The Economics of Morbidity, Mortality, and Fertility

Reviewed by: Aniceto C. Orbeta Jr., Senior Research Fellow, Philippine Institute For Development Studies, Visiting Researcher ADBI
Review posted 30 June 2006
Review No. 80

CD-ROM Information

Content: The CD-ROM is a lecture-based multimedia CD-ROM course. It presents 15 lectures in an audio format with accompanying slide presentations. Coupled with reading lists, it takes a step-by-step, graduate-level approach to covering the field of population economics. Exercises and solutions at the end of certain lectures indicate its potential to be used either as an individual or group learning tool.
Publication Date: 1 June 2003
Audience: The CD-ROM is targeted at public health analysts, advocates, and researchers in developing countries seeking to understand how economic concepts can be applied to morbidity, mortality, and fertility issues, and their role in development.
Producer: Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHU)
Size: 490MB
Price: Free
Manual needed: No
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Review Summary

This lecture-based CD-ROM covering the macro and microeconomic models of mortality, health, and fertility is a useful tool for public health analysts, advocates, and researchers in developing countries seeking to gain a better understanding of population economics.

It shows how mortality, health, and fertility issues help in better understanding demographic transition, economic growth, and evaluation of health interventions. The CD-ROM includes exercises, solutions, and reading lists. It can be used as a teaching or individual learning program.

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