The Political Economics of Population Growth: The Case of China
- 1 January 1971
- journal article
- Published by Project MUSE in World Politics
- Vol. 23 (2), 245-272
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2009678
Abstract
Some economists argue that high population density and rapid population growth are not in themselves impediments to economic development. On the basis of a quantitative analysis of historical data, Simon Kuznets, for instance, concludes that, historically, rates of economic development have not significantly correlated, either positively or negatively, with rates of population growth. Similarly, E. E. Hagen observes that “nowhere in the world has population growth induced by rising income been sufficient to halt the rise in income. … The historical record indicates that rise in income in these societies has failed to occur not because something thwarted it, but because no force has been present to cause income to rise.Keywords
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