École normale supérieure – PSL

2014/2015 Economie de la longévité


Economie de la longévité

Liste des articles

Séance 2 : Stylized facts of the demographic transition

–        Ronald Lee, “The demographic transition: three centuries of fundamental changes”, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2003

–        Robert Fogel, “Economic Growth, Population Theory, and Physiology: the Bearing of Long-Term Processes on the Making of Economic Policy”, American Economic Review, 1994

Séance 3 : Health, Market Economy and Social Organisation

–        Richard Easterlin, “How Beneficient is the Market?”, European Review of Economic History, 1999

–        Amartya Sen, “Mortality as an Indicator of Economic Succes and Failure”, Economic Journal, 1998

Séance 4 : Longevity, Demographic Transition and Long-Term Growth (1)

–        Raouf Boucekkine, David de la Croix & Omar Licandro, “Vintage Human Capital, Demographic Trends and Endogenous Growth”, Journal of Economic Theory, 2002

–        Shanka Chakraborty, “Endogenous Lifetime and Economic Growth”, Journal of Economic Theory, 2004

Séance 5 : Longevity, Demographic Transition and Long-Term Growth (2)

–        Blackburn & Cipriani, “A Model of Longevity, Fertility and Growth”, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2002

–        Galor & Weil, “Population, Technology and Growth: from Malthusian Regime to the Demographic Transition”, American Economic Review, 2000

Séance 6 : Does Health improvement Foster Economic Take-Off? (1)

–        Jeffrey Sachs “Macroeconomics and Health: Investing in Health for Economic Development”, Report of the Commission on Macroeconomics and Health, World Health Organisation, 2001

(à partager)

Séance 7 : Does Health improvement Foster Economic Take-Off? (2)

–        Acemoglu & Johnson, “Disease and Development: the Effect of Life Expectancy on Economic Growth”, Journal of Political Economy, 2007

–        Hazan, “Longevity and Lifetime Labor Supply: Evidence and Implications”, Econometrica, 2009

Séance 8 & 9 : Health Behavior

–        Cawley and Ruhm, “The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors”, Handbook of Health Economics, 2012.

Chapitres 2 à 5 (à partager)

Séance 10 : Population Ageing in Advanced Countries

–        Brown & Finkelstein, “Insuring Long-Term Care in the United States”, Journal of Economic Perspective,

–        Ehrlich & Kim, “Social Security and Demographic Trends: Theory and Evidence from the International Experience”, Review of Economic Dynamics, 2007

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