Reading list
- Introduction to regression analysis, with exercises
Lecturenotes
- Indirect estimation and stable population theory, with exercises
"Demographic models" Kap. 1 i United Nations (1983) Indirect Techniques for Demographic Estimation (New York, United Nations), side 11-16. K
"Fertility and mortality estimation using model stable age distributions" Kap. 7 i United Nations (1983) Indirect Techniques for Demographic Estimation (New York, United Nations), side 156-166. K
"Stable and stationary models", Chapter 9 in Donald T. Rowland,Demographic methods and concepts, Oxford University Press 2003, pp. 300-339.
Lecturenotes
- Mortality: General determinants of mortality, combating infectious diseases, girls’ excess mortality, women’s status and education, AIDS
Hill, K. aand Dawn M. Upchurch: "Gender Differences in Child Health: Evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys" Population and Development Review, vol. 21, No. 1 (March 1995), pp. 127-151. Artikkel i PdF
Olshansky, S. J. et al. (1997). "Infectious diseases – New and ancient threats to world health". Population Bulletin, 52 (2). Population Reference Bureau, Inc., Washington D.C. Utdrag 40 sider . K
United Nations. (1998). "The extent and casues of female disadvantage in mortality: An overview". In Too young to die, genes or gender. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division. ST/ESA/SER.A/155. Pp1-15. K
Mishra, Roy and Retherford (2004). "Sex differentials in childhood feeding, health care, and nutritional status in India". Population and Development Review 30: 269-295. Artikkel i PdF
Caldwell, J.C. (1986): "Routes to low mortality in poor countries". Population and Development Review 12 (2): 171-182 og 204-211 er pensum. (Download the article from www.jstor.org) link
Bloom, S.S., D. Wypij and M. Das Gupta. (2001). "Dimensions of women's autonomy and the influence of maternal health care utilization in a North Indian city". Demography 38: 67-78. Artikkel i PdF
Lamptey, P., M. Wigley, D. Carr and Y Collymore. (2002). "Facing the HIV/AIDS pandemic". Population Bulletin 57: 3 Population Reference Bureau, Inc., Washington D.C. 36 sider K
Caldwell, J.C. (2000). "Rethinking the African AIDS epidemic". Population and Development Review 117-135. (Download the article from www.jstor.org) link
Feeney (2001) "The impact of HIV/AIDS on adult mortality in Zimbabwe". Population and Development Review 27: 771-780. Artikkel i PdF
Montgomery and Lloyd (1996). "Fertility and child health". In Ahlburg, Kelley and Mason (eds.) The impact of population growth on well-being in developing countries. Springer: Berlin. side 37-65. K
- Urbanisation/migration
Parnell, M. (1993): "Why people move", Population movements and the Third World, Routledge, London. 29 sider. K
Martin, P. & Widgren, J. (2002): "International migration: Facing the challenge". _Population Bulletin-, 57 (1), Population Reference Bureau, Inc., Washington D.C. 40 sider. K
- More about how fertility can be reduced
Kravdal, ?. (2002). "Education and fertility in sub-Saharan Africa: Individual and community effects". Demography 39: 233-250. Article in PdF
Rutenberg. N and S.C. Watkins (1997). "The buzz outside the clinics: Conversations and contraception in Nyanza Province, Kenya". Studies in Family planning 28: 290-310. (Download the article from www.jstor.org)link
Belanger (2002). "Son preference in a rural village in North Vietnam". Studies in Family Planning 33: 321-334. Article in PdF
Caetano and Potter (2004). "Politics and female sterilization in Northeast Brazil". Population and Development Review 30: 79-108. Article in PdF
Freedman, R. (1997). "Do family planning programs affect fertility preferences? A literature review". Studies in Family Planning 28 (l): 1-13. (Download the article from www.jstor.org) link
Cleland et al. (1984). "The determinants of reproductive change in Bangladesh". World Bank: Washington, utdrag 131-152, 121-125. K
Hoodfar H and S. Assadpour (2000). "The politics of population policy in the Islamic Republic of Iran". Studies in Family Planning 31: 19-34. (Download the article from www.jstor.org)link
Bongaarts (2005). The causes of stalling fertility transitions. Studies in Family Planning 37: 1-16
Zhang and Zhao (2006)"Reexamining China's fertility puzzle. Population and Development Review 32:292-332.
Dougherty & Kammeyer (1995). "An introduction to population". The Guilford Press: New York. About China, page 228-237. K
Baochang et al. (2007). "China's local and national fertility policies at the end of the twentieth century." Population and Development Review 33: 129-147
Shiffman (2004). "Political management in the Indonesian Family Planning Program". International Family Planning 30: 27-33. Article in PdF
Stoebenau and Valente (2003). "Using network analysis to understand community-based programs: A case studie from Highland Madagascar". International Family Planning Perspectives 29: 167-173. Article in PdF
- Population growth and water scarcity
Falkenmark, M.(1 990). "Rapid population growth and water scarcity: The predicaments of tomorrows Africa". Population and Development Review, 16 suppl. 81-94. (Download the article from www.jstor.org)link
- Consequences of population growth for food availability
Smil, V. (1994). "How many people can the Earth feed?" Population and Development Review 20 (2): 255-292. (Download the article from www.jstor.org)link
Dyson, T. (1999). "World food trends and prospect to 2025". Proc. Natl. Acad.Sci USA 96: 5929-5936. (Download the article from www.pnas.org/cgi/reprint/96/11/5929.pdf )
Kravdal, ? (2001). "Has population growth restricted improvements in per capita food availability, 1970-1995". Population Studies 55: 105-117. Article in PdF
- Environmental consequences
Heilig, G.K. (1994). "Neglected dimensions of global land-use change: Reflections and data". Population and Development Review 20 (4): 831-860. (Download the article from www.jstor.org)link
Panayotou.T (1994) "Population, environment, and development nexus" I Cassen, R. (ed.). Population and development: Old debates, new conclusions. Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick 149-180. K
Bongaarts, J. (1992). "Population growth and global warming". Population and Development Review 18 (2): 299-319. (Download the article from www.jstor.org)link
Meyerson, F.A. (1998). "Population, carbon Emission, and Global Warming: The forgotten relationship at Kyoto". Population and Development Review 24: 115-129. (Download the article from www.jstor.org)link
- Economic consequences
Kelley, A.C. and Schmidt (1994). "Population and income change, recent findings World Bank" Demography 32 (4) 543-555. (Download the article from www.jstor.org)link
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