NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH
NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries

Richard A. Easterlin, ed.

Published in 1980 by University of Chicago Press
© 1980 by the National Bureau of Economic Research

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0581 pages
ISBN: 0-226-18027-1

Table of Contents

1. Front matter, Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries : Richard Easterlin (p. -11 - 0) (bibliographic info) (download)

Introduction: Richard Easterlin (p. 1 - 4) (bibliographic info) (download)

2. Child Costs and Economic Development: Peter H. Lindert (p. 5 - 80) (bibliographic info) (download)

3. Toward a More General Economic Model of Fertility Determination: Endogenous Preferences and Natural Fertility: Richard Easterlin, Robert Pollak, Michael L. Wachter (p. 81 - 150) (bibliographic info) (download)

4. Child Mortality and Fertility: Issues in the Demographic Transition of a Migrant Population : Yorman Ben-Porath (p. 151 - 208) (bibliographic info) (download)

5. An Economic Interpretation of the Decline in Fertiliiy in a Rapidly Developing Country: Consequences of Development and Family Planning: T. Paul Schultz (p. 209 - 288) (bibliographic info) (download)

6. Causes and Consequences of Mortality Declines in Less Developed Countries during the Twentieth Century: Samuel H. Preston (p. 289 - 360) (bibliographic info) (download)

7. Internal Migration in Developing Countries: A Survey: Michael Todaro (p. 361 - 402) (bibliographic info) (download)

8. Interactions of Economic and Demographic Household Behavior: Allen C. Kelley (p. 403 - 470) (bibliographic info) (download)

9. Recent Population Trends in Less Developed Countries and Implications for Internal Income Inequality: Simon Kuznets (p. 471 - 516) (bibliographic info) (download)

10. A Historical Perspective on Economic Aspects of the Population Explosion: The Case of Preindustrial England: Ronald Lee (p. 517 - 566) (bibliographic info) (download)

11. Contributors: (p. 567 - 570) (bibliographic info) (download)

12. Author Index: (p. 571 - 573) (bibliographic info) (download)

13. Subject Index: (p. 574 - 581) (bibliographic info) (download)

 
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