Today, the most pressing challenges for public economics are of macroeconomic nature: pensions, debt, income distribution, and fiscal sustainability. All these problems are compounded by the phenomenon of demographic transition and aging. This graduate textbook addresses these issues with the...

World population -- Population data -- Population distribution and composition -- Fertility -- Mortality -- Internal migration -- International migration flows : immigrants and transnational migrants -- Refugees and internally displaced persons -- Urbanization -- Population policies --...