Empirical evidence on three assertions commonly-made by population policy advocates about the relationships among population growth, human capital formation and economic development is discussed and evaluated in the light of economic-biological models of household behavior and of its relevance to population policy. The three assertions are that (a) population growth and human capital investment...

a r t i c l e i n f o The S-shaped cross-correlation function between the trade balance and the terms of trade has been documented for several countries and time frames. The ability of two-country, two-good business cycle models to reproduce this regularity hinges on the dynamics of capital formation. We consider the consequences of modeling the adjustment costs for comovement in the trade bala...

Animal husbandry is a strategic branch of agriculture that provides the population with valuable food products and industry critical raw materials. One prerequisites for successful functioning livestock production enterprises effective formation use capital. This process fundamental in times war, as it affects financial economic stability industry. The article describes research results on theo...

An essential task today is the preservation of a multi-confessional and multi-ethnic country. Under these conditions, human capital not only economic, but also political state power. Therefore, it strategic resource our society. The role classical fiction invaluable in formation such among younger generation spirit most significant spiritual, moral, cultural, historical values country – nationa...