Birth and Fortune
The Impact of Numbers on Personal Welfare
2nd Edition
Published on 15. April 1987
Book
Paperback/Softback
235 pages
978-0-226-18032-8 (ISBN)
Description
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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Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 22 mm
Width: 14 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
312 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-226-18032-8 (9780226180328)
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