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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790060803321

Autore

Easterlin Richard A

Titolo

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

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

Developing countries Population Congresses

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