NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Demography and the Economy

John B. Shoven, editor

Forthcoming from University of Chicago Press


The following chapters are preliminary drafts unless otherwise noted. They have not yet been subjected to the formal review process of the NBER. This page will be updated as individual chapters are revised.

Table of Contents

Introduction: John B. Shoven (bibliographic info) (download)

1. The Future of American Fertility: Samuel H. Preston, Caroline R. Sten (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Gopi Shah Goda

2. Fertility Theories: Can They Explain the Negative Fertility-Income Relationship?: Larry E. Jones, Alice Schoonbroodt, Michèle Tertilt (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Amalia Miller

3. Women’s Education and Family Behavior: Trends in Marriage, Divorce and Fertility: Adam Isen, Betsey Stevenson (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Enrico Moretti

4. Adjusting Government Policies for Age Inflation: John B. Shoven, Gopi Shah Goda
       Comment: Warren Sanderson

5. Old Europe Ages: Reforms and Reform Backlashes: Axel Börsch-Supan, Alexander Ludwig (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Alan Auerbach

6. The Final Inequality: Variance in Age at Death: Shripad Tuljapurkar (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Victor Fuchs

7. Demographic Trends, Housing Equity, and the Financial Security of Future Retirees: James Poterba, Steven Venti, David A. Wise (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Thomas Davidoff

8. Aging Populations, Pension Operations, Potential Economic Disappointment and Its Allocation: Sylvester J. Schieber
       Comment: Steven Venti

9. Financing Medicare: A General Equilibrium Analysis: Orazio Attanasio, Sagiri Kitao, Gianluca L. Violante
       Comment: Moshe Bushinsky

10. Italians are Late: Does it Matter?: Francesco C. Billari, Guido Tabellini (bibliographic info) (download)
       Comment: Luigi Pistaferri

 
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