Spring 2022

DEMOG C175 001 - LEC 001

Formerly Demography C175, Economics C175

Economic Demography

Ryan D Edwards

Jan 18, 2022 - May 06, 2022

Tu, Th

12:30 pm - 01:59 pm

HAAS Faculty Wing F295

Class #:26458

Units: 4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Demography

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: -6

Enrolled: 116

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 110

Waitlist Max: 20

Open Reserved Seats:

1 reserved for Demography Graduate Students

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.

Final Exam

THU, MAY 12TH

03:00 pm - 06:00 pm

Valley Life Sciences 2050

Other classes by Ryan D Edwards

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?

Class Notes

This class will be webcast by the instructor and available to enrolled students to be viewed asynchronously.

Time conflicts are not allowed for this class.