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A Simulation Study of Population, Education, and Income Growth in Uganda

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  • Phillips Foster
  • Larry Yost

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Increases in educational level tend to increase income. Higher community income in tum can enable more resources to be put into education. However, increases in population tend to spread scarce educational resources over more children, thereby inhibiting the rise in level of living that can come through increasing the educational investment in each individual. This paper analyzes for a developing economy how changes in birth and death rates affect population growth and educational and economic development. A simulation model of these demographic, educational, and economic processes, based on empirical data from the Buganda tribe in Uganda, is used to study the extent and timing of the responses. Both the method and the empirical results should have relevance for readers concerned with growth and development.

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  • Phillips Foster & Larry Yost, 1969. "A Simulation Study of Population, Education, and Income Growth in Uganda," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 51(3), pages 576-591.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:51:y:1969:i:3:p:576-591.
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    1. Eicher, Carl & Zalla, Thomas & Kocher, James & Winch, Fred, 1970. "Employment Generation In African Agriculture," Miscellaneous Publications 260628, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics.

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