Population Growth and Economic Development

Working Group on Population Growth and Economic Development, Committee on Population, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Introduction; 3 1 Will slower population growth increase the growth rate of per capita income through increasing per capita availability of exhaustible resources?; 4 2 Will slower population growth increase the growth rate of per capita income through increasing per capita availability of renewable resources?; 5 3 Will slower population growth alleviate pollution and the degradaton of the natural environment?; 6 4 Will slower population growth lead to more capital per worker, thereby increasing per worker output and consumption?; 7 5 Do lower population densities lead to lower per capita incomes via a reduced stimulus to technological innovation and reduced exploitation economies of scale in production and infrastructure?; 8 6 Will slower population growth increase per capita levels of schooling and health?; 9 7 Will slower population growth decrease the degree of inequality in the distribution of income?; 10 8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?; 11 9 Can a couple's fertility behavior impose costs on society at large?; 12 Conclusion; 13 References; 14 Index