Population and Development Review

1999 - 2025

Current editor(s): Paul Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll

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Volume 51, month 03, 2025

Editors' Note on Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Celebrating 50 Years of Population and Development Review pp. 9-10

Raya Muttarak and Joshua Wilde

Preface pp. 11-15

John Bongaarts, Ridhi Kashyap and Jennifer Van Hook

Fifty Years of Population and Development Review: Shifting Research Themes, Authorship, and Academic Impact in Comparative Perspective pp. 17-39

Ridhi Kashyap and Aasli Abdi Nur

Human Population and the Biosphere pp. 41-61

Aisha Dasgupta and Partha Dasgupta

The Next 2 Billion: Can the World Support 10 Billion People? pp. 63-102

David Lam

On Population and the International Order pp. 103-123

Geoffrey McNicoll

Family Policies in Low Fertility Countries: Evidence and Reflections pp. 125-161

Anne H. Gauthier and Stuart Gietel‐Basten

Fertility Transitions in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: The Role of Preferences pp. 163-180

John Bongaarts

Charting New Courses to Adulthood in the Global South pp. 181-211

Shelley Clark and Khandys Agnant

Older Adults’ Descendants and Family Networks in the Context of Global Educational Expansion pp. 213-256

Rachel Margolis, Mara Getz Sheftel, Haowei Wang, Raeven Faye Chandler, Lauren Newmyer and Ashton M. Verdery

Progress Stalled? The Uncertain Future of Mortality in High‐Income Countries pp. 257-293

Jennifer Beam Dowd, Antonino Polizzi and Andrea M. Tilstra

Trends and Decomposition of Changes in Mortality in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries, 1950–2019 pp. 295-321

Marcia C. Castro, Cassio M. Turra and Jamie Ponmattam

A New Research Agenda for Social Inequalities in Mortality: Challenges and Open Questions pp. 323-360

Isaac Sasson

Population and Climate Change: Considering Climate Change Demography's Past and Future pp. 361-388

Kathryn Grace, Emily Klancher Merchant and Nicholas Nagle

The Potential of Internal Migration to Shape Rural and Urban Populations Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America pp. 389-419

Ashira Menashe‐Oren and Philippe Bocquier

The Globalization of International Migration? A Conceptual and Data‐Driven Synthesis pp. 421-448

Jasmine Trang Ha, Jack DeWaard, Guy Abel, Kazumi Tsuchiya, Jessie Pinchoff, Christopher Levesque and Kobie Price

Climate Change and Human Mobility: Considering Context, Mechanisms, and Selectivity pp. 449-489

Filiz Garip and Cody A. Reed

Forecasting Population in an Uncertain World: Approaches, New Uses, and Troubling Limitations pp. 491-518

Ronald Lee

Recognizing Identity Fluidity in Demographic Research pp. 519-538

Aliya Saperstein

New Data Sources for Demographic Research pp. 539-573

Casey F. Breen and Dennis M. Feehan

Reflections on the Value of Anthropology for Understanding Population Processes pp. 575-596

Daniel Jordan Smith

Paul Demeny: An Appreciation pp. 597-602

Geoffrey McNicoll

Volume 50, month 12, 2024

Foreword pp. 453-457

John Casterline and Suzana Cavenaghi

Contraceptive Change and Fertility Transition pp. 459-485

Vladimíra Kantorová and John Bongaarts

Beyond Economics and Culture: A Demographic Perspective on Contraceptive Theory pp. 487-510

Nathalie Sawadogo, Hervé Bassinga, Adèle M. Ngo Bayong Ngock, Zhuang Han, Sarah C. Giroux and Parfait M. Eloundou‐Enyegue

Fertility Desires and Contraceptive Transition pp. 511-538

Sara Yeatman and Christie Sennott

Economic Foundations of Contraceptive Transitions: Theories and a Review of the Evidence pp. 539-569

Mahesh Karra and Joshua Wilde

Health Transitions and the Rise of Modern Contraceptive Prevalence: Demand, Access, and Choice pp. 571-595

Jamaica Corker, Ann Biddlecom, Mohammad Jalal Abbasi‐Shavazi, Alex Ezeh and Rodolfo Gómez Ponce de León

Revisiting Women's Empowerment and Contraception pp. 597-623

Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and Zeba Sathar

Societal Upheaval and the Contraceptive Transition pp. 625-647

Mathias Lerch

A Narrative Review of the Impact of Public Family Planning Policies and Programs on the Contraceptive Transition in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries pp. 649-674

Jocelyn E. Finlay

In Memoriam: Paul Demeny 1932–2024 pp. 957-957

Population Council

Editors' Note on the December 2024 Issue pp. 959-960

Raya Muttarak and Joshua Wilde

Gender Differences in the Migration Process: A Narrative Literature Review pp. 961-996

Athina Anastasiadou, Jisu Kim, Ebru Sanlitürk, Helga A. G. de Valk and Emilio Zagheni

Rethinking City Population Growth: How Reclassification Matters pp. 997-1015

Alfredo Alessandrini, Christoph Deuster, Lewis Dijkstra, Daniela Ghio and Fabrizio Natale

Reconsidering the Relationship Between Educational Hypogamy and Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from India pp. 1017-1044

Roshan K. Pandian

Intensive Kinship, Development, and Demography: Why Pakistan has the Highest Rates of Cousin Marriage in the World pp. 1045-1090

Mary K. Shenk, Saman Naz and Theresa Chaudhry

COVID‐19 Pandemic and Women's Age at Marriage: New Evidence From India pp. 1091-1115

Deepshikha Batheja, Abhik Banerji, Amit Summan, Ramanan Laxminarayan and Arindam Nandi

Child Death and Mothers’ Subsequent Mental Health in a High‐Mortality African Community pp. 1117-1147

Emily Smith‐Greenaway, Abigail Weitzman and Eric Lungu

Birth Intention Status and Infant Mortality: Fixed‐Effects Analysis of 60 Countries pp. 1149-1180

Heini Väisänen and Ewa Batyra

How Family Dynamics Shape Income Inequality Between Families With Young Children: The Case of Sweden, 1995–2018 pp. 1181-1208

Sunnee Billingsley, Pilar Gonalons‐Pons and Ann‐Zofie Duvander

Does Inequality Have Momentum? The Implications of Convex Inequality Regimes for Mortality Dynamics pp. 1209-1237

Arun S. Hendi

Personal and Social Worries Associated with the Likelihood of Having Children pp. 1239-1266

Kateryna Golovina and Markus Jokela

The Last Bastion is Falling: Survey Evidence of the New Family Reality in Italy pp. 1267-1288

Arnstein Aassve, Letizia Mencarini, Elena Pirani and Daniele Vignoli

Medically Assisted Reproduction and Partnership Stability pp. 1289-1317

Alina Pelikh, Hanna Remes, Niina Metsä‐Simola and Alice Goisis

Alignment, Anticipation, Adaptation, or Lagging Behind? Age‐Based Regulations in Assisted Reproduction and Late Fertility pp. 1319-1351

Marie‐Caroline Compans

The Concentration of Reproduction During the Fertility Transition in Developing Countries pp. 1353-1368

Thomas Spoorenberg

Beyond Stocks and Surges: The Demographic Impact of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population in the United States pp. 1369-1400

Jennifer Van Hook

Mortality Convergence in Europe? Spatial Differences in Life Expectancy Gains Between 1995 and 2019 pp. 1401-1427

Markus Sauerberg, Florian Bonnet, Carlo Giovanni Camarda and Pavel Grigoriev

Sarah Bracke and Luis Manuel Hernández Aguilar, Editors, The Politics of Replacement: Demographic Fears, Conspiracy Theories and Race Wars Routledge, Abingdon, UK & New York, US, 2024. 292 pp pp. 1445-1449

Rebecca Sear

Jade S. Sasser Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain Future Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2024. 170 pp pp. 1451-1452

Sanyu A. Mojola

John Rennie Short Demography and the Making of the Modern World: Public Policies and Social Forces Newcastle upon Tyne: Agenda Publishing, 2024. 171 pp pp. 1453-1454

Sarah Walters

Senderowicz and Maloney (2022): Comment, Rejoinder, and Erratum pp. 1461-1463

Raya Muttarak and Joshua Wilde

“Supply‐Side Versus Demand‐Side Unmet Need: Implications for Family Planning Programs”: A Comment pp. 1465-1475

Mahesh Karra

Authors’ Response to “‘Supply‐Side Versus Demand‐Side Unmet Need: Implications for Family Planning Programs’: A Comment” pp. 1477-1485

Leigh Senderowicz and Nicole Maloney

Volume 50, month 09, 2024

Revolving Doors: How Externalization Policies Block Refugees and Deflect Other Migrants across Migration Routes pp. 607-642

Alice Mesnard, Filip Savatic, Jean‐Noël Senne and Hélène Thiollet

The Demography of Crisis‐Driven Outflows from Venezuela pp. 643-675

Jenny Garcia Arias

Worlds in Motion Redux? Expanding Migration Theories and Their Interconnections pp. 677-726

Fernando Riosmena

Unhealthy Assimilation or Compositional Differences? Disentangling Immigrants' Mental Health Trajectories with Residence Duration pp. 727-751

Claudia Brunori

Neighborhood Trust, Cohesion, and Diversity: How Demographic Patterns and Processes Shape Their Relationships pp. 753-789

James O'Donnell

Milestone Moments: Community Violence and Women's Life‐Course Transitions in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala pp. 791-824

Signe Svallfors

Spousal Agreement on Sex Preferences for Children and Gender Gaps in Children's Education pp. 825-863

Vida Maralani and Candas Pinar

Children on the Move in China: Insights from the Census Data 2000–2020 pp. 865-889

Mengyao Cheng, Yu Chen, Lidan Lyu and Yu Bai

Remittances‐Adjusted Support Ratio pp. 891-907

Lukas Tohoff, Daji Landis, Letizia Mencarini and Arnstein Aassve

No End to Hypergamy when Considering the Full Married Population pp. 909-922

Daniela R. Urbina, Margaret Frye and Sara Lopus

Eliot Dickinson Human Migration and the Refugee Crisis: Origins and Global Impact Bloomsbury Academic, 2023, 248 p., $61.20.John Washington The Case for Open Borders Haymarket Books, 2023, 263 p., $19.95 (paperback) pp. 929-931

Geoffrey McNicoll

Hein De Haas, How Migration Really Works: A Factful Guide to the Most Divisive Issue in Politics, Basic Books, 2023. 464 p., $35.00 pp. 933-935

Jennifer Van Hook

Volume 50, month 07, 2024

Fertility and Family Dynamics in the Aftermath of the COVID‐19 Pandemic pp. 9-22

Natalie Nitsche and Joshua Wilde

Pandemic Roller‐Coaster? Birth Trends in Higher‐Income Countries During the COVID‐19 Pandemic pp. 23-58

Tomáš Sobotka, Kryštof Zeman, Aiva Jasilioniene, Maria Winkler‐Dworak, Zuzanna Brzozowska, Ainhoa Alustiza‐Galarza, László Németh and Dmitri Jdanov

Births in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries during the COVID‐19 Pandemic pp. 59-74

Seoyoung Kim, Witness Chirinda, Mansuk Daniel Han and Rachel Snow

Declining Quantity and Quality of Births in Chile amidst the COVID‐19 Pandemic pp. 75-99

Luca Maria Pesando and Alejandra Abufhele

Fertility in a Pandemic: Evidence from California pp. 101-128

Jenna Nobles, Alison Gemmill, Sungsik Hwang and Florencia Torche

Understanding the Positive Effects of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Women's Fertility in Norway pp. 129-152

Trude Lappegård, Tom Kornstad, Lars Dommermuth and Axel Peter Kristensen

The Consequences of the COVID‐19 Pandemic for Fertility and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Spanish Birth Registers pp. 153-176

Marco Cozzani, Peter Fallesen, Giampiero Passaretta, Juho Härkönen and Fabrizio Bernardi

Change in Fertility Intentions in the First Year of COVID‐19: Evidence from Four Countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 177-211

Linnea A. Zimmerman, Celia Karp, Naomi Komuro, Pierre Akilimali, Musa Sani Zakirai, Funmilola OlaOlorun, Caroline Moreau, Philip Anglewicz and Elizabeth Gummerson

Fertility Intentions During the Covid‐19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Individual‐ and Municipality‐Level Determinants pp. 213-242

Letícia J. Marteleto, Sneha Kumar, Molly Dondero and Luiz Gustavo Fernandes Sereno

Did the COVID‐19 Pandemic Affect Fertility Desires in Australia? Understanding Why People Changed Their Attitudes towards Having a First or Additional Child pp. 243-276

Ester Lazzari, Anna Reimondos and Edith Gray

Not Even a Pandemic Makes Them Change Their Family Plans: The Impact of COVID‐19 on Fertility Intentions in Austria pp. 277-302

Isabella Buber‐Ennser, Ingrid Setz and Bernhard Riederer

Impacts of the COVID‐19 Lockdown on Gender Inequalities in Time Spent on Paid and Unpaid Work in Singapore pp. 303-337

Emma Zang, Poh Lin Tan, Thomas Lyttelton and Anna Guo

COVID‐19 and Childlessness among Women in the United States pp. 339-361

Holly Hummer

COVID‐19 Policy Interventions and Fertility Dynamics in the Context of Pre‐Pandemic Welfare Support pp. 363-393

Samuel Plach, Arnstein Aassve, Nicolò Cavalli, Letizia Mencarini and Seth Sanders

COVID‐19 and Contraceptive Use in Two African Countries: Examining Conflicting Pressures on Women pp. 395-419

Jiao Yu, Kathryn Grace, Elizabeth Heger Boyle, Jude P. Mikal, Matthew Gunther and Devon Kristiansen

Digital Trace Data and Demographic Forecasting: How Well Did Google Predict the US COVID‐19 Baby Bust? pp. 421-446

Joshua Wilde, Wei Chen, Sophie Lohmann and Jasmin Abdel Ghany

Volume 50, month 06, 2024

Fertility Postponement, Economic Uncertainty, and the Increasing Income Prerequisites of Parenthood pp. 287-322

Daniël van Wijk and Francesco C. Billari

Societal Pessimism and the Transition to Parenthood: A Future Too Bleak to Have Children? pp. 323-342

Katya Ivanova and Nicoletta Balbo

Fertility Responses to the COVID‐19 Pandemic: A Perspective of Reproductive Process pp. 343-373

Xinguang Fan

State‐Level Immigrant Policies and Ideal Family Size in the United States pp. 375-401

Julia A. Behrman and Abigail Weitzman

Where Does the Black–White Life Expectancy Gap Come From? The Deadly Consequences of Residential Segregation pp. 403-436

Arun S. Hendi

Life Expectancy Reversals in Low‐Mortality Populations pp. 437-459

Joshua R. Goldstein and Ronald Lee

Does Family Structure Account for Child Achievement Gaps by Parental Education? Findings for England, France, Germany and the United States pp. 461-512

Anne Solaz, Lidia Panico, Alexandra Sheridan, Thorsten Schneider, Jascha Dräger, Jane Waldfogel, Sarah Jiyoon Kwon, Elizabeth Washbrook and Valentina Perinetti Casoni

Climatic Variability and Internal Migration in Asia: Evidence from Big Microdata pp. 513-540

Brian C. Thiede, Abbie Robinson and Clark Gray

Demographic Systems of Medieval Italy (6th–15th century AD) pp. 541-570

Irene Barbiera and Gianpiero Dalla‐Zuanna

IPCC, 2023: Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report. IPCC, 184 p., doi: https://doi.org/10.59327/IPCC/AR6-9789291691647 pp. 577-580

John Bongaarts

Melissa S. Kearney The Two Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind University of Chicago Press, 2023, 240 p., $25.00 pp. 581-585

Sarah R. Hayford

Claire L. Wendland Partial Stories: Maternal Death from Six Angles University of Chicago Press, 2022, 356 p., $35.00 pp. 587-590

Sanyu A. Mojola

Volume 50, month 03, 2024

The Missing Millions: Uncovering the Burden of Covid‐19 Cases and Deaths in the African Region pp. 7-58

Tara McKay, Rachel Sullivan Robinson, Serena Musungu, Nana Addo Padi‐Adjirackor and Nicole Angotti

Disruptions in Educational Progress and Fertility Dynamics by Educational Level: Unraveling the Link between Education and Fertility Stalls in Sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 59-85

Bruno D. Schoumaker and David A. Sánchez‐Páez

Measuring Union Formalization for a New Generation of Family Demography: A Case Study from Urban Kenya pp. 87-116

Kirsten Stoebenau, Sangeetha Madhavan, Seungwan Kim and Carol Wainaina

Road Access, Fertility, and Child Health in Rural India pp. 117-147

Aparajita Dasgupta, Anahita Karandikar and Devvrat Raghav

The Value of Cultural Similarity for Predicting Migration: Evidence from Food and Drink Interests in Digital Trace Data pp. 149-176

Carolina Coimbra Vieira, Sophie Lohmann and Emilio Zagheni

Rural–Urban Migration and Fertility Ideation in Senegal: Comparing Returned, Current, and Future Migrants to Dakar to Rural Nonmigrants pp. 177-210

Yacine Boujija, Simona Bignami and John Sandberg

Trends in Living Arrangements Around the World pp. 211-232

Albert Esteve and David S. Reher

Data and Trends in Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, and Some Related Demographic Issues pp. 233-257

Asher D. Colombo and Gianpiero Dalla‐Zuanna

Dustin Whitney Demographic Deception: Exposing the Overpopulation Myth and Building a Resilient Future Advantage Books, 2023, 148 p., $29.99 pp. 265-266

Stuart Gietel‐basten

Michael Woolcock International Development: Navigating Humanity's Greatest Challenge Polity, 2023, 200 p. $64.95 pp. 267-270

Joshua Wilde