In this paper, we derive a discrete choice model of the demand for medical care from a theoretical model that implies a natural interrelation between price and income. We show that, in the context of a discrete choice model, if health is a normal good, then the price elasticity of the demand for...

Using demographic multi-state, cohort-component methods, we produce projections for 120 countries (covering 93% of the world population in 2005) by five-year age groups, sex, and four levels of educational attainment for the years 2005-2050. Taking into account differentials in fertility and...

[fre] L'auteur présente et analyse un nouveau modèle économique de la fécondité et du comportement de la population active. Le modèle est dans l'esprit de celui de Willis (1973) et comporte les hypothèses suivantes : i) une fonction de produc­tion jointe pour l'ensemble du ménage ; ii)...