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
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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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