Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459594303321
• Autore: Easterlin Richard A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (592 p.)
• Collana: National Bureau of Economic Research Universities-National Bureau Conference Series ; ; v.30
• Disciplina: 301.32; 301.32/9/1724; 301.3291724
• Soggetti: Developing countries -- Population -- Congresses; Developing countries -- Population; Population -- Economic aspects -- Congresses; Population -- Economic aspects; Population; Population - Congresses - Economic aspects; Business & Economics; Demography; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Behavior8. 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
• Sommario/riassunto: ""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