ISBN:
0199244073
,
9780199244072
Language:
English
Pages:
XVI, 440 S.
,
graph. Darst.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2003 Online-Ressource Oxford scholarship online. Economics and Finance Online-Ausg. 2003. Online-Ressource
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. u.d. T.: Population matters
DDC:
304.6/09172/4
Keywords:
Demographic transition
;
Poverty
;
Developing countries Population
;
Economic aspects
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Entwicklungsländer
;
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
;
Bevölkerung
Abstract:
The effect of demography on economic performance has been the subject of intense debate in economics for nearly two centuries. In recent years opinion has swung between the Malthusian views of Coale and Hoover, and the cornucopian views of Julian Simon. Unfortunately, until recently, data were too weak and analytical models too limited to provide clear insights into the relationship. As a result, economists as a group have not been clear or conclusive.This volume, which is based on a collection of papers that heavily rely on data from the 1980s and 1990s and on new analytical approaches, sheds
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Contributors; Part I. Setting the Stage; Part II. Population Change and the Economy; Part III. Fertility, Poverty, and the Family; Part IV. Population, Agriculture, and Natural Resources; PartV. Some Economics of Population Policy; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Online-Ausg. 2003. Online-Ressource
URL:
Volltext
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URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/0199244073.001.0001
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