Population change and economic development: what have we learned from the East Asia experience?
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Between 1960 and 1990, many East Asian countries experienced remarkable economic growth and rapid demographic change brought on by the onset of a precipitous drop in childbearing. The research summarised in this paper considers whether demographic change played an important role in the region’s economic success and whether fertility decline was a by-product of economic development or a response to population policy.
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تاریخ انتشار 2001