Economic and Demographic Change: A Synthesis of Models, Findings, and Perspectives

the University of Richmond. Paper prepared for the “Symposium on Population Change and Economic Development,” co-sponsored by The Rockefeller Foundation, The United Nations Population Fund, and The Packard Foundation, held at the Bellagio Center, Lake Como, Italy, November 2 6, 1998. We have benefitted from feedback by the Symposium participants, as well as specific suggestions by Nancy Birdsall, David Bloom, David Canning, Pietro Peretto, and Dennis Yang. Ms. Gail McKinnis’ editing, research, and manuscript preparation contributions are gratefully acknowledged. Not to be quoted or reproduced, all or in part, without permission of the authors.