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Demographic economics

  • Life expectancyHuman life expectancy is a statistical measure of the estimate of the average remaining years of life at a given age. The most commonly used metric is life…
  • Human migrationIn 2015, migrants made up 3.3% of the world population yet contributed 9.4% to global GDP. This economic weight belies a complex legal landscape where three…
  • Gini coefficientIn 1912, Italian statistician Corrado Gini published a paper titled Variabilità e mutabilità. This document introduced the concept that would eventually bear…
  • Family economicsAdam Smith wrote in The Wealth of Nations that wages must be high enough to support a family. He argued that without this, the race of workmen could not last…