Population 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 Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1986
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 108 pages)
• Disciplina: 304.6/09172/4
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Economic policy; Developing countries Population; Developing countries Economic conditions
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p.94-104) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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?
• Titolo autorizzato: Population growth and economic development
• ISBN: 1-280-22214-X; 9786610222148; 0-309-58167-2; 0-585-15633-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910829108203321
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