Thomas J Espenshade, George J Stolnitz

Technological Prospects And Population Trends (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book deals with population growth from a behavioral science perspective, including issues such as the degree of indigenous technical change in agriculture induced by increased population density. It focuses on technological developments on the prospects for extending life expectancy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000314076
• Artikelnr.: 58521872

Autorenporträt

Thomas J. Espenshade is a professor of sociology and associate director of the Population Studies and Training Center at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Formerly the director of the Program in Demographic Studies at The Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., his research has included estimates of the economic costs parents incur in rearing children, a longitudinal analysis of changes in U.S. family and household structure, and the economic and social impacts of immigration to the United States. George J. Stolnitz is a professor of economics and director of the Population Institute for Research and Training at Indiana University in Bloomington. His principal fields of interest are demograpy and population-development interrelations, and he has published numerous scholarly papers on these topics. Dr. Stolnitz is a past president of the Population Association of America and he has served as a consultant for the United Nations and many other international organizations.