BY: ALLEN C. KELLEY
Duke University
ROBERT M. SCHMIDT
University of Richmond
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Paper ID: Duke Economics Working Paper #95-10
Contact: Robert M. Schmidt
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A survey of the literature by economists specializing in
population issues reveals a distinctly non-alarmist
assessment of the impacts of rapid population growth. This
is contrary to the assessments by non-specialists, and
those in other fields. Economists tend to emphasize
longer-run impacts, where feedbacks tend to attenuate
negative short-run impacts of rapid demographic change.
JEL Classification: J2, O4
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