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 Instructor Howenstine, Erick

Course Number  G&ES  362 and G&ES 446:  Population Problems

GENERAL
Population Misconceptions -- summary of misconceptions about world population

THEORY
Shortened version of Malthus' Essay on the Principle of Population
Garrett Hardin's Tragedy of the Commons
Julian Simon's World Population Growth: An Anti-Doomsday View

CENSUS DATA
Compilation of articles on the 2000 census
_    Sampling is wrong -- official result of 2000 suit over sampling only vs. full count for census
    Where people go, seats follow -- explanation of distribution effect on representation
    Census -- count 'e every one -- discussion of statistical correction of census undercount
    Census 2000 in a flash -- summary of 2000 census

MORTALITY
Economist: A survey of Sub-Saharan Africa -- no end of plagues Sep96
Economist: Another way to die in Africa (traffic accidents) Jan97
Economist: An American way of death (mortality in the U.S.) Jul96
Economist: Disease fights back (resistance of modern diseases) May 95
Of death and Dying (death rates/trends in Eastern Europe)
Economist article on advances in vaccination    Keep taking the initiatives
 

POLICY
Be fruitful and multiply -- no family planning after Rwandan genocide Feb97
Why Italians Don't Make Babies -- explanation of low TFR in Italy May98
Iran: Fewer means Better  Aug95
Romania Ends Compulsory Childbearing
The ageing of China -- Too many Chinese?  Maybe too few. Nov98

MIGRATION
The mixture as never before -- immigration in the U.S. Mar00
A Short History of U.S. Policy Toward Illegal Immigration
A nation of immigrants -- Short survey of immigration in U.S. Nov99
Humanity on the Move  -- migration itself Dec 99

SEGREGATION
Ethnic change and Segregation in Chicago    First Half of Chapter (second half coming?)
 
 


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