Poverty Reduction - an Effective Means of Population Control: Theory, Evidence and Policy

Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 10
List of Tables......Page 11
List of Appendices......Page 13
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgment......Page 17
List of Abbreviations......Page 18
The Policy......Page 19
The Assumptions......Page 22
Alternative Hypotheses......Page 23
Issues to Investigate......Page 24
Organization of the Book......Page 25
References......Page 26
Introduction......Page 29
Population Policy......Page 31
Working Poor Behavior......Page 33
Evidence from Bangladesh......Page 34
Conclusions......Page 44
References......Page 45
Introduction......Page 49
The Data......Page 51
Irrationality Hypothesis - Fertility Causes Poverty......Page 55
OLS Estimates of Poverty......Page 57
Irrationality Hypothesis - Ignorance Causes Unregulated Fertility......Page 58
OLS and OLS-IV Estimates of Contraception Use......Page 59
Conclusions......Page 61
References......Page 65
Introduction......Page 67
The Data......Page 68
Estimation and Results......Page 70
Irrationality Hypothesis - Fertility Causes Poverty......Page 71
OLS and OLS-IV Estimates of Contraception Use......Page 72
References......Page 75
Introduction......Page 77
A Model of Differential Fertility......Page 80
Fertility Results......Page 83
Non-Monotonicity in Landholding-Fertility Relationship and Empirical Contradictions......Page 87
Conclusions......Page 91
References......Page 96
Introduction......Page 101
A Non-Monotonic Functional Relationship......Page 102
Data and Estimation......Page 107
Conclusions......Page 119
References......Page 124
Introduction......Page 131
OLS and OLS-IV Estimates of Female Participation in Economic Activities......Page 132
Two-Stage Least Squares Estimates of Poverty......Page 135
OLS and Two-Stage Least Squares Estimates of Fertility......Page 137
Policy Implications......Page 140
Conclusions......Page 143
References......Page 145
Estimation......Page 147
OLS and OLS-IV Estimates of Female Participation in Economic Activities......Page 148
OLS and Two-Stage Least Squares Estimates of Fertility......Page 151
Policy Implications......Page 153
Conclusions......Page 156
References......Page 157
Introduction......Page 159
Concept of Poverty......Page 161
Effects of Landlessness......Page 162
Effects of Lack of Education and Training......Page 163
Providing Resources to the Poor......Page 164
Generating Gainful Employment Opportunities......Page 165
Teaching Physical Hygiene and Nutrition......Page 166
Conclusions......Page 167
References......Page 169
The Findings......Page 173
Policy Recommendations......Page 175
Suggestions for Further Research......Page 176
Reference......Page 177
D......Page 179
H......Page 180
M......Page 181
P......Page 182
U......Page 183
Z......Page 184