Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- BACKGROUND -- FOCUS ON FERTILITY DECLINE AND ECONOMIC WELFARE -- UNDERSTANDING THE CONSEQUENCES OF FERTILITY DECLINE -- 1 Will Slower Population Growth Increase the Growth Rate of Per Capita Income through Increasing... -- MARKETS AND NATURAL RESOURCE PRICES -- POPULATION AND EXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCES -- CONCLUSIONS -- 2 Will Slower Population Growth Increase the Growth Rate of Per Capita Income through Increasing... -- DIMINISHING RETURNS TO LABOR IN AGRICULTURE -- Historical Responses to Diminishing Returns -- Future Prospects for Agricultural Intensification -- DEGRADATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES -- FORESTS AND FISHERIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- 3 Will Slower Population Growth Alleviate Pollution and the Degradation of the Natural Environment? -- CONCLUSIONS -- 4 Will Slower Population Growth Lead to More Capital per Worker, thereby Increasing per Worker Output... -- CONCLUSIONS -- 5 Do Lower Population Densities Lead to Lower Per Capita Incomes via a Reduced Stimulus to Technological... -- MANUFACTURING -- AGRICULTURE -- CONCLUSIONS -- 6 Will Slower Population Growth Increase Per Capita Levels of Schooling and Health? -- HUMAN CAPITAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- FAMILY SIZE AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND EDUCATION -- POPULATION GROWTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND EDUCATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- 7 Will Slower Population Growth Decrease the Degree of Inequality in the Distribution of Income? -- CONCLUSIONS -- 8 Will Slower Population Growth Facilitate the Absorption of Workers into the Modern Economic Sector... -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CITIES -- POPULATION GROWTH, CITY GROWTH, AND URBANIZATION -- URBANIZATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH -- RAPID POPULATION GROWTH AND LABOR MARKETS.

THE EFFECT ON LABOR ABSORPTION OF DISTORTIONS IN OTHER MARKETS -- URBAN GROWTH, HOUSING, AND PUBLIC SERVICES -- CONCLUSIONS -- 9 Can a Couple's Fertility Behavior Impose Costs on Society at Large? -- COMMON-PROPERTY RESOURCES AND PUBLICLY SUBSIDIZED GOODS AND SERVICES -- WAGES AND RENTS -- INTRAFAMILY EXTERNALITIES -- POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF POPULATION EXTERNALITIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- Conclusion -- EFFECTS OF SLOWER POPULATION GROWTH ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- Slower Population Growth and Exhaustible Resources -- Slower Population Growth and Renewable Resources -- Slower Population Growth, Health, and Education -- Slower Population Growth and Income -- Slower Population Growth and Cities -- ENVIRONMENTAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS -- SUMMARY -- POLICY IMPLICATIONS: THE ROLE OF FAMILY PLANNING -- References -- Index.