Economic Factors in Population Growth: Proceedings of a Conference held by the International Economic Association at Valescure, France

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Economic Theory Confronts Population Growth....Pages 3-28
The Optimum Rate of Population Growth....Pages 29-62
The Optimal Change of a Population....Pages 63-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Determinants of Fertility: a Micro-economic Model of Choice....Pages 89-135
Fertility in Israel: a Mini-survey and some New Findings....Pages 136-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
The Role of Economic Factors in Birth-rate Trends and Fluctuations....Pages 179-204
Economic Factors and Fertility Decline in France and Belgium....Pages 205-237
Economic Factors in the Decline of Fertility in Hungary in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century....Pages 238-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Empirical Research in Taiwan on Factors Underlying Differences in Fertility....Pages 243-272
A Comparative Study of Population and Agricultural Change in Some Countries of the ECAFE Region....Pages 273-299
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
India in 2001....Pages 303-323
Population Growth, Economic Growth and the Environment in the United States....Pages 324-363
Front Matter....Pages 365-365
Rural—Urban Migration, Unemployment and Job Probabilities: Recent Theoretical and Empirical Research....Pages 367-393
Problems of Maintaining Employment in Developing Countries in the Face of Rapid Population Growth....Pages 394-410
The Importance of Labour-force Structure in Relation to Employment and Unemployment in Less-developed Countries....Pages 411-450
Front Matter....Pages 451-451
Employment Opportunities, Family-building and Internal Migration in the Late Nineteenth Century: Some Swedish Case Studies....Pages 453-490
Some Economic Aspects of Labour Migration in Europe since the Second World War....Pages 491-518
Front Matter....Pages 519-519
Demographic Variables in the Economics of Education....Pages 521-552
The Influence of Demographic Variables on Development via their Impact on Education....Pages 553-593
Back Matter....Pages 595-600