Population and development : high and low fertility in poorer countries / edited by Geoffrey Hawthorn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hawthorn, Geoffrey.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Development.

Routledge library editions.Development ; v. 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fertility, Human.

Developing countries--Population.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

First published in 1978 by Frank Cass.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-88298-7

1-136-88299-5

1-299-14724-0

0-203-83920-X

9780203839201

OCLC:

828304134