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Tables of Contents for Handbook of Population & Family Economics
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Introduction: Population and Family Economics
Mark R. Rosenzweig
Oded Stark
PART I: THE FAMILY
A Survey of Theories of the Family
Theodore C. Bergstrom
The Formation and Dissolution of Families: Why Marry? Who Marries Whom? And What Happens upon Divorce
Yoram Weiss
Intrahousehold Distribution and the Family
Jere R. Behrman
Intergenerational and Interhousehold Economic Links
John Laitner
PART II: FERTILITY
The Cost of Children and the Use of Demographic Variables in Consumer Demand
Bernard M.S. Van Praag
Marcel F. Warnaar
The Economics of Fertility in Developed Countries
V. Joseph Hotz
Jacob Alex Klerman
Robert J. Willis
Demand for Children in Low Income Countries
T. Paul Schultz
PART III: MORTALITY AND HEALTH
New Findings on Secular Trends in Nutrition and Mortality: Some Implications for Population Theory
Robert William Fogel
Determinants and Consequences of the Mortality and Health of Infants and Children
Kenneth I. Wolpin
Mortality and Morbidity among Adults and the Elderly
Robin C. Sickles
Paul Taubman
PART IV: MIGRATION
Internal Migration in Developed Countries
Michael J. Greenwood
Internal Migration in Developing Countries
Robert E.B. Lucas
Economic Impact on International Migration and the Economic Performance of Migrants
Robert J. Lalonde
Robert H. Topel
International Migration and International Trade
Assaf Razin
Efraim Sadka
PART V: AGING, DEMOGRAPHIC COMPOSITION, AND THE ECONOMY
The Economics of Individual Aging
Michael D. Hurd
The Economics of Population Aging
David N. Weil
Demographic Variables and Income Inequality
David Lam
PART VI: AGGREGATE POPULATION CHANGE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Population Dynamics: Equilibrium, Disequilibrium, and Consequences of Fluctuations
Ronald D. Lee
Growth Models with Endogenous Population: a General Framework
Mark Nerlove
Lakshmi K. Raut
Long-Term Consequences of Population Growth: Technological Change, Natural Resources, and the Environment
James A. Robinson
T.N. Srinivasan