Toward a Cure for the Myopia and Tunnel Vision of the Population Debate: A Dose of Historical Perspective

A survey of the literature by economists specializing in population issues reveals a distinctly non-alarmist assessment of the impacts of rapid population growth. This is contrary to the assessments by non-specialists, and those in other fields. Economists tend to emphasize longer-run impacts, where feedbacks tend to attenuate negative short-run impacts of rapid demographic change.

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Year of publication:	1995
Authors:	Kelley, Allen C.
Institutions:	Duke University, Department of Economics

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Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Published in THE IMPACT OF POPULATION GROWTH ON WELL-BEING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, edited by Dennis A. Ahlburg, Allen C. Kelley and Karen Oppenheim Mason (Berlin: Springer-Verlag), 1996, pages 11-35 Number 95-10
Classification:	J2 - Time Allocation; Work Behavior; Employment Determination and Creation ; O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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