Birth and Fortune: The Impact of Numbers on Personal Welfare Second Edition
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Richard A. Easterlin
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ISBN-13: 978-0226180328
ISBN-10: 0226180328
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In this influential work, Richard A. Easterlin shows how the size of a generation—the number of persons born in a particular year—directly and indirectly affects the personal welfare of its members, the make-up and breakdown of the family, and the general well being of the economy.
"[Easterlin] has made clear, I think unambiguously, that the baby-boom generation is economically underprivileged merely because of its size. And in showing this, he demonstrates that population size can be as restrictive as a factor as sex, race, or class on equality of opportunity in the U.S."—Jeffrey Madrick, Business Week
"[Easterlin] has made clear, I think unambiguously, that the baby-boom generation is economically underprivileged merely because of its size. And in showing this, he demonstrates that population size can be as restrictive as a factor as sex, race, or class on equality of opportunity in the U.S."—Jeffrey Madrick, Business Week
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In this influential work, Richard A. Easterlin shows how the size of a generation - the number of persons born in a particular year - directly and indirectly affects the personal welfare of its members, the composition and dissolution of the family, and the general well-being of the economy.
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Richard A. Easterlin is professor of economics at the University of Southern California.
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- Publisher : University of Chicago Press; Second edition (April 15, 1987)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 235 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0226180328
- ISBN-13 : 978-0226180328
- Item Weight : 11 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,372,423 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,173 in Demography Studies
- #41,894 in Business & Finance
- #54,255 in Economics (Books)
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