The Economics of Population Growth /

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Comparison with stationary and very fast rates of population growth shows modern population grwoth to have long-run positive effects on the standards of living. This is Julian Simon's contention, and he provides support for its validity in both more and less-developed countries. He notes that s...

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Autor principal: Simon, Julian Lincoln, 1932-1998 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Population.
Fertility, Human > Economic aspects.
Birth control.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Physical.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Demography.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • LIST OF SYMBOLS
  • FOREWORD / Spengler, Joseph J.
  • Chapter I: Introduction to the Issues and to the Book
  • PART I: The Effects of Population Growth on Economic Conditions
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 2: The Effect of Population Growth on the Economic Level: Background, Comparative Statics, and General Dynamic Model
  • Chapter 3: The Influence of Population Growth on Income in Developed Economies: Data, Theories, and Micro-Economic Variables
  • Chapter 4: Macro-Economic Influences of Population Growth on Income in Developed Economies
  • Chapter 5: Natural Resources, Pollution, and Population Growth in MDC's
  • Chapter 6: The Effect of Population on Per- Worker Income in MDC's: A Simulation
  • Chapter 7: The Effect of Population Growth on LDC Economies and Their Development: The Model in General
  • Chapter 8: Change in Agricultural Techniques: The Population-Push and Invention-Pull Theories of Economic-Demographic History Reconciled
  • Chapter 9: Behavior Change, Amount of Work, and Population Increase in LDC Agriculture
  • Appendix to Chapter 9: Case Study of the Sensitivity of Agricultural Productive Behavior to Increase in Farm Population in Village India
  • Chapter 10: The Effect of Additional Children on Nonfarm Physical and Human Capital in LDC's
  • Appendix to Chapter 10: Criticism of the Coale-Hoover Results
  • Chapter 11: The Effect of Population Growth on Agricultural Investment in LDC's
  • Chapter 12: The Effect of Population Growth on Social Capital and Economies of Scale
  • Chapter 13: Simulations of the Effect of Population Growth on the Economic Development of LDC's
  • PART II: The Effects of Economic Conditions on Fertility
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 14: The Effect of Income on Fertility: Basic Theory and Concepts
  • Appendix to Chapter 14: A Formal Reconciliation of the Contradiction between Time-Series and Cross-Section Evidence on Income and Fertility
  • Chapter 15: The Short-Run and Long-Run Effects of Income on Fertility in MDC's
  • Chapter 16: The Short-Run and Long-Run Effects of lncome on Fertility in LDC's
  • Chapter 17: Incentives and Income Redistribution as Devices to Alter Fertility
  • PART III: Economic Decisions about Population Growth
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 18: The Welfare Economics of Fertility
  • Appendix to Chapter 18: Some Additional Issues
  • Chapter 19: The Per-Capita-Income Criterion and Natality Policies in Poor Countries
  • Chapter 20: The Value of Averted Births to People in the LDC's
  • Chapter 21: A Cost-Benefit Decision Method for LDC Fertility Reduction Programs
  • Chapter 22: Birth-Control Market-Segmentation Strategy, or How To Increase Contraceptive Usage
  • Chapter 23: Summary and Conclusions
  • Chapter 24: Some Speculations
  • Appendix: Common Objections to the Book's Conclusions and Some Simplified Rebuttals / Pashute, Lincoln / Simon, Julian L.
  • References
  • Index

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