The ''Journal of Population Economics'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed
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academic journal that covers research on
economic and
demographic
Demography () is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings.
Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups defined by criteria such as edu ...
problems. It is the official journal of the
European Society of Population Economics
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and is published by
Springer Science+Business Media in collaboration with POP at
UNU-MERIT
The ''United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology'' (UNU-MERIT) is a research and training institute of the United Nations University which cooperates closely with Maastricht Universi ...
and the Global Labor Organization.
It was established in 1987 by
Klaus F. Zimmermann (
UNU-MERIT
The ''United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology'' (UNU-MERIT) is a research and training institute of the United Nations University which cooperates closely with Maastricht Universi ...
), who remains the
editor-in-chief.
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Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index
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, Scopus, EconLit
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, CAB International, CAB Abstracts
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, and the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences.
Kuznets Prize
Since 1995, the journal awards the "Kuznets Prize", named after the 1971 Nobel Prize laureate Simon Kuznets
Simon Smith Kuznets (; rus, Семён Абра́мович Кузне́ц, p=sʲɪˈmʲɵn ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ kʊzʲˈnʲɛts; April 30, 1901 – July 8, 1985) was an American economist and statistician who received the 1971 Nobel Memorial Pr ...
, a pioneer in populations economics, for the best article published in the journal.[
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See also
* ''Demography''
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://pop.merit.unu.edu/jpop/
Springer Journal website
Economics journals
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