Agent-Based Computational Demography (ABCD) aims at starting a new stream of research among social scientists whose interests lie in understanding demographic behaviour. The book takes a micro-demographic (agent-based) perspective and illustrates the potentialities of computer simulation as an...

Part I Human Capital in the Form of Education, Demographic Change, and Their Economic Implications -- Chapter 1: The Non-linearity in the Relationship Between Human Capital and Growth; Alessandra Pelloni, Thanasis Stengos, and Fabrizio Valenti -- Chapter 2: Optimal Life-Cycle Education Decisions...