LEADER 05025nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910829108203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-22214-X 010 $a9786610222148 010 $a0-309-58167-2 010 $a0-585-15633-6 035 $a(CKB)110986584750736 035 $a(OCoLC)614627270 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10054996 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000224534 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11187360 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224534 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10209891 035 $a(PQKB)11542573 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3376005 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3376005 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10054996 035 $a(OCoLC)923260419 035 $a(NjHacI)99110986584750736 035 $a(EXLCZ)99110986584750736 100 $a19860117d1986 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aPopulation growth and economic development $epolicy questions /$fWorking Group on Population Growth and Economic Development, Committee on Population, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cNational Academy Press$d1986 215 $a1 online resource (ix, 108 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-309-03641-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.94-104) and index. 327 $aPopulation 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. 327 $aTHE 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. 330 $aAddresses 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? 607 $aDeveloping countries$xEconomic policy 607 $aDeveloping countries$xPopulation 607 $aDeveloping countries$xEconomic conditions 676 $a304.6/09172/4 712 02$aNational Research Council (U.S.).$bCommittee on Population, 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910829108203321 996 $aPopulation growth and economic development$93946305 997 $aUNINA