Spring 2021

DEMOG C175 001 - LEC 001

Formerly Demography C175, Economics C175

Economic Demography

Joshua R Goldstein

Jan 19, 2021 - May 07, 2021

Tu, Th

12:30 pm - 01:59 pm

Internet/Online

Class #:24424

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: Pending Review

Offered through Demography

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 41

Enrolled: 59

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 100

Waitlist Max: 20

No Reserved Seats

Also offered as: ECON C175

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 9 to 10 hours of outside work hours per week, and 0 to 1 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Other classes by Joshua R Goldstein

+ 1 Independent Study

DEMOG 299 002 002IND

A general introduction to economic demography, addressing the following kinds of questions: What are the economic consequences of immigration to the U.S.? Will industrial nations be able to afford the health and pension costs of the aging populations? How has the size of the baby boom affected its economic well being? Why has fertility been high in Third World countries? In industrial countries, why is marriage postponed, divorce high, fertility so low, and extramarital fertility rising? What are the economic and environmental consequences of rapid population growth?