Economic Equality and Fertility in Developing Countries

Zusatztext '...This book is likely to become a standard work! to be referred to time and again by scholars and policy makers in those fields concerned with interaction between population! development! and social justice.'David E. Horlacher! Susquehanna University Informationen zum Autor Robert Repetto Klappentext First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Reviews sociological, economic, and demographic literature pertaining to the relationship between income and fertility in developed and developing countries. This book presents a conceptual framework to examine how fertility responds to changes in the distribution of household income. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Introduction; 2: The Conceptual Framework and Evidence from Aggregated Data; 3: Evidence from Puerto Rican Household Data; 4: Korea as a Case Study: An Historical Approach; 5: Internal Policies for Income Redistribution in Rural India; 6: International Implications

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• Authors: Robert Repetto, Robert (Yale University Repetto, Robert C. Repetto, Robert Repetto
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.01.2011
• EAN: 9781617260438
• ISBN: 978-1-61726-043-8
• No. of pages: 209
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Rff Library Collection: Global; RFF Global Environment and Development Set; RFF Global Environment and Development Set
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Developing Countries, Sociology: family and relationships, Development Studies, Sociology: Birth, Global South / Developing countries