Contents

Foreword (24K) Cathy E. Minehan

Seismic Shifts: The Economic Impact of Demographic Change. An Overview (118K) Jane Sneddon Little and Robert K. Triest

Political Dimensions of Demographic Change: An Address(62K) Michael S. Teitelbaum

Demographic Shocks: The View from History(347K) Massimo Livi-Bacci

Discussion(381K) Joel Mokyr

Discussion(107K) David N. Weil

World Population in 2050: Assessing the Projections(798K) Joel E. Cohen

Discussion(297K) Cynthia B. Lloyd

Discussion(127K) Wolfgang P. Lutz

The Impact of Demographic Change on U.S. Labor Markets(680K) Jane Sneddon Little and Robert K. Triest

Discussion(214K) Axel H. Boersch-Supan

Discussion(35K) James P. Smith

Global Shifts: U.S. Immigration and the Cultural Impact of Demographic Change. An Address(151K) Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco

The Fiscal Impact of Population Change(446K) Ronald D. Lee and Ryan D. Edwards

Discussion(363K) Paul Atkinson

Discussion(415K) C. Eugene Steuerle

Demographic Shocks and Global Factor Flows(364K) Jeffrey G. Williamson

Discussion(43K) Gary Burtless

Discussion(41K) Efraim Sadka

Policy Implications of Demographic Change: Panel Discussion

Recent Demographic Achievements and the Challenges Ahead(48K) Joseph Chamie

Notes on Demographic Changes and the Welfare State(56K) Assaf Razin

Social Implications of Demographic Change in Japan(175K) Naohiro Yashiro

The Economic Impact of Demographic Change: A Case for More Immigration(34K) Richard N. Cooper

About the Authors(47K)

Conference Participants(29K)