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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786056703321

Titolo

Population and development : high and low fertility in poorer countries / / edited by Geoffrey Hawthorn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-88298-7

1-136-88299-5

1-299-14724-0

0-203-83920-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Routledge library editions.Development ; ; v. 20

Altri autori (Persone)

HawthornGeoffrey

Disciplina

304.632091724

Soggetti

Fertility, Human

Developing countries Population

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1978 by Frank Cass.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; TitlePage; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; The Interaction of Fertility and the Size Distribution of Income; Fertility, Mortality and Income - Changes over the Long Run: Some Simulation Experiments; Population and Development: Outlines for a Structuralist Approach; Modes of Reproduction; Parenthood, Marriage and Fertility in West Africa; Family Size Preferences of Spouses in Rural Eastern Nigeria; Production Relations and Population: Ramdaua; Production Relations and Population: Rampur; Economic Change, Social Differentiation and Fertility: Aluthgama

On Social Norms and Fertility Decline

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1978, this book explores the vital global issue of high and low fertility in poorer countries through a series of case studies by contemporary experts in the fields of development and demography. These studies examine such issues as: the relations between fertility rates and income distributions in poor societies; the question of whether or not neo-classical macro-economics are sufficient to understand and to try to engineer relations between economies and populations; and the specifics of the relations between fertility and a variety of socio-economic factors in both Sou