Population and Economy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18925673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edward M Crenshaw (The Ohio State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-07 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosp055.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W2944599211 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 19 |
Of the three factors of economic production, land, labor, and capital, labor (or population more broadly) has been the subject of increasing empirical scrutiny over the last few decades. While many classical philosophers and most early social scientists viewed population as a necessary asset in economic development, the grim perspective of Thomas Malthus (i.e., that population growth typically outstrips economic production, leading to impoverishment) dominated social science after World War II. By the mid‐ to late 1980s, however, new research began to restore balance in how we view population's role in prosperity. This entry briefly discusses how the empirical literature has changed our views of population and economics, with special reference to age structure, urbanization, population density, population health, and ethnic/racial composition
Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Human capital · Political science · Population · Prosperity · Scrutiny · Sociology · Urbanization · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law
Employment Flow of College Graduates in China
Social Interaction and Entrepreneurial Intention
Economic-Demographic Models for Forecasting Interregional Migration
Devalued' Daughters Versus 'Appreciated' Sons
Pauper settlement and the right to poor relief in England and Wales
Chinese Economic History and Development
Population and technological change
Urbanization and the Wealth of Nations
Post-1500 Population Flows and The Long-Run Determinants of Economic Growth and Inequality
The Health and Wealth of Nations
The Urbanization Process and Economic Growth
Africa's Growth Tragedy
Socio-demographic Determinants of Economic Growth
Third World Urbanization
Is the Demographic Dividend an Education Dividend
Jump-Starting” Development
Density and Creativity in U.S. Regions
Population Dynamics and Economic Development
New Evidence on the Urbanization of Global Poverty
Preindustrial and Postwar Economic Development
The Poverty of Cities in Developing Regions
Population Growth and Economic Development in Low-Income Countries
Trajectories of Development
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1985 - 2021 (37) |
| Highly cited | No |