Demography and the economy / edited by John B. Shoven.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shoven, John B.

John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

Christine Hikawa Fund.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Demography--Economic aspects.

Demography.

Fertility, Human--Economic aspects.

Fertility, Human.

Physical Description:

ix, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2011]

Contents:

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 equilibrium 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Christine Hikawa Fund.

ISBN:

9780226754727

0226754723

OCLC:

587209630

Publisher Number:

99967220781