Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries

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NBER-Universities-National Bureau Confer ; v.30

Conference report (Universities--National Bureau Committee for Economic Research) ; no. 30

National Bureau of Economic Research Universities-National Bureau Conference Series ; v.30

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Contents; Prefatory Note; Introduction; 1. Child Costs and Economic Development; 2. Toward a More General Economic Model of Fertility Determination: Endogenous Preferences and Natural Fertility; 3. Child Mortality and Fertility: Issues in the DemographicTransition of a Migrant Population; 4. An Economic Interpretation of the Decline inFertility in a Rapidly Developing Country: Consequences of Development and Family Planning; 5. Causes and Consequences of Mortality Declines in Less Developed Countries during the Twentieth Century; 6. Internal Migration in Developing Countries: A Survey

7. Interactions of Economic and DemographicHousehold Behavior8. Recent Population Trends in Less DevelopedCountries and Implications for InternalIncome Inequality; 9. A Historical Perspective on Economic Aspectsof the Population Explosion: The Case ofPreindustrial England; List of Contributors; Author Index; Subject Index;

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