Chapter 7: Population
Chapter Learning Objectives
After reading the chapter, you ought to understand and be able to explain:
- Demographic terms such as the birthrate, the death rate, life expectancy, and the total fertility rate.
- Major features of world population history, including the demographic transition.
- Current demographic conditions in developing countries, including high dependency ratios, rapid urbanization, and strong demographic momentum despite declining fertility rates.
- The main determinants of the crude birthrate and the theories of fertility that relate family size to the economic costs and benefits of having children.
- The complex relationship between population growth and economic growth.
- The rationale for government intervention of any kind to influence individual fertility outcomes.
- The range of policies used in developing countries to slow down population growth, including family planning programs and measures that alter incentives to have children.
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