Population and Economic Change in Developing Countries
β Scribed by Richard A. Easterlin (editor)
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 591
- Series
- National Bureau of Economic Research Universities-National Bureau Conference Series; 30
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
"An important landmark in the growing field of economic demography."βDudley Kirk, Journal of Developing Areas
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