Population and development : high and low fertility in poorer countries / / edited by Geoffrey Hawthorn
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| Titolo: |
Population and development : high and low fertility in poorer countries / / edited by Geoffrey Hawthorn
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| Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 304.632091724 |
| Soggetto topico: | Fertility, Human |
| Soggetto geografico: | Developing countries Population |
| Altri autori: |
HawthornGeoffrey
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Population and development |
| ISBN: | 1-136-88298-7 |
| 1-136-88299-5 | |
| 1-299-14724-0 | |
| 0-203-83920-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910822565803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Routledge library editions. . -Development.