Conventional R&D-based growth theory suggests that productivitygrowth is positively correlated with population size or population growth,an implication which is hard to see in the data. Here we integrate R&D-basedgrowth into a unied growth setup with micro-founded fertility and...

Die Praxiserfahrungsstudie "Kooperation zentraler Orte in schrumpfenden Regionen" geht der Frage nach, inwieweit Funktionsteilungen im zentralörtlichen System (Städteverbünde) und andere Kooperationsformen dazu geeignet sind, zur Sicherung der Daseinsvorsorge in schrumpfenden Regionen...

This book combines the work of 18 international scholars in the first comprehensive study of contemporary regional shrinkage under Japan's national depopulation. The contributions have been arranged thematically, and interspersed throughout the book are tables, charts, diagrams and photographs...

The fundamentalist moment -- Coffins and cradles -- America's vanishing labor supply -- The new human environment -- People power -- Fading nations -- The cost of children -- The cost of aging -- The slowing pace of progress -- Home economics -- Freedom and fertility -- Work and families