What does the data tell us about trends in population and socio-economic development?
General Assignment for the entire class
Required Viewing:
NOVA, World in Balance: The Population Paradox, (DVD), 2004.
Required Readings:
I. Population Growth Trends
- Past
- Present
- Future
II. Components of Population Growth
- Fertility
- Mortality
- Migration
III. Composition of the Population
- Population Aging
- Urbanization
- International Migration
Individual Assignments: (For discussion- no paper is required.)
Each group has its own reading assignment, to find yours, click on your group. (To find out what group you are in, go to “Supplements”.)
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E |
De La Croix, David and Axel Gosseries (2009), “Population Policy Through Tradable Procreation Entitlements”, International Economic Review, pp. 507-542. (Read only pp 507-512.) (Electronic Reserve)
United Nations, (2013), “United Nations 2012 Population Projections”, in Population and Development Review v29, n1 (Sept. 2013): 551-555. (PUT ON RESERVE)
Feng, Wang; Yong Cai and B. Gu, (2012), “Population Policy and Politics: How Will History Judge China’s One-Child Policy?”, Population and Development Review (Supplement) pp 115-129. (PUT ON RESERVE)
United Nations (2004), “The United Nations on World Population in 2300”, Population and Development Review v30, n1 (March 2004): pp. 181-187. (Electronic Reserve)
Demeny, Paul, (2004), “Population Futures for the Next Three Hundred Years: Soft Landing or Surprises to Come?”, Population and Development Review v30, n3 (September 2004): pp. 507-517. (Electronic Reserve)
Feng, Wang (2011), “The Future of a Demographic Overachiever: Long Term Implications of Demographic Transition in China”, Population and Development Review, Vol. 37 (Supplement) pp 173-190. (Consider only pp 173-183 and page 187. (Electronic Reserve)
Population Data, Trends and Projections
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