Research in Population Economics

This volume discusses a variety of topics in the field of research in population economics, under the headings of the economics of the family in low- and high-income countries, time-series analyses of fertility, and private and public investments in education.

List of contents

Part 1 Economics of the family in low- and high-income countries: women's choice of work and fertility in urban Tamil Nadu, India, Malathy Duraisamy; economic aspects of child fostering in Cote d'Ivoire, Martha Ainsworth; responses of female labour supply and fertility to the demographic cycle, Evangelos Falaris and H. Elizabeth Peters; the determinants of marital stability - a comparative analysis of first- and higher-order marriages, Evelyn L. Lehrer. Part 2 Time-series analyses of fertility: parental benefits, employment, and fertility dynamics, James R. Walker; an empirical test of the Becker-Barro model of fertility, Daniel A. Seiver and Maureen J. Lage. Part 3 Private and and public investments in education: household composition and expenditures on human capital formation in Kenya, Robert E. Evenson and Germano Mwabu; accounting for public expenditures on education - an international panel study, T. Paul Schultz.

Summary

Discusses a variety of topics in the field of research in population economics, under the headings of the economics of the family in low- and high-income countries, time-series analyses of fertility, and private and public investments in education.

Product details

• Authors: Paul T. Schultz
• Assisted by: Peter H. Lindert (Editor), Paul T Schultz (Editor), Paul T. Schultz (Editor), T. Paul Schultz (Editor), Julian L. Simon (Editor)
• Publisher: Jai Press Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.04.1996
• EAN: 9781559383707
• ISBN: 978-1-55938-370-7
• No. of pages: 290
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 607 g
• Series: Research in Population Economi; Research in Population Economics; Research in Population Economics; Research in Population Economi
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics