Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions (1986)

Chapter: 8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?

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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.

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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.

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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.

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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.

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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.

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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.

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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.

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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.
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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.
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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.
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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.
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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.
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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.
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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.
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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.
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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.
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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.
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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.
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Suggested Citation: "8 Will slower population growth facilitate the absorption of workers into the modern economic sector and alleviate problems of urban growth?." National Research Council. 1986. Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/620.
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