Mathematical investigations of the escape from the malthusian trap

Mathematical Population Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 269-287

  Komlos, John ^a   Artzrouni, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boserup; Demographic economics; Industrial Revolution; Malthusian trap

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; EUROPE; INCOME; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INDUSTRY; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MALTHUSIANISM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION THEORY; RESEARCH; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SAVINGS; SOCIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ESTIMATION TECHNICS; EUROPE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; MALTHUSIANISM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION THEORY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SAVINGS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; INCOME; INDUSTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES; STATISTICS;

EID: 0025618457     PISSN: 08898480     EISSN: 1547724X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08898489009525313     Document Type: Article

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