International Relations Sorbonne School of Economics
UFR02
1st Year Master courses
Demographic Analysis and Population Economics
B4C51415 / APE
4 ECTS
Description
Population Economics is devoted to the search for causes and consequences of demographic behavior.
First, how can we explain fertility, mortality, nuptiality and migration behaviors? What are the main
drivers of population heterogeneity? At the population level, how can we link population trends and
economics, in both theoretical and empirical terms? Second, demographic behaviors have direct
effects on population size and age-structure. What are the implications of current changes, given that
population growth and ageing are often considered to be among the most dramatic changes occurring
at world level, with large discrepancies between countries and continents? Demographic analysis is
based on a specific approach and applies a set of technical tools which allow us to assess the external
validity of economic results. The course will thus provide an introduction to demographic analysis and
its usefulness for Population Economics.
Course Outline
Session 1: Outline of the course; available websites
Session 2: population trends; population with sex and age
Session 3: Rates, risks and probabilities. Life table and related functions
Session 4: Stable populations; population dynamics
Session 5: Events and structure. Mean age in a stationary population; stock sampling; multiple events
analysis
Session 6: Population means, standardization, correlations between covariates
Session 7: decomposition; interactions; individual behaviour and population effects
Session 8: Matrix population models; data sources
Session 9: migrations; population projections
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Paris, Ined-Puf. Eight Volumes (2001-2006), Caselli Graziella, Vallin Jacques, Wunsch Guillaume,
2006, Demography: Analysis And Synthesis. Academic Press, 2200 Pages (English Translation Of
The Previous Reference), Challier Mc, And Michel Philippe, 1996, Analyse Dynamique Des
Populations, Economica, Galor Oded, Unified Growth Theory, 2011, Princeton University
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Leridon Henri, Toulemon Laurent, 1997, Démographie. Approche Statistique Et Dynamique Des
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