Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions - Couverture souple

National Research Council; Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Commission On Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Committee On Population; Working Group On Population Growth And Economic Development

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0309036410 ISBN 13 : 9780309036412

Editeur : National Academies Press, 1986

Synopsis

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?

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À propos de l?auteur

Working Group on Population Growth and Economic Development, Committee on Population, National Research Council

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: National Academies Press
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0309036410
• ISBN 13: 9780309036412
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 120
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible