Demographics in demographic-economic models: a note on the basic activity-commodity framework

The authors present a critique of an early basic formulation for the development of demographic-economic models by M. Madden and P. W. J. Batey in 1980. They assert that more attention needs to be paid to the demographic components of these models and that "distinctions between household types must be treated more adequately, and mechanisms for changes in household type must be articulated and refined." A reply by M. Madden (pp. 1,537-42) is included, as well as a response by the authors (pp. 1,543-5).