Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 37,27 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309176573
This volume, the last in the series Population Dynamics of Sub-Saharan Africa, examines key demographic changes in Senegal over the past several decades. It analyzes the changes in fertility and their causes, with comparisons to other sub-Saharan countries. It also analyzes the causes and patterns of declines in mortality, focusing particularly on rural and urban differences.
Author : Mr.Jonathan David Ostry
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 43,48 MB
Release : 2014-02-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1484397657
The Fund has recognized in recent years that one cannot separate issues of economic growth and stability on one hand and equality on the other. Indeed, there is a strong case for considering inequality and an inability to sustain economic growth as two sides of the same coin. Central to the Fund’s mandate is providing advice that will enable members’ economies to grow on a sustained basis. But the Fund has rightly been cautious about recommending the use of redistributive policies given that such policies may themselves undercut economic efficiency and the prospects for sustained growth (the so-called “leaky bucket” hypothesis written about by the famous Yale economist Arthur Okun in the 1970s). This SDN follows up the previous SDN on inequality and growth by focusing on the role of redistribution. It finds that, from the perspective of the best available macroeconomic data, there is not a lot of evidence that redistribution has in fact undercut economic growth (except in extreme cases). One should be careful not to assume therefore—as Okun and others have—that there is a big tradeoff between redistribution and growth. The best available macroeconomic data do not support such a conclusion.
Author : David Bloom
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 27,74 MB
Release : 2003-02-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0833033735
There is long-standing debate on how population growth affects national economies. A new report from Population Matters examines the history of this debate and synthesizes current research on the topic. The authors, led by Harvard economist David Bloom, conclude that population age structure, more than size or growth per se, affects economic development, and that reducing high fertility can create opportunities for economic growth if the right kinds of educational, health, and labor-market policies are in place. The report also examines specific regions of the world and how their differing policy environments have affected the relationship between population change and economic development.
Author : Simon Kuznets
Publisher :
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 26,37 MB
Release : 1957
Category : Industrial location
ISBN :
Author : Panel on the Demographic and Economic Impacts of Immigration
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 45,38 MB
Release : 1997-10-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0309521424
This book sheds light on one of the most controversial issues of the decade. It identifies the economic gains and losses from immigration--for the nation, states, and local areas--and provides a foundation for public discussion and policymaking. Three key questions are explored: What is the influence of immigration on the overall economy, especially national and regional labor markets? What are the overall effects of immigration on federal, state, and local government budgets? What effects will immigration have on the future size and makeup of the nation's population over the next 50 years? The New Americans examines what immigrants gain by coming to the United States and what they contribute to the country, the skills of immigrants and those of native-born Americans, the experiences of immigrant women and other groups, and much more. It offers examples of how to measure the impact of immigration on government revenues and expenditures--estimating one year's fiscal impact in California, New Jersey, and the United States and projecting the long-run fiscal effects on government revenues and expenditures. Also included is background information on immigration policies and practices and data on where immigrants come from, what they do in America, and how they will change the nation's social fabric in the decades to come.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 22,99 MB
Release : 1986-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0309036410
This book addresses nine relevant questions: Will population growth reduce the growth rate of per capita income because it reduces the per capita availability of exhaustible resources? How about for renewable resources? Will population growth aggravate degradation of the natural environment? Does more rapid growth reduce worker output and consumption? Do rapid growth and greater density lead to productivity gains through scale economies and thereby raise per capita income? Will rapid population growth reduce per capita levels of education and health? Will it increase inequality of income distribution? Is it an important source of labor problems and city population absorption? And, finally, do the economic effects of population growth justify government programs to reduce fertility that go beyond the provision of family planning services?
Author : Lori M. Hunter
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,19 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780833043689
This report discusses the relationship between population and environmental change, the forces that mediate this relationship, and how population dynamics specifically affect climate change and land-use change.
Author : Ms. Valerie Cerra
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 12,11 MB
Release : 2021-03-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1513572660
Is there a tradeoff between raising growth and reducing inequality and poverty? This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the complex links between growth, inequality, and poverty, with causation going in both directions. The evidence suggests that growth can be effective in reducing poverty, but its impact on inequality is ambiguous and depends on the underlying sources of growth. The impact of poverty and inequality on growth is likewise ambiguous, as several channels mediate the relationship. But most plausible mechanisms suggest that poverty and inequality reduce growth, at least in the long run. Policies play a role in shaping these relationships and those designed to improve equality of opportunity can simultaneously improve inclusiveness and growth.
Author : Theo S. Eicher
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 35,2 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 0262050692
Essays exploring the relationship between economic growth and inequality and the implications for policy makers.
Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 23,51 MB
Release : 2008-10-21
Category :
ISBN : 9264044191
This report provides evidence of a fairly generalised increase in income inequality over the past two decades across OECD countries, but the timing, intensity and causes of the increase differ from what is typically suggested in the media.
