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The effect of demographic structure to relation between economic growth and human development

2009
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Advisor: Yrd. Doç. Dr. Abdullah Özdemir

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This paper aims to present the links between economic growth and human development. Human development is defined as the improvement of the human condition. For explores the links between economic growth and human development, this paper identifying two chains, one from economic growth to human development, and the other, conversely, from human development to economic growth. For examines the significance of the relationships, this paper uses population structure of country. It finds that there exists a strong positive relationship between fertility and female education is especially important links determining the strength of the relationship between economic growth and human development. It uses population size, population growth, fertility rate, urbanization and migration as subjects of population structure. This paper also reviews evidence on the relevance of changes in age structure for economic growth. It examines the relationship between population change and economic development in particular regions of the world: Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia, OECD, South Asia, Latin America and Western Europe. It finds high fertility rate, high proportion of children and high urbanization make negative effect on country?s socio-economical structure.

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Can Kapar

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Can Kapar (Master Thesis). The effect of demographic structure to relation between economic growth and human development, 2009, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, İktisat Bölümü.

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