Population Growth, Income Distribution, and Economic Development Theory, Methodology, and Empirical Results

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 nee...

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Main Author: Heerink, Nico
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1994, 1994
Edition:1st ed. 1994
Series:Population Economics
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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505 0 |a 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Purpose of the study -- 1.2 Previous research on the subject -- 1.3 Approach of the present study -- 1.4 Outline of the study -- 1.5 Composition of the sample -- 1.6 Data and data quality -- I: Methodological Issues -- 2 Inequality measures in macro-analyses -- 3 Cross-national regression analysis -- II: Partial Studies -- 4 Fertility -- 5 Mortality -- 6 Age structure of the population -- 7 Income (in)equality -- 8 Total income -- 9 Basic needs fulfilment -- 10 Labour force participation -- 11 Consumption and saving -- 12 Other dependent variables in the model -- III: The Simultaneous-Equations Model -- 13 Model specification and regression results -- 14 Summary -- Appendix A: Data sources -- Appendix B: The entire model 
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520 |a 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