In this influential work, Richard A. Easterlin shows how the size of a generationâ the number of persons born in a particular yearâ 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."â Jeffrey Madrick, Business Week
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 composition and dissolution of the family, and the general well-being of the economy.