This paper reexamines C. R. Winegarden's (1984) findings regarding the demographic implications of economic growth, redistribution of incomes, and family planning. His estimates are found to be highly sensitive to minor changes in the classification of countries with respect to family-planning...

This paper uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) to explore the issue of congestion in British universities.? The focus is on 41 former polytechnics that became universities in 1992, and the analysis covers the period 1995/6 to 2003/4.? These new universities differ from the older universities in...