Economic Equality and Fertility in Developing Countries
1st Edition
Published on 18. October 2013
209 pages
978-1-135-99253-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book briefly reviews sociological, economic, and demographic literature pertaining to the relationship between income and fertility in developed and developing countries. He presents a conceptual framework to examine how fertility responds to changes in the distribution of household income. The analysis of data from Puerto Rico, Korea, and rural India is carefully executed, and conclusive policy implications are discussed.
Originally published in 1979
Originally published in 1979
Reviews / Votes
'...This book is likely to become a standard work, to be referred to time and again by scholars and policy makers in those fields concerned with interaction between population, development, and social justice.'David E. Horlacher, Susquehanna University
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
0,79 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-99253-8 (9781135992538)
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Robert Repetto
Economic Equality and Fertility in Developing Countries
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Content
1: Introduction; 2: The Conceptual Framework and Evidence from Aggregated Data; 3: Evidence from Puerto Rican Household Data; 4: Korea as a Case Study: An Historical Approach; 5: Internal Policies for Income Redistribution in Rural India; 6: International Implications
