05025nam 2200601Ia 450 991082910820332120200520144314.01-280-22214-X97866102221480-309-58167-20-585-15633-6(CKB)110986584750736(OCoLC)614627270(CaPaEBR)ebrary10054996(SSID)ssj0000224534(PQKBManifestationID)11187360(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224534(PQKBWorkID)10209891(PQKB)11542573(MiAaPQ)EBC3376005(Au-PeEL)EBL3376005(CaPaEBR)ebr10054996(OCoLC)923260419(NjHacI)99110986584750736(EXLCZ)9911098658475073619860117d1986 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPopulation growth and economic development policy questions /Working Group on Population Growth and Economic Development, Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academy Press19861 online resource (ix, 108 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-309-03641-0 Includes bibliographical references (p.94-104) and index.Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- BACKGROUND -- FOCUS ON FERTILITY DECLINE AND ECONOMIC WELFARE -- UNDERSTANDING THE CONSEQUENCES OF FERTILITY DECLINE -- 1 Will Slower Population Growth Increase the Growth Rate of Per Capita Income through Increasing... -- MARKETS AND NATURAL RESOURCE PRICES -- POPULATION AND EXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCES -- CONCLUSIONS -- 2 Will Slower Population Growth Increase the Growth Rate of Per Capita Income through Increasing... -- DIMINISHING RETURNS TO LABOR IN AGRICULTURE -- Historical Responses to Diminishing Returns -- Future Prospects for Agricultural Intensification -- DEGRADATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES -- FORESTS AND FISHERIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- 3 Will Slower Population Growth Alleviate Pollution and the Degradation of the Natural Environment? -- CONCLUSIONS -- 4 Will Slower Population Growth Lead to More Capital per Worker, thereby Increasing per Worker Output... -- CONCLUSIONS -- 5 Do Lower Population Densities Lead to Lower Per Capita Incomes via a Reduced Stimulus to Technological... -- MANUFACTURING -- AGRICULTURE -- CONCLUSIONS -- 6 Will Slower Population Growth Increase Per Capita Levels of Schooling and Health? -- HUMAN CAPITAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- FAMILY SIZE AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH AND EDUCATION -- POPULATION GROWTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH AND EDUCATION -- CONCLUSIONS -- 7 Will Slower Population Growth Decrease the Degree of Inequality in the Distribution of Income? -- CONCLUSIONS -- 8 Will Slower Population Growth Facilitate the Absorption of Workers into the Modern Economic Sector... -- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CITIES -- POPULATION GROWTH, CITY GROWTH, AND URBANIZATION -- URBANIZATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH -- RAPID POPULATION GROWTH AND LABOR MARKETS.THE EFFECT ON LABOR ABSORPTION OF DISTORTIONS IN OTHER MARKETS -- URBAN GROWTH, HOUSING, AND PUBLIC SERVICES -- CONCLUSIONS -- 9 Can a Couple's Fertility Behavior Impose Costs on Society at Large? -- COMMON-PROPERTY RESOURCES AND PUBLICLY SUBSIDIZED GOODS AND SERVICES -- WAGES AND RENTS -- INTRAFAMILY EXTERNALITIES -- POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF POPULATION EXTERNALITIES -- CONCLUSIONS -- Conclusion -- EFFECTS OF SLOWER POPULATION GROWTH ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT -- Slower Population Growth and Exhaustible Resources -- Slower Population Growth and Renewable Resources -- Slower Population Growth, Health, and Education -- Slower Population Growth and Income -- Slower Population Growth and Cities -- ENVIRONMENTAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS -- SUMMARY -- POLICY IMPLICATIONS: THE ROLE OF FAMILY PLANNING -- References -- Index.Addresses relevant questions like: Will population growth reduce the growth rate of per capita income because it reduces the per capita availability of exhaustible resources?; how about for renewable resources; will population growth aggravate degradation of the natural environment?; and does more rapid growth reduce worker output and consumption?Developing countriesEconomic policyDeveloping countriesPopulationDeveloping countriesEconomic conditions304.6/09172/4National Research Council (U.S.).Committee on Population,MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910829108203321Population growth and economic development3946305UNINA