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Population Growth, Income Distribution, and Economic Development

Theory, Methodology, and Empirical Results

Authors:

  1. Nico Heerink

    1. Department of Development Economics, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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Part of the book series: Population Economics (POPULATION)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Nico Heerink
      Pages 1-20

  3. Methodological Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Inequality measures in macro-analyses

      • Nico Heerink
      Pages 23-64

    3. Cross-national regression analysis

      • Nico Heerink
      Pages 65-107

  4. Partial Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Fertility

      • Nico Heerink
      Pages 111-139

    3. Mortality

      • Nico Heerink
      Pages 140-160

    4. Age structure of the population

      • Nico Heerink
      Pages 161-175

    5. Income (in)equality

      • Nico Heerink
      Pages 176-216

    6. Total income

      • Nico Heerink
      Pages 217-234

    7. Basic needs fulfilment

      • Nico Heerink
      Pages 235-251

    8. Labour force participation

      • Nico Heerink
      Pages 252-279

    9. Consumption and saving

      • Nico Heerink
      Pages 280-312

    10. Other dependent variables in the model

      • Nico Heerink
      Pages 313-327

  5. The Simultaneous-Equations Model

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 329-329
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    2. Model specification and regression results

      • Nico Heerink
      Pages 331-360

    3. Summary

      • Nico Heerink
      Pages 361-369

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 371-401
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About this book

In this book, a model of long-term interrelationships between income distribution, population growth and economic development is developed and estimated from data for 54 countries. The results indicate that a reduction of income inequality leads to lower fertility and mortality, to improvedbasic needs satisfaction, and to lower labour force participation of young and old males and of females in Asia and Africa. The effect of income distribution on saving and consumption is found to be negligible. These outcomes suggest that family planning and health policies in LDCs will show better results when they are supplemented with policies aimed at makingthe poor benefit from economic growth. As regards development policy, the results indicate that a reduction of income inequality does not impair the formation of physical capital, but enhances the formation of human capital and lowers the growth rate of the labour force.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Development Economics, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Nico Heerink

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Population Growth, Income Distribution, and Economic Development

  • Book Subtitle: Theory, Methodology, and Empirical Results

  • Authors: Nico Heerink

  • Series Title: Population Economics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78571-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin ยท Heidelberg 1994

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-78573-3Published: 13 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-78571-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-6978

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 401

  • Topics: Population Economics, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods

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