Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions (1986)

Chapter: 6 Will slower population growth increase per capita levels of schooling and health?

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Suggested Citation: "6 Will slower population growth increase per capita levels of schooling and health?." 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: "6 Will slower population growth increase per capita levels of schooling and health?." 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: "6 Will slower population growth increase per capita levels of schooling and health?." 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: "6 Will slower population growth increase per capita levels of schooling and health?." 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: "6 Will slower population growth increase per capita levels of schooling and health?." 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: "6 Will slower population growth increase per capita levels of schooling and health?." 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: "6 Will slower population growth increase per capita levels of schooling and health?." 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: "6 Will slower population growth increase per capita levels of schooling and health?." 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: "6 Will slower population growth increase per capita levels of schooling and health?." 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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Next Chapter: 7 Will slower population growth decrease the degree of inequality in the distribution of income?
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