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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Working Group on Population Growth and Economic Development, author, issuing body.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population, author.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Developing countries--Economic policy.

Developing countries.

Developing countries--Population.

Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 108 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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?

Contents:

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

3 Will Slower Population Growth Alleviate Pollution and the Degradation of the Natural Environment?

4 Will Slower Population Growth Lead to More Capital per Worker, thereby Increasing per Worker Output...

5 Do Lower Population Densities Lead to Lower Per Capita Incomes via a Reduced Stimulus to Technological...

MANUFACTURING

AGRICULTURE

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

7 Will Slower Population Growth Decrease the Degree of Inequality in the Distribution of Income?

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

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

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p.94-104) and index.

ISBN:

9786610222148

9781280222146

128022214X

9780309581677

0309581672

9780585156330

0585156336

OCLC:

614627270