Demographic economics

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Demographic economics or population economics is the application of economic analysis to demography, the study of human populations, including size, growth, density, distribution, and vital statistics. [1] [2]

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Aspects

Aspects of the subject include

Other subfields include measuring value of life [53] [54] and the economics of the elderly [55] [56] [57] and the handicapped [58] [59] [60] and of gender, [61] [62] [63] race, minorities, and non-labor discrimination. [64] [65] In coverage and subfields, it complements labor economics [66] [67] and implicates a variety of other economics subjects. [68] [69] [70]

Subareas

The Journal of Economic Literature classification codes are a way of categorizing subjects in economics. There, Demographic Economics is paired with Labor Economics as one of 19 primary classifications at JEL: J. [71] It has 8 subareas, which are listed below with JEL-code links to corresponding available article-preview links of The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (2008) Online:

JEL: J10 (all) – General
JEL: J11 – Demographic Trends and Forecasts
JEL: J12 – Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
JEL: J13 – Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
JEL: J14 – Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped
JEL: J15 – Economics of Minorities and Races; Non-labor Discrimination
JEL: J16 – Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
JEL: J17 – Value of life; Foregone Income
JEL: J18 – Public Policy.

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Notes

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  3. 1 2 Foster, Andrew (2008). "Marriage Markets". The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 356. doi:10.1057/9780230226203.1044. ISBN   978-0-333-78676-5.
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"Ageing Populations," pp. 1-3, by Robert L. Clark
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"Family," pp. 65-76, by Gary S. Becker
"Fertility," pp.77-89, by Richard A. Easterlin
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