Population Economics

From Malthus to Becker, the economic approach to population growth and its interactions with the surrounding economic environment has undergone a major transformation. Population Economics elucidates the theory behind this shift and the consequences for economic policy.

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A modern treatment of population economics as a field in public economics. The authors systematically examine the microeconomic implications of people's decisions about how many children to have and how to provide for them on population trends and social issues of population policy. They analyze how these decisions affect labor supply, consumption, savings and bequests, investments in human capital, and economic growth, along with related new issues such as migration and income redistribution across generations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Assaf Razin is Mario Henrique Simonsen Professor of Public Economics at Tel Aviv University and Friedman Professor of International Economics at Cornell University. He is also a Research Associate at NBER, a Research Fellow at CEPR, and a Research Fellow at CESifo.

Efraim Sadka is Henry Kaufman Professor of International Capital Markets at Tel Aviv University and a Research Fellow at CESifo.