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UNINA9910822565803321 |
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Titolo |
Population and development : high and low fertility in poorer countries / / edited by Geoffrey Hawthorn |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-88298-7 |
1-136-88299-5 |
1-299-14724-0 |
0-203-83920-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (217 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge library editions.Development ; ; v. 20 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Fertility, Human |
Developing countries Population |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published in 1978 by Frank Cass. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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