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Economic Theory of Optimal Population

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Klaus F. Zimmermann

    1. Department of Economics, University of Mannheim, Mannheim 1, Germany

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Part of the book series: Microeconomic Studies (MICROECONOMIC)

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Table of contents (12 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Optimum Population: An Introduction

    1. Optimum Population: An Introduction

      • Klaus F. Zimmermann
      Pages 1-16

  3. Optimal Size and Growth Rate of Population

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Socially Optimal Population Size and Individual Choice

      • Marc Nerlove, Assaf Razin, Efraim Sadka
      Pages 19-38

    3. Endogenous Population With Discrete Family Size and a Capital Market

      • Daniel Leonard
      Pages 39-49

    4. Is There an Optimal Growth Rate for Population?

      • Gerhard Schmitt-Rink
      Pages 51-63

  4. Technical Progress and Social Security

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Technological Change and Population Growth

      • Manfred Neumann
      Pages 67-73

    3. The Serendipity Theorem Reconsidered: The Three-Generations Case Without Inheritance

      • Klaus Jaeger
      Pages 75-87

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 179-184
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, University of Mannheim, Mannheim 1, Germany

    Klaus F. Zimmermann

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Economic Theory of Optimal Population

  • Editors: Klaus F. Zimmermann

  • Series Title: Microeconomic Studies

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50043-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1989

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-50045-9Published: 12 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-50043-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-6005

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 184

  • Topics: Population Economics

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