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Population growth and economic development

A case study of Yugoslavia

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The paper deals with the relationship between the population growth and economic development in Yugoslavia and its republics, covering the period after the Second World War. Yugoslavia is a developing country with a specific demographic and economic structure which makes her unique in Europe. Its territory is comprised of both relatively developed regions where demographic transition is over, and underdeveloped regions with high natural increase of population where the demographic transition is only just beginning. Correlation and regression methods were used to quantify this relationship. The economic development and structural changes are discussed, relating to human factor. An adequate population policy through family planning is stressed as important in obtaining an increased return to scale with a more positive role of demographic factor.

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  1. Institute of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Faculty of Aggiculture, University of Novi Sad, Veljka Vlahovića 2, YU-21000, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia

    Stevan Hadživuković

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Hadživuković, S. Population growth and economic development. J Popul Econ 2, 225–234 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00177325

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