European Society for Population Economics

The European Society for Population Economics was created in order to facilitate communication and exchange between researchers in different European countries, as well as with scientists from other parts of the world. Equal emphasis is given to theoretical and applied research focusing on the role played by human capital and demographic variables in economics. The society is to assist in teaching population economics and have started to make reading lists, teaching material, etc. in publicly available. The human capital and labour economics, gender issues, aging and social security, population and economic growth, domestic and international migration, income distribution and redistribution within and between generations, changing age structure and public housing, intrahousehold distribution and intergenerational transfers, population growth and technical progress, or population and the environment. The list is merely illustrative of the scope of ESPE and is by no means exhaustive. These are the most important advantages of your ESPE membership:

Four issues of the Journal of Population Economics per year

Annual ESPE conference

ESPE Newsletter

Special ESPE workshops

A further service of the society is to assist in teaching population economics. We have started therefore to make reading lists, teaching material, etc.