عنوان

Economic Theory of Optimal Population

(Number (ISBN

3642500439

(Number (ISBN

9783642500435

Number

b569233

Title Proper

Economic Theory of Optimal Population

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Klaus F. Zimmermann.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1989

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(ix, 184 pages)

Series Title

Microeconomic studies.

Text of Note

Optimum Population: An Introduction --; I. Optimal Size and Growth Rate of Population --; Socially Optimal Population Size and Individual Choice --; Endogenous Population With Discrete Family Size and a Capital Market --; Is There an Optimal Growth Rate for Population? --; II. Technical Progress and Social Security --; Technological Change and Population Growth --; The Serendipity Theorem Reconsidered: The Three-Generations Case Without Inheritance --; III. Limited Resources --; Endogenous Population and Fixed Input in a Growth Model With Altruism --; On the Malthusian Hypothesis and the Dynamics of Population and Income in an Equilibrium Growth Model With Endogenous Fertility --; Choice of Fertility and Population Pressure in Traditional Rural Societies --; IV. International Economics --; Economic Interdependence and Optimum Population: An Examination of Meade's Objection to the Individual Utility Criterion --; An Analysis of International Migration: The Unilateral Case --; Population, International Trade and Indebtedness: A More General Analysis --; Author Index.

Text of Note

The notion of optimum population has attracted the attention of economists ever since economics was made a science. Roots can be traced back to ancient Greece. The topic has recently found rising interest among population economists and demographers. The economic concept of optimum population seeks to define the population size, which maximizes a welfare criterion of the society. The purpose of this book is to outline this concept from a micro and macro perspective and to link it with issues of technical progress, social security, limited resources and migration. It treats fertility endogenously and studies its welfare and policy implications. The emphasis is on a rigorous theoretical treatment of the subject using the modern growth and welfare theory as well as the new classical micro model of the family.

Economics.

Population.

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edited by Klaus F. Zimmermann.

Klaus F Zimmermann

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[Book]

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