Soft science: on thinking about population

Blandy, Richard,

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Working paper on population theory - discusses interactions between causes and present and future consequences of fertility change, its decrease in western developed countries and low birth rate in Eastern Europe and China, the case for birth control in developing countries, and the influence of the family as an organising institution in society and the image of the future and value system held by society, bibliography pp. 146 to 152, diagrams, graphs, references and statistical tables.

Keywords: population; theory; future; fertility.; birth rate.; birth control.; family.; society; value system; statistical table; population; théorie; futur; fécondité; taux de natalité; régulation des naissances; famille; société; système de valeurs; tableau statistique; población; teoría; futuro; fecundidad; tasa de natalidad; control de la natalidad; familia; sociedad; sistema de valores; cuadros estadísticos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 152 P. pages
Date: 1980
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Published in World Employment Programme Research working paper. WEP 2-21, Population and Labour Policies Programme

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