Economic Theory of Optimal Population

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Zimmermann, Klaus F. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1989, 1989
Edition:1st ed. 1989
Series:Microeconomic Studies
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Optimum Population: An Introduction
  • I. Optimal Size and Growth Rate of Population
  • Socially Optimal Population Size and Individual Choice
  • Endogenous Population With Discrete Family Size and a Capital Market
  • Is There an Optimal Growth Rate for Population?
  • II. Technical Progress and Social Security
  • Technological Change and Population Growth
  • The Serendipity Theorem Reconsidered: The Three-Generations Case Without Inheritance
  • III. Limited Resources
  • Endogenous Population and Fixed Input in a Growth Model With Altruism
  • On the Malthusian Hypothesis and the Dynamics of Population and Income in an Equilibrium Growth Model With Endogenous Fertility
  • Choice of Fertility and Population Pressure in Traditional Rural Societies
  • IV. International Economics
  • Economic Interdependence and Optimum Population: An Examination of Meade’s Objection to the Individual Utility Criterion
  • An Analysis of International Migration: The Unilateral Case
  • Population, International Trade and Indebtedness: A More General Analysis
  • Author Index