Population and Development in Poor Countries
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-60910-2 (ISBN)
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*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. xi*1 .The Effects of Population on Nutrition and Economic Well-Being, pg. 3*2. Demographic Causes and Consequences of the Industrial Revolution, pg. 24*3. An Integration of the Invention-Pull and Population- Push Theories of Economic-Demographic History, pg. 43*4. Some Theory of Population Growth's Effect on Technical Change in an Industrial Context, pg. 78*5. Population, Natural Resources, and the Long-Run Standard of Living, pg. 89*6. Robinson Crusoe Was Not Mainly a Resource Allocator, pg. 122*7. There Is No Low-Level Fertility-and-Development Trap, pg. 127*8. Population Growth May Be Good for LDCs in the Long Run: A Richer Simulation Model, pg. 143*9a. The Relationship between Population and Economic Growth in LDCs, pg. 180*9b. On Aggregate Empirical Studies Relating Population Variables with Economic Development, pg. 199*10. The Positive Effect of Population Growth on Agricultural Saving in Irrigation Systems, pg. 209*11. "Population Pressure" on the Land: Analysis of Trends Past and Future, pg. 223*12. The Effect of Population Density on Infrastructure: The Case of Road Building, pg. 242*13a. The Effect of Population Growth on the Quantity of Education Children Receive, pg. 259*13b. The Effect of Population Growth on the Quantity of Education Children Receive: A Reply, pg. 284*14. Does Population Growth Cause Unemployment, or Economic Development, or Both?, pg. 289*15. The Effects of Population Size, Growth, and Concentration on Scientific Productivity, pg. 317*16. Population Size, Knowledge Stock, and Other Determinants of Agricultural Publication and Patenting: England, 1541-1850, pg. 334*17. Population Growth, Economic Growth, and Foreign Aid, pg. 363*18. The Welfare Effect of an Additional Child Cannot Be Stated Simply and Unequivocally, pg. 389*19. On the Evaluation of Progress and Technological Advance, Past and Future, pg. 411*20. Lebensraum: An Essay on Peace in the Future; or, Population Growth May Eventually End Wars, pg. 423*Epilogue: Some History and Reflections on Population Economics, pg. 435*Index, pg. 455
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.7.2014 |
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Reihe/Serie | Princeton Legacy Library |
Verlagsort | New Jersey |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 652 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-691-60910-1 / 0691609101 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-60910-2 / 9780691609102 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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