Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries.
Title:
Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries.
Author:
Easterlin, Richard A.
ISBN:
9780226180250
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (592 pages)
Series:
National Bureau of Economic Research Universities-National Bureau Conference Series ; v.30
National Bureau of Economic Research Universities-National Bureau Conference Series
Contents:
Contents -- Prefatory Note -- Introduction -- 1. Child Costs and Economic Development -- 2. Toward a More General Economic Model of Fertility Determination: Endogenous Preferences and Natural Fertility -- 3. Child Mortality and Fertility: Issues in the DemographicTransition of a Migrant Population -- 4. An Economic Interpretation of the Decline inFertility in a Rapidly Developing Country: Consequences of Development and Family Planning -- 5. Causes and Consequences of Mortality Declines in Less Developed Countries during the Twentieth Century -- 6. Internal Migration in Developing Countries: A Survey -- 7. Interactions of Economic and DemographicHousehold Behavior -- 8. Recent Population Trends in Less DevelopedCountries and Implications for InternalIncome Inequality -- 9. A Historical Perspective on Economic Aspectsof the Population Explosion: The Case ofPreindustrial England -- List of Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
Abstract:
"An extremely important book which contains a number of uniformly excellent papers on a variety of topics relating, to various degrees, to the nexus of demographic-economic interrelationships for presently developing countries."-William J. Serow, Southern Economic Journal "An important landmark in the growing field of economic demography."-Dudley Kirk, Journal of Developing Areas.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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