Survival analysis software on MS/PC-DOS computers

There exist more than a dozen MS/PC-DOS programs with the capability of performing some form of survival analysis. Most of these are reviewed here, with respect to (1) the survival analysis methods they cover, (2) their ease of use and flexibility, (3) their user interface, (4) their graphics capabilities, and (5) their computational accuracy.     

Accommodating a growing population in Javanese agriculture

An examination of how the island of Java, Indonesia, has accommodated population growth over the past 150 years by a process of agricultural development is presented. A brief review of the literature on the relationship between agricultural development and population growth is first provided. Next, the available data on land area, cultivated area, agricultural production, and employment in Java over the past century are reviewed. The relationship between agricultural development and population growth in Java is then analyzed in terms of the concepts and processes discussed in the theoretical literature.     

Book Reviews

Mohamed Ariff and Hal Hill, Export-Oriented Industrialisation: The ASEAN Experience, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1985, pp. 270. Aus$ 19.95

David Lim (ea.), ASEAN-Australian Trade in Manufactures, Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 1985, pp. xii + 263

Kathryn May Robinson, Stepchildren of Progress: The Political Economy of Development in an Indonesian Mining Town, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1986, pp. xvi + 315.

Gillian Hart, Power, Labor and Livelihood: Processes of Change in Rural Java, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986, pp. xvi + 228. US$ 30.00

Walter P. Falcon, William O. Jones, Scott R. Pearson and others, The Cassava Economy of Java, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1984, pp.xvii + 212. $US 38.50.

Randolph Barker, Robert W. Herdt with Beth Rose, TheRice Economy of Asia, Washington, D.C.: Resources for the Future, 1985, pp. xx + 324 $US 30 (hardcover), $US 12 (paper).

C.W. Watson, Kerinci: Two Historical Studies, Canterbury: University of Kent, Centre of South-cast Asian Studies Occasional Paper No.3, 1984, pp.63.

Asia Pacific Report: Trends, Issues, Challenges, Honolulu: East-West Center, University of Hawaii, 1986, pp. x + 104.

B.L. Greenshields and M.A. Bellamy (eds), Rural Development, Growth and Inequity, International Association of Agricultural Economists Occasional Paper No. 3, Aldershot: Gower, 1983, pp.viii + 312.

Masami Mizuno, Population Pressure and Peasant Occupations in Rural Central Java, Canterbury: University of Kent, Centre of South-east Asian Studies Occasional Paper No. 4, 1985, pp.71.     

Population growth and per capita income： A panel cointegration analysis

The noteworthy effects of demographic factors on economic development have been well documented. However, the empirical formulation grounds heavily on theoretical framework. Moreover, there is no set agreement on the relationship between population growth and per capita income. This paper retraces the famous pastime relationship for a sample of thirty-two countries classified as developing and developed over the period of 1970-2007. The methodology includes panel unit root tests and panel cointegration analysis. The main conclusion of the study is that population growth is an indicator of per capita income. The empirical findings display the existence of cointegration for both country groups. Moreover, the results support a significantly positive effect for developed countries; whereas a significantly negative effect for developing countries.