HANDBOOK OF POPULATION AND FAMILY ECONOMICS VOLUME 1
Volume 1A: Handbook of Population and Family Economics Volume 1A
M.R. Rosenzweig, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA O. Stark, University of Oslo and University of Vienna
Description The collection of chapters in the Handbook of Population and Family Economics and their organization reflect the most recent
developments in economics pertaining to population issues and the family. The rationale, contents, and organization of the Handbook
evolve from three premises. First, the family is the main arena in which population outcomes are forged. Second, there are important
interactions and significant causal links across all demographic phenomena. Third, the study of the size, composition, and growth of
a population can benefit from the application of economic methodology and tools. The diversity and depth of the work reviewed and presented
in the Handbook conveys both the progress that has been made by economists in understanding the forces shaping population processes,
including the behavior of families, and the many questions, empirical and theoretical, that still remain. For more information on
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Contents Introduction: Population and family economics (M.R. Rosenzweig, O. Stark).
The Family. A survey of theories of the family (T.C.
Bergstrom). The formation and dissolution of families: Why marry? Who marries whom and what happens upon divorce (Y. Weiss). Intrahousehold
distribution and the family (J.R. Behrman). Intergenerational and interhousehold economic links (J. Laitner).
Fertility. The cost
of children and the use of demographic variables in consumer demand (B.M.S. van Praag, M.F. Warnaar). The economics of fertility in developed
countries (V.J. Hotz, J.A. Klerman, R.J. Willis). Demand for children in low income countries (T.P. Schultz).
Mortality and Health.
New findings on secular trends in nutrition and mortality: Some implications for population theory (R.W. Fogel). Determinants and consequences
of the mortality and health of infants and children (K.I. Wolpin). Mortality and morbidity among adults and the elderly (R. Sickles,
P. Taubman). Complete Index.
Reviews The Economic Journal "...The Editors and contributors need to be congratulated for presenting such an excellent publication. This is very much a publication
that should be on the shelf of all those interested in population and family economics. ...I anxiously await volume 1C(?), although given
the scope and depth if the two current volumes, it is difficult to imagine what further topics need to be surveyed."
Journal of Economic Literature ...the Handbook provides and ideal entry point for an economist or economics graduate student looking for authoratative surveys of an
important branch of economics. ... "Ambitious and enormously useful project. ... Rosenzweig and Stark have recruited an outstanding
group of economists to write these surveys - virtually all have made important contributions to the areas they survey. ..."
European Journal of Population For those who are interested in one or more of the special branches of economic demography every paper contains a huge amount of well-chosen references.
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