Would economic growth be better if population growth were slower? There are two apparently opposite answers to this question. Advocates of policies to reduce population growth rates are completely convinced by the common sense view that rapid population growth greatly hurts economic growth because of scarcer natural resources, reduced investments (per child) in health and education, and lower rates of capital accumulation per worker. The empirical...
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1994/12/31
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Documento de trabajo sobre investigaciones relativas a políticas
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WPS1391
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2010/07/01
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Where in the world is population growth bad?
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Population Growth