Väestötaloustiede

Kurssin kotisivu

Luentorunko
Väestötaloustieteen mikroperusteet
Perintö
Eettisiä kysymyksiä
Väestöllinen transitio
Taloudellinen kasvu
Ikärakenne ja talouskasvu
Kuolleisuus ja talouskasvu
Kehitysmaiden väestökysymyksiä
Koottuja aiheita (AIDS, ikääntyminen)
Väestönkasvu ja ympäristö
Siirtolaisuus

Kirjallisuus:
Opetus perustuu opintomonisteeseen.

Esseeaiheet ja kirjallisuus:

Mikroteoriaa ja sovellutuksia (Lasten kysyntäteoria. Kuinka naisten työssäkäynti vaikuttaa syntyvyyteen? Naisten palkat ja syntyvyys. Signaloivatko naiset äitiys lomapaluillaan?)

Ahn M, Mira P (2002): A Note on Changing Relationship between Fertility and Female Employment Rates in Developed Countries. Journal of Population Economics 15, 667–682.

Apps P, Rees R (2004): Fertility, Taxation, and Family Policy. Scandinavian Journal of Economics 106(4), 745–764.

Del Boca D, Locatelli M (2006): The Determinants of Motherhood and Work Status: A Survey. IZA Discussion Paper 2414.

Goldin C (2006): The Quiet Revolution that Transformed Women’s Employment, Education, and Family. American Economic Review 96(2), 1–21.

Haataja A (2003): Äidit ja isät työmarkkinoilla 1989-2002. Sosiaali- ja. terveysministeriön selvityksiä 29.

Kellokumpu J (2006): Lasten vaikutus äidin palkkaan. Palkansaajien tutkimuslaitoksen tutkimuksia 103.

Mosio E (2010): Perheen ja Työn Yhteensovittaminen. Teoksessa Halko ML, Mikkola A, Ruuskanen OP: Naiset, Miehet  ja Talous. Helsinki University Press. Gaudeamus.

Napari S (2010): Lasten Vaikutus Naisten Palkkakehitykseen. Teoksessa Halko ML, Mikkola A, Ruuskanen OP: Naiset, Miehet  ja Talous. Helsinki University Press. Gaudeamus.

Rocha J, Fuster L (2006): Why Are Fertility Rates and Female Employment Ratios Positively Correlated across O.E.C.D. Countries? International Economic Review 47(4), 1187–1222.

Vikat A (2004): Women’s Labor Force Attachment and Childbearing in Finland. Max-Planck-Institute for Demographic Research Working Paper WP 2004- 001.

Siirtolaisuus (Siirtolaisuuden taloudellinen teoria. Nostaako siirtolaisuus syntyvyyttä länsimaissa? Nostaako siirtolaisuus  talouskasvua länsimaissa?))

Borjas G (1994) The Economics of Immigration. Journal of Economic Literature 32(4),  1667–-1717.

Borjas G (1995): The Economic Benefits of Immigration. Journal of Economic Perspectives 9(2), 3–-22.

De Jong G (2000): Expectations, Gender, and Norms in Migration Decision-Making. Population Studies 54, 307–319.

Galor O, Mountford A (2008): Trading Population for Productivity: Theory and Evidence. Review of Economic Studies 75(4), 1143–1179.

Zak P, Feng Y, Kugler J (2002): Immigration, fertility, and growth. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 26(4), 547–576.

 

Elinikä ja taloudellinen kasvu, kuolleisuus

Acemoglu D, Johnson S (2007): Disease and Development: The Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth.  Journal of Political Economy 115, 925–985.

Becker GS, Phillipson TJ, Soares RR (2005): The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality. American Economic Review 95, 277–291.

Cervellati M, Sunde O (2005): Human Capital Formation, Life Expectancy and the Process of Development. American Economic Review 95(5), 1653–1672.

Cutler D, Deaton A, Lljeras-Muney A (2006): The Determinants of Mortality. Journal of Economic Perspectives 20(3), 97–120.

Fogel R (1994): Economic growth, population theory, and physiology: The bearing of long-term processes on the making of economic policy, American Economic Review,  84, 369–395

Kalemli-Ozan S(2002): Does Mortality Decline Promote Economic Growth. Journal of  Economic Growth 7(4), 411–439.

Kalemli-Ozan S, Ryder HE, Weil DN (2000): Mortality Decline, Human Capital Investment, and Economic Growth. Journal of Development Economics 62(1), 1–23.

Lehmijoki U (2010): Väestöllinen transitio muuttaa maailmaa. Teoksessa Halko ML, Mikkola A, Ruuskanen OP (eds.) Naiset, miehet ja talous. Gaudeamus, Helsinki..

Robson AJ (2001): The Biological Basis of Economic Behavior. Journal of Economic Literature 39(1), 11–33.

Robson AJ, Kaplan HS (2003): The Evolution of Human Life Expectancy and Intelligence in Hunterer-Gatherer Economics. American Economic Review 93(1), 150–169.

Soares RR (2005): Mortality Reductions, Educational Attainment, and Fertility Choice. American Economic Review 95(3), 580–601.

Soares RR (2007): On the Determinants of Mortality Reductions in the Developing World. NBER Working Paper No. W12837.

 

Uudet väestöllistä transitiota ja talouskasvua käsittelevät mallit

Galor O,  Weil D (2000): Population, Technology, and Growth: from Malthusian Stagnation to the Demographic Transition and Beyond. American Economic Review 90, 806–826.

Galor O (2005): From Stagnation to Growth: Unified Growth Theory. In Aghion P, Durlauf S (eds.) Handbook of Economic Growth. Elsevier, 171–293

Galor O (2007): Multiple Growth Regimes-Insights from Unified Growth Theory. Journal of Macroeconomics 29( 3),  470–475.

Galor O, Mountford A (2006):  Trade and the Great Divergence: The Family Connection. American Economic Review 96(2), 299–303.

Voigtlender N, Voth HJ (2006): Why England? Demographic Factors, Structural Change and Physical Capital Accumulation during the Industrial Revolution. Journal of Economic Growth 11, 319–361.

Mokyr J, Voth HJ (2006):  Understanding Growth in Europe. Conference paper.

Galor O, Mountford A (2008): Trading Population for Productivity: Theory and Evidence. Review of Economic Studies 75(4), 1143–1179.

Galor O, Moav O, Vollrath D (2009): Inequality in Land Ownership, the Emergence of Human Capital Promoting Institutions, and the Great Divergence. Review of Economic Studies 76(1), 143–179.

Ashraf Q, Galor O (2007): Cultural Assimilation, Cultural Diffusion and the Origin of the Wealth of Nations. Working Paper.