1st Edition
Population and Development High and Low Fertility in Poorer Countries
Edited By Geoffrey Hawthorn
Copyright 1978
224 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Interaction of Fertility and the Size Distribution of Income 3. Fertility, Mortality and Income – Changes over the Long Run: Some Simulation Experiments 4. Population and Development: Outlines for a Structuralist Approach 5. Modes of Reproduction 6. Parenthood, Marriage and Fertility in West Africa 7. Family Size Preferences of Spouses in Rural Eastern Nigeria 8. Production Relations and Population: Ramdaua 9. Production Relations and Population: Rampur 10. Economic Change, Social Differenciation and Fertility: Aluthgama 11. On Social Norms and Fertility Decline
Biography
Hawthorn, Geoffrey
