476432 |
| Index Number: | HB1531 |
| CLC: |
C913.7 C913.6 |
| Call Number: | C913.6/Y15 |
| Contents: | Part I. Life expectancy -- Longevity and fertility -- Life expectancy, money, and growth -- Life expectancy, the labor supply of the elderly and fertility -- Part II. Issues in social security -- Fertility, child care outside the home and pay-as-you-go social security -- Macroeconomic effects of changes in the eligibility age for payments of social security benefits under cash-in-advance constraints -- Preference for having children, fertility and social security -- Social security reform and the labor supply of the elderly -- Political choice of government budget finance in a population agi |