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Demographic economics or population economics is the application of economics
Economics

File:Ballard Farmers' Market - vegetables.jpgEconomics is the Social sciences that studies the Production theory basics, Distribution , and Consumption of Good and Service ....
 to demography
Demography

Demography is the statistical study of all populations. It can be a very general science that can be applied to any kind of dynamic population, that is, one that changes over time or space ....
, the study of human population
Population

File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....
s, including size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics
Vital statistics

Vital statistics are the information maintained by a government, recording the childbirth and death of individuals within that government's jurisdiction....
. Analysis includes economic determinants and consequences of marriage and fertility
Total Fertility Rate

The total fertility rate of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if she were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates through her lifetime, and she were to survive from birth through the end of her reproductive life....
, the family
Family economics

The family, although recognized as fundamental from Adam Smith on, received little systematic treatment in economics before the 1950s. A significant exception was Thomas Malthus#Principle of population's model of population growth....
, divorce, morbidity and mortality, dependency ratio
Dependency ratio

In economics and geography the dependency ratio is an age-population ratio of those typically not in the labor force and those typically in the labor force ....
s, migration, population growth
Population growth

Population growth is the change in population over time, and can be quantified as the change in the number of individuals in a population using "per unit time" for measurement....
, public policy, and the demographic transition
Demographic transition

The Demographic transition model is a model used to represent the process of explaining the transformation of countries from high birth rates and high death rates to low birth rates and low death rates as part of the economic development of a country from a pre-industrial to an industrialized Economic system....
 from "population explosion" to (dynamic) stability or decline
Population decline

Population decline is the reduction over time in a region's census. It can be caused for several reasons; notable ones include sub-replacement fertility , heavy emigration, disease, famine, and war....
. Other subfields include the value of life
Value of life

The value of life is an economic Value theory assigned to life in general, or to specific living organisms. In social science and political sciences, it is the marginal cost of death prevention in a certain class of circumstances....
 and economics of the elderly, gender, race, minorities, and non-labor discrimination.






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Demographic economics or population economics is the application of economics
Economics

File:Ballard Farmers' Market - vegetables.jpgEconomics is the Social sciences that studies the Production theory basics, Distribution , and Consumption of Good and Service ....
 to demography
Demography

Demography is the statistical study of all populations. It can be a very general science that can be applied to any kind of dynamic population, that is, one that changes over time or space ....
, the study of human population
Population

File:Population density.pngIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings....
s, including size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics
Vital statistics

Vital statistics are the information maintained by a government, recording the childbirth and death of individuals within that government's jurisdiction....
. Analysis includes economic determinants and consequences of marriage and fertility
Total Fertility Rate

The total fertility rate of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if she were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates through her lifetime, and she were to survive from birth through the end of her reproductive life....
, the family
Family economics

The family, although recognized as fundamental from Adam Smith on, received little systematic treatment in economics before the 1950s. A significant exception was Thomas Malthus#Principle of population's model of population growth....
, divorce, morbidity and mortality, dependency ratio
Dependency ratio

In economics and geography the dependency ratio is an age-population ratio of those typically not in the labor force and those typically in the labor force ....
s, migration, population growth
Population growth

Population growth is the change in population over time, and can be quantified as the change in the number of individuals in a population using "per unit time" for measurement....
, public policy, and the demographic transition
Demographic transition

The Demographic transition model is a model used to represent the process of explaining the transformation of countries from high birth rates and high death rates to low birth rates and low death rates as part of the economic development of a country from a pre-industrial to an industrialized Economic system....
 from "population explosion" to (dynamic) stability or decline
Population decline

Population decline is the reduction over time in a region's census. It can be caused for several reasons; notable ones include sub-replacement fertility , heavy emigration, disease, famine, and war....
. Other subfields include the value of life
Value of life

The value of life is an economic Value theory assigned to life in general, or to specific living organisms. In social science and political sciences, it is the marginal cost of death prevention in a certain class of circumstances....
 and economics of the elderly, gender, race, minorities, and non-labor discrimination. In coverage, it complements labor economics and implicates a variety of other economics subjects.

See also

  • Demographic dividend
    Demographic dividend

    The demographic dividend is a rise in the rate of economic growth due to a rising share of working age people in a population. This usually occurs late in the demographic transition when the fertility rate falls and the youth dependency rate declines....
  • Family economics
    Family economics

    The family, although recognized as fundamental from Adam Smith on, received little systematic treatment in economics before the 1950s. A significant exception was Thomas Malthus#Principle of population's model of population growth....
  • Preston curve
    Preston curve

    Preston curve is the empirical relationship between a country's life expectancy and its real per capita income. It is named after Samuel H. Preston ....
  • Demographic-economic paradox
    Demographic-economic paradox

    The demographic-economic paradox is the inverse correlation found between wealth and fertility rate within and between nations. The higher the degree of education and gross domestic product per capita of a human population, subpopulation or social stratum, the fewer children are born in any industrialized country....


Journal links

  • Demography —
  • Journal of Population Economics — and (2006).
  • Population and Development Review —
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