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Malthus on Godwin’s of population
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Demography (1971) 8 (1): 1–12.
Published: 01 February 1971
...Joseph J. Spengler Abstract A number of the issues raised by Godwin in his Enquiry Concerning Political Justice recur in subdued form in Of Population . These are issues that Malthus himself considered only to interpret them differently. Most outstanding of the points of difference between the two...
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The Malthus-Godwin debate, then and now
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Demography (1971) 8 (1): 13–26.
Published: 01 February 1971
...William Petersen Abstract The famous opposition between Malthus and Godwin began early in their respective careers and has continued not only throughout their lives but, in the words of their supporters, still today. This seemingly forthright statement represents several paradoxes. Starting from...
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Demography (2017) 54 (2): 413–436.
Published: 09 March 2017
.... ( 2015 ). Malthus to modernity: Wealth, status, and fertility in England, 1500–1879 . Journal of Population Economics , 28 , 3 – 29 . 10.1007/s00148-014-0509-9 . Clark , G. , & Hamilton , G. ( 2006 ). Survival of the richest in pre-industrial England . Journal of Economic...
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View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Malthus</span> in the Bedroom: Birth Spacing as Birth Control in Pre-Transition England
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Economic development and fertility
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Demography (1966) 3 (2): 423–444.
Published: 01 June 1966
... their viewpoint. Another school of thought, including in its members Thomas Malthus, has believed that economic development promoted fertility. Much empirical evidence may also be brought to bear to support this viewpoint. The present paper attempts to reconcile these viewpoints. It is hypothesized...
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Demography (2022) 59 (5): 1607–1630.
Published: 01 October 2022
... of the 1840s, population pressure was positively associated with two measures of poverty—illiteracy and the prevalence of poor-quality housing. Malthus mattered in the sense that our results indicate that a “no population growth” scenario between 1800 and 1841 would have led to a 6% improvement in poor-quality...
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View articletitled, Population and Poverty in Ireland on the Eve of the Great Famine
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Population and the invisible hand
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Demography (1986) 23 (4): 473–487.
Published: 01 November 1986
... Fertility Behavior Population Policy References Cantillon , R. ( 1931 ). Essai sur la nature du commerce en général . London : Macmillan . Engels , F. ( 1953 ). Letter to [Karl] Kautsky . In R. L. Meek (Ed.), Marx and Engels on Malthus (pp. 108 – 109 ). London...
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Review symposium
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Demography (1975) 12 (3): 549–569.
Published: 01 August 1975
.... ( 1939 ). Economic Progress and Declining Population Growth . American Economic Review , 29 , 1 – 15 . Knight Frank H. ( 1935 ). Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit . London : London School of Economics . Malthus, Thomas R. 1798, 1826. An Essay on the Principle of Population or, a View...
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Malthusian Dynamics in a Diverging Europe: Northern Italy, 1650–1881
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Demography (2013) 50 (1): 311–332.
Published: 20 September 2012
... 2012 2012 Economic history Demographic economics Malthus Preindustrial economic stagnation is typically explained through the use of a Malthusian-style model. This model demonstrates how living standards are trapped by a self-equilibrating system of population and vital rates. However...
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Demography (1974) 11 (4): 695–708.
Published: 01 November 1974
... by the results of the 1953 census, an idea apparently unac- ceptable to him because of its Malthu- sian implications. In one other instance Tien's aversion to Malthusianism leads to a direct con- tradiction of the evidence. He says Wu Ching-Ch'ao and his fellow scholars, who, he implies, imperiled the birth COn...
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Fertility transition, conscious choice, and numeracy
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Demography (1992) 29 (4): 487–502.
Published: 01 November 1992
... on Human Fertility during the Past Fifty Years . London : His Majesty’s Stationery Office . Malthus Thomas R. ( 1959 ). Population: The First Essay . Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press . McCarthy James , & Oni Gbolahan A. ( 1987 ). “Desired Family Size and its...
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Population dynamics of humans and other animals
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Demography (1987) 24 (4): 443–465.
Published: 01 November 1987
... ). Population homeostasis and English demographic history . Journal of Interdisciplinary History , 15 , 635 – 660 . 10.2307/204274 Lee , R. D. ( 1986 ). Malthus and Boserup: A dynamic synthesis . In D. Coleman , & R. Schofield (Eds.), The State of Population Theory: Forward...
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Demography and the environment
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Demography (1998) 35 (4): 377–389.
Published: 01 November 1998
... Among Young Black Women . Demography , 31 , 603 – 14 . 10.2307/2061794 Status Report 1995–96 . ( 1997 ). Sacramento : California Air Resources Board, State Government of California . Coale, A.J. 1978. “T.R. Malthus and the Population Trends in His Day and Ours.” The Ninth Encyclopaedia...
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A survey of population textbooks
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Demography (1973) 10 (4): 685–696.
Published: 01 November 1973
...) An introduction to popula- mal demography is seen as the tech- tion theory and a brief discussion of niques as well as the logic which are the contributions of Malthus and others basic to understanding population dy- and their relevance or lack thereof in namics. This too must be discussed. The today's world. (8...
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The developmental paradigm, reading history sideways, and family change
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Demography (2001) 38 (4): 449–465.
Published: 01 November 2001
... of Family Planning Programs . New York : Population Council . Bongaarts , J. , & Watkins , S.C. ( 1996 ). Social Interactions and Contemporary Fertility Transitions . Population and Development Review , 22 , 639 – 82 . Brentano , L. ( 1992 ). The Doctrine of Malthus...
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The evolution of marxist theories of population: Marxism recognizes the population problem
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Demography (1968) 5 (1): 158–173.
Published: 01 March 1968
... the dialogue began. able capital" to rise at the same rate as population. Lenin, too, rejected Malthus' doctrine without evolving a socialist law of popu- lation. He apparently believed, on the one hand, that rapid population growth in a socialist country was a source of strength. On the other hand, he...
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Demography (2020) 57 (3): 1145–1170.
Published: 04 May 2020
... to the means of subsistence (Malthus 1798/ 1998 :43–44). By contrast, the long-term elasticity follows from the cointegrating coefficient ε w in the error correction term. It refers to a structural relationship between vital rates and the real wage that holds beyond short-term shocks and across several...
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View articletitled, From Malthusian Disequilibrium to the Post-Malthusian Era: The Evolution of the Preventive and Positive Checks in Germany, 1730–1870
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Reply
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Demography (1974) 11 (4): 708–714.
Published: 01 November 1974
... since 1949, and the analytical approach is in terms of the development rather than static descrip- tion of Chinese demographic measures. That Malthusianism and Neo-Malthu- sianism are, for historical, political and other reasons, unacceptable in the Peo- ple's Republic of China is undeniable fact...
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Age of entry into marriage and the date of the initiation of voluntary birth control
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Demography (1992) 29 (3): 333–341.
Published: 01 August 1992
... into marriage was late were the areas in which marital fertility was reduced first. The effect of different patterns of entry into marriage on fertility has been a prominent theme in demography at least since Malthus's "Essay on Population" was publighed in 1798. The essay expressed the author's concern about...
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Progress and problems of world fertility control
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Demography (1968) 5 (2): 539–540.
Published: 01 June 1968
...- ning workers all over the world who are having the courage to disbelieve the doc- trine of Malthus and to act upon this con- viction, this volume is respectfully dedi- cated. ...
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Review symposium
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Demography (1973) 10 (2): 289–299.
Published: 01 May 1973
... 1970 value" (p, 136). above minimum subsistence, creating the (3) "Increased agricultural productiv- "dismal" vision of the future. (Malthus ity" means: "average land yield is also discovered the principle of com- doubled in 1975" (p. 138). pounding but he called it "geometrie (4) "Perfect birth...
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