Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries

by Richard A. Easterlin (Editor)

This book presents important research on the cases and consequences of population change in the less developed countries of the world. The collection highlights the unique qualities that economic demography brings to the study of population.

592 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1979

About the author

Richard Ainley Easterlin was a professor of economics at the University of Southern California. He is best known for the economic theory named after him, the Easterlin paradox. Another of his contributions is the Easterlin hypothesis about long waves of baby booms and busts.