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SEM: POPULATION ECONOMICS Semester: Spring Year: 2017 Subject Name: Economics Course Number: 362 Institution: Smith College Topics course.: Many countries today face rapidly aging populations. The economic consequences will pose enormous challenges to policymakers. What are the implications of an aging population for the sustainability of pension funds and health care systems? for labor force growth and productivity growth? for savings and asset markets? for the demand for public and private goods? What policy options have economists offered to deal with these issues? In this seminar we study these questions and more from both microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives. Prerequisites: ECO 250, ECO 253 and ECO 220. Enrollment limited to 15. Comments: Instructor Permission. Not open to first-years, sophomores Instructor Permission: Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods. Link to Campus Courses Schedule #: 41975-S17 Course Sections Year - Any -2021202020192018201720162015201420132012 Term - Any -FallSpring Subject Course Number Institution - Any -Amherst CollegeHampshire CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeSmith CollegeUMass Amherst Section Number SEM: POPULATION ECONOMICS Sect # Credits Instructor(s) Instructor Email Meeting Times Location 01 4.0 Elizabeth Savoca esavoca@smith.edu Th 01:00-02:50 WRIGHT 238