October 7 and 9, 2014
Agenda
I. OPENING REMARKS
II. POPULATION GROWTH AND INVESTMENT IN FUTURE GENERATIONS
“Does Large Family Size Reduce Investment in Children?” (Is there a quantity-quality tradeoff ?)
Don Midder
“Does Education of Women Lower Fertility? in Developing Countries?”
“Does Education of Women Lower Fertility in Developed Countries?”
III. POPULATION GROWTH AND THE FOOD SUPPLY
“Are We Losing the Race Between Population Growth and Food Supply?”
IV. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Sources for Presentations
I. POPULATION GROWTH AND INVESTMENT IN FUTURE GENERATIONS
“Does Large Family Size Reduce Investment in Children? Is there a quality-quantity tradeoff “
(You may write your paper on either Developed Countries or Developing Countries, do not write on both!)
In Developed Countries
Angrist, J.; V. Lavy; A. Sclosser, (2010), “Multiple Experiments for the Causal Link between Quantity and Quality if Children”, Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 28, no. 4, pp 773-823. (Consider onl pp 773-777 and p.816.) (Electronic Reserve)
Aslund, O. and H. Gronqvist, (2010), “Family size and child outcomes: is there really no trade-off?”, Labour Economics, Vol. 17, pp 130-139. (Consider only pp 130-131 and 136) (Electronic Reserve)
Black, S.; P. Deveraux; K, Salvanes, (2005), “The More the Merrier? The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Children’s Education”, The Quarterly Journal of Economics,Vol. 120, No. 2, pp 669-700. (Consider only pp 669-671 and pp. 697-698.) (Electronic Reserve)
Caceres-Delpiano, J., (2006), “Impacts of Family Size on Investment in Child Quality”, Journal of Human Resources, Vol 41, No. 4, pp 738-752. (Consider only pp 738-740 and pp 751.) (Electronic Reserve)
Conley, D. and R. Glauber, (2006), “Parental Educational Investment and Children’s Academic Risk”, The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp 722-737. (Consider only pp. 722-724 and 735.) (PUT ON RESERVE)
Frenette, M., (2011), “Why do larger families reduce parental investments in child quality, but not child quality per se?”, Review of the Economics of the Household. Vol 9, pp 523-537. (Consider only pp 523-525 and pp 536. (Electronic Reserve)
Jaeger, M.,(2008), “Do Large Sibships Lead to Lower Educational Attainment?”, Acta Sociologica, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp 217-235 (Consider only pp 217-222 and 231-232,) (Electronic Reserve)
Silles, M., (2010), “The implications of family size and birth order for test scores and behavioral development”, Economics of Education Review, Vol 29, pp 795-803, (Consider only pp 795-797 and page 803.) (Electronic Reserve)
In Developing Countries
Dayioglu, M.; M. Kirdar; A. Tansel, (2009), “Impact of Sibship Size, Birth Order and Sex Composition on School Enrolment in Urban Turkey”, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Stastistics, Vol. 73, No. 3, pp 399-426, (Consider only pp. 399-403 and pp423-424,) (Electronic Reserve)
Kelley, Allen C. (1996), “The Consequences of Rapid Population Growth on Human Resource Development: The Case of Education”, in The Impact of Population Growth on Well-Being in Developing Countries, Dennis A. Ahlburg, Allen C. Kelley and Karen Oppenheim Mason (editors), Springer Verlag, New York, 1996, pp. 67-138. (Electronic Reserve)
If you would like to write your term paper on this topic, click here to see some suggested sources.
“Does Education of Women Lead to Lower Fertility? in Developing Countries “
Basu, Alaka Malwade , (2002), “Why Does Education Lead to Lower Fertility? A Critical Review of Some of the Possibilities”, World Development v30, n10 (October 2002): 1779-1790. (Electronic Reserve)
Bongarts, J., (2010), “The causes of educational differences in fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Vienna Yearbook of Population Reserarch 2010, Vol. 8, pp 31-50., (Consdider only pp 31-32, 44-45 and 48-49.) (Electronic Reserve)
Dreze, Jean; Murthi, Mamta (2001), “Fertility, Education, and Development: Evidence from India”, Population and Development Review v27, n1 (March 2001): 33-63. (Electronic Reserve)
Islam, S. and M. Nesa, (2009), “Fertility Transition in Bangladesh”, Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Science, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp 195-201. (PUT ON RESERVE)
Kim, J., (2010), “Women’s Education and Fertility: An Analysis of the Relationship between Education and Birth Spacing in Indonesia”, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 58, No. 4, pp 739-774. (Consider only pp 739-744, 746-749 and pp 770-771.) (PUT ON RESERVE)
Osili, U. and B. Long, (2008), “Does female schooling reduce fertility? Evidence from Nigeria”, Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 87, pp 57-75. (Consider pp 57-61 and pp 72-73.) (Electronic Reserve)
Wusu, Onipede, (2012), “A reassessment of the effects of female education and employment on fertility in Nigeria”, Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2012, Vol. 10, pp 31- 48, (Consdider only pp 31-35 and pp 45-46.) (PUT ON RESERVE)
“Does Education of Women Lead to Lower Fertility? in Developed Countries “
Aldieri, L. and C. Vinci, (2012), “Education and fertility: an investigation into Italian Families”. International Journal of Social Economics Vol. 39, no. 2, pp 254-263. (Consioder only pp 254-255 and pp 261-262.) (Electronic Reserve)
Black, S., P. Devereux, K. Salvanes, (2008), “Staying in the Classroom and Out of the Maternity Ward? The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births”, The Economic Journal, Vol. 118, pp 1025-1054. (Consider only pp, 1025-1031 and pp. 1046-1047.)(Electronic Reserve)
Brand, J. and D. Davis, (2011), “The Impact of College Education on Fertility: Evidence for Heterogeneus Effects”, Demography, Vol. 48, pp 863-887, (Consider only pp 863-867 and pp. 883-884.) (Electronic Reserve)
McCrary, J. and Royer, H., (2011), “The Effect of Female Education on Fertility and Infant Health: Evidence from School Entry Policies Using Exact Date of Birth”, American Economic Review, Vol 101, pp 158-195. (Consider only pp 158-163 and pp 191-192,) (Electronic Reserve)
Monstad, K.; Propper, C.; Salvanes, K., (2008), “Education and Fertility: Evidence from a Natural Experiment”, The Scandanavian Journal of Economics, vol. 100, no. 4, pp 827-852. (Consider only Sections I and II and pp. 846-848.) (Electronic Reserve)
Musick, K.; P. England; S. Edgington and N. Kangas, (2009), “Education Differences in Intended and Unintended Fertility”, Social Forces, Vol. 88, No. 2, pp 543-572. (Consider only pp 543-547 and pp 562-563.) (PUT ON RESERVE)
If you would like to write your term paper on this topic, click here to see some suggested sources.
If you would like to write your term paper on “Does Education of Others Reduce Fertility?”, click here to see some suggested sources.
II. POPULATION GROWTH AND THE FOOD SUPPLY
“Are We Losing the Race Between Population Growth and Food Supply?”
Johnson, D. Gale, (2002), “The Declining Importance of Natural Resources: Lessons From Agricultural Land”, in Resource and Energy Economics, vol. 24, pp. 157-171. (Electronic Reserve)
Kravdal, Oystein (2001), “Has Population Growth Restricted Improvements in Food Availability per Head, 1970-95?” Population Studies v55, n2 (July 2001): 105-117 (Electronic Reserve)
Singh, Sanjeet, (2009), “Global fiood crisis: magnitude, causes and policy measures”, International Journal of Social Economics, vol. 36, nos. 1/2 ,pp 23-36. (Consider only pp 23-27 and pp32 and 33.) (Electronic Reserve)
Wright, Brian, (2014) “Global Biofuels: Key to the Puzzle of Grain Market Behavior”, Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 28. No. 1, pp 73-98. (Consider only pp 73, pp 76, pp.84-88 and pp.94-95.) (PUT ON RESERVE.)
If you would like to write your term paper on this topic, click here to see some suggested sources.
“Will the World Be Able to Feed A Population of 9 Billion?
Alexandratos, Nicos, (2005) “Countries with Rapid Population Growth and Resource Constraints: Issues of Food Agriculture and Development”, Population and Development Review, Vol. 31, no. 2, June 2005, pp. 237-258. (Electronic Reserve)
Alexandratos, Nicos, (2008), “Food Price Surges: Possible Causes, Past Experiences and Longer Term Relevance”, Population and Development Review, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp 663-697. ( Consider only pp. 663-666 and 689-691.) (Electronic Reserve)
Funk,C.C.; Brown, M, (2009), “Declining global per capita agricultural production and warming oceans threaten food security”, Food Security. Vol. 3, no. 1, pp, 271-289. (Consider only pp271-272, 276-279 and 287-288.) (Electronic Reserve)
Gilland, Bernard (2002), “World Population and Food Supply: Can Food Production Keep Pace with Population Growth in the Next Half-Century?”, Food Policy v27, n1 (February 2002): 47-63 . (Electronic Reserve)
Hanjra, M. and M. Qureshi, (2010), “Global water crisis and future food security in an era of climate change”, Food Policy, Vol. 35, pp. 365-377. (Electronic Reserve)
Pimentel, D.; M. Whitecraft, Z. Scott; L. Zhao; P. Satkiewicz, T. Scott; J. Phillips; D. Szimak; G. Singh, D. Gonzalez; and T. L. Moe, (2010), “Will Limited Land, Water and Energy Control Human Population Numbers in the Future?”, Human Ecology, Vol. 38, pp 599-611. (Consider only pp 599-601 and 606-607. (Electronic Reserve)
Schade, C.; D. Pimentel, (2010) “Population crash: prospects for famine in the twenty-first century”, Environment, Development and Sustainability, Vol. 12, pp. 245-262. (Electronic Reserve)
Schnieider, U.; Havlik, P.; Schmid, E.; Valin, H.; Mosnier, A.; Obersteiner, M.; Bottcher, H.; Skalsky, R.; Balkovic, J.; Sauer, T.; Fritz, S., (2011), “Impacts of population growth, economic development, and technical change on global food production and consumption”, Agricultural Systems, vol. 104, pp. 204-215, (Electronic Reserve)
If you would like to write your term paper on this topic, click here to see some suggested sources.
“Who Will Feed the Growing Population of China?”
Bruins, H. and F. Bu, (2006), “Food Security in China and Contingency Planning: the Significance of Grain Reserves”, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp 114-124. (Consider only pp. 114-115 and pp 122-123.) (Electronic Reserve)
Fischer, Gunther, (2005), “Feeding China in 2030”, Options, Autumn 2005, pp. 12-15. (Electronic Reserve)
Fischer, G. ; W. Winwarter, G.Y. Cao; T. Ermolieva; E. Hizsnyik; D. Wiberg and X.Y. Zeng, (2012), “Implications of population growth and urbanization on agricultural risks in China”, Population and Environment, Vol. 33, pp. 243-258. (Consider only pp. 243-249 and pp. 253-254.)(Electronic Reserve)
Gong, P. (2011), “China needs no foreign help to feed itself”, Nature, Vol 474, p. 7. (Electronic Reserve)
Mao, Yushi, (2005), “There is No Food Crisis in China”, China and World Economy, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp 105-111. (A good overview) (Electronic Reserve)
Tan, Shuhao, (2008), “Impacts of Cultivated Land Conversion on Environmental Sustainability and Grain Self-sufficiency in China”, China and the World Economy, vol 18, no. 3, pp 75-192. (Consider only pp 75-76 and pp 79-80 and pp.90) (Electronic Reserve)
Wong, J and Y. Huang, (2012), “China’s Food Security and Its Global Implications”, China An International Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp 113-124. (Electronic Reserve)
Zhang, J. (2011), “China’s success in increasing per capita food production”, Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 62, No. 11, pp. 3707-3711.(Electronic Reserve)
If you would like to write your term paper on this topic, click here to see some suggested sources.
Links
II. POPULATION GROWTH AND INVESTMENT IN FUTURE GENERATIONS
“Does Large Family Size Reduce Investment in Children?
“Does Education of Women Lower Fertility?”
“Does Education of Others Reduce Fertility?”
III. POPULATION GROWTH AND THE FOOD SUPPLY
“Are We Losing the Race Between Population Growth and Food Supply?”
“Will the World Be Able to Feed A Population of 9 Billion?”
“Who Will Feed the Growing Populations of Asia?”
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II. POPULATION GROWTH AND INVESTMENT IN FUTURE GENERATIONS
“Does Large Family Size Reduce Investment in Children?
“Does Education of Women Lower Fertility?”
“Does Education of Others Reduce Fertility?”
III. POPULATION GROWTH AND THE FOOD SUPPLY
“Are We Losing the Race Between Population Growth and Food Supply?”
“Will the World Be Able to Feed A Population of 9 Billion?”
“Who Will Feed the Growing Populations of Asia?”