Studies in Population and Economic Development
Title | Studies in Population and Economic Development PDF eBook |
Author | B. N. Ghosh |
Publisher | New Delhi : Deep & Deep Publications |
Pages | 388 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
Population Growth and Economic Development
Title | Population Growth and Economic Development PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 121 |
Release | 1986-02-01 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0309036410 |
This book addresses nine relevant questions: 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? Does more rapid growth reduce worker output and consumption? Do rapid growth and greater density lead to productivity gains through scale economies and thereby raise per capita income? Will rapid population growth reduce per capita levels of education and health? Will it increase inequality of income distribution? Is it an important source of labor problems and city population absorption? And, finally, do the economic effects of population growth justify government programs to reduce fertility that go beyond the provision of family planning services?
The Demographic Dividend
Title | The Demographic Dividend PDF eBook |
Author | David Bloom |
Publisher | Rand Corporation |
Pages | 127 |
Release | 2003-02-13 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0833033735 |
There is long-standing debate on how population growth affects national economies. A new report from Population Matters examines the history of this debate and synthesizes current research on the topic. The authors, led by Harvard economist David Bloom, conclude that population age structure, more than size or growth per se, affects economic development, and that reducing high fertility can create opportunities for economic growth if the right kinds of educational, health, and labor-market policies are in place. The report also examines specific regions of the world and how their differing policy environments have affected the relationship between population change and economic development.
Population and Development in Poor Countries
Title | Population and Development in Poor Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Julian Lincoln Simon |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 484 |
Release | 2014-07-14 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1400862175 |
Making the case that population growth does not hinder economic progress and that it eventually raises standards of living, Julian Simon became one of the most controversial figures in economics during the past decade. This book gathers a set of articles--theoretical, empirical, and policy analyses--written over the past twenty years, which examine the effects of population increase on various aspects of economic development in less-developed economies. The studies show that within a century, or even a quarter of a century, the positive benefits of additional people counterbalance the short-run costs. The process is as follows: increased numbers of consumers, and the resultant increase of total income, expand the demand for raw materials and finished products. The resulting actual and expected shortages force up prices of the natural resources. The increased prices trigger the search for new ways to satisfy the demand, and sooner or later new sources and innovative substitutes are found. These new discoveries lead to cheaper natural resources than existed before this process began, leaving humanity better off than if the shortages had not appeared. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Population Change and Economic Development in East Asia
Title | Population Change and Economic Development in East Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Mason |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 527 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 0804743223 |
The fifteen essays in this volume address from several viewpoints the question of what role population change played in East Asia's rapid economic development.
Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries
Title | Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Richard A. Easterlin |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 592 |
Release | 2007-11-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0226180255 |
"An extremely important book which contains a number of uniformly excellent papers on a variety of topics relating, to various degrees, to the nexus of demographic-economic interrelationships for presently developing countries."—William J. Serow, Southern Economic Journal "An important landmark in the growing field of economic demography."—Dudley Kirk, Journal of Developing Areas
Population Growth and Economic Development in Low Income Countries
Title | Population Growth and Economic Development in Low Income Countries PDF eBook |
Author | Ansley Johnson Coale |
Publisher | |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 2012-04 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781258303228 |