Population and Development Review

1999 - 2025

Current editor(s): Paul Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll

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Population and Resources: An Exploration of Reproductive and Environmental Externalities pp. 643-689: Partha Dasgupta
Unmet Need for Family Planning in Developing Countries and Implications for Population Policy pp. 691-723: John B. Casterline and Steven W. Sinding
Local and Foreign Models of Reproduction in Nyanza Province, Kenya pp. 725-759: Susan Cotts Watkins
Conditioning Factors for Fertility Decline in Bengal: History, Language Identity, and Openness to Innovations pp. 761-794: Alaka Malwade Basu and Sajeda Amin
Perceiving Mortality Decline pp. 795-819: Mark Montgomery
SHORT REVIEWS pp. 835-842: Susan Greenhalgh, Geoffrey McNicoll and Michael P. Todaro

Gender Equity in Theories of Fertility Transition pp. 427-439: Peter McDonald
Protracted National Conflict and Fertility Change: Palestinians and Israelis in the Twentieth Century pp. 441-482: Philippe Fargues
The Spread of Primary Schooling in sub‐Saharan Africa: Implications for Fertility Change pp. 483-515: Cynthia B. Lloyd, Carol E. Kaufman and Paul Hewett
Does Female Disadvantage Mean Lower Access to Food? pp. 517-547: Laurie F. DeRose, Maitreyi Das and Sara R. Millman
On the Quantum and Tempo of Fertility: Comment pp. 549-553: Evert van Imhoff and Nico Keilman
On the Quantum and Tempo of Fertility: Limits to the Bongaarts‐Feeney Adjustment pp. 554-559: Young J. Kim and Robert Schoen
On the Quantum and Tempo of Fertility: Reply pp. 560-564: John Bongaarts and Griffith Feeney
The 1918 Influenza Epidemic's Effects on Sex Differentials in Mortality in the United States pp. 565-581: Andrew Noymer and Michel Garenne
SHORT REVIEWS pp. 610-616: Susan Greenhalgh, Geoffrey McNicoll and Michael P. Todaro

The Limits to Low Fertility: A Biosocial Approach pp. 209-234: Caroline Foster
Relative Cohort Size: Source of a Unifying Theory of Global Fertility Transition? pp. 235-261: Diane Macunovich
Coresidential Patterns in Historical China: A Simulation Study pp. 263-293: Zhongwei Zhao
Uncertain Aims and Tacit Negotiation: Birth Control Practices in Britain, 1925–50 pp. 295-317: Kate Fisher
Agricultural Adjustment in China: Problems and Prospects pp. 319-334: D. Johnson
Crime, Gender, and Society in India: Insights from Homicide Data pp. 335-352: Jean Drèze and Reetika Khera
The Predicament of Population Aging: A Review Essay* pp. 365-404: F. Landis MacKellar
SHORT REVIEWS pp. 405-411: Ann E. Biddlecom, John Bongaarts, Martin Brockerhoff, Susan Greenhalgh and Geoffrey McNicoll

The US Decennial Census: Political Questions, Scientific Answers pp. 1-16: Kenneth Prewitt
Challenging Neo‐Malthusian Deforestation Analyses in West Africa's Dynamic Forest Landscapes pp. 17-43: Melissa Leach and James Fairhead
Reproduction, Compositional Demography, and Economic Growth: Family Planning in England Long Before the Fertility Decline pp. 45-80: Simon Szreter and Eilidh Garrett
Absent and Problematic Men: Demographic Accounts of Male Reproductive Roles pp. 81-115: Margaret E. Greene and Ann E. Biddlecom
Rethinking the African AIDS Epidemic pp. 117-135: John C. Caldwell
Long‐Term Population Projections and the US Social Security System pp. 137-143: Ronald Lee
Freedom and Welfare: A Review Essay on Amartya Sen, Development as Freedom* pp. 153-162: Paul Streeten
Rocky Mountain Visions: A Review Essay* pp. 163-187: Vaclav Smil
SHORT REVIEWS pp. 187-195: John Bongaarts, Martin Brockerhoff, Susan Greenhalgh, Baochang Gu and Geoffrey McNicoll

Smallpox in Nineteenth‐Century India pp. 649-680: Jayant Banthia and Tim Dyson
The Global and Regional Impact of Mortality and Fertility Transitions, 1950–2000 pp. 681-702: Patrick Heuveline
The Persistence of Outmoded Contraceptive Regimes: The Cases of Mexico and Brazil pp. 703-739: Joseph E. Potter
Longer Life and Population Growth pp. 741-747: Joshua R. Goldstein and Wilhelm Schlag
The Long‐Term Effect of the Timing of Fertility Decline on Population Size pp. 749-756: Brian C. O'Neill, Sergei Scherbov and Wolfgang Lutz
Urban Growth in Developing Countries: A Review of Projections and Predictions pp. 757-778: Martin Brockerhoff
SHORT REVIEWS pp. 810-820: John Bongaarts, Martin Brockerhoff, Paul Demeny, Susan Greenhalgh and Geoffrey McNicoll

Population Weights in the International Order pp. 411-442: Geoffrey McNicoll
Changing Food Production and Quality of Diet in India, 1947–98 pp. 443-477: Gordon R. Hopper
The Delayed Western Fertility Decline: An Examination of English‐Speaking Countries pp. 479-513: John C. Caldwell
Completing the Demographic Transition pp. 515-529: John Bongaarts and Rodolfo A. Bulatao
Evolutionary Theory and Historical Fertility Change pp. 531-541: Chris Wilson
Measuring Women's Work in Developing Countries pp. 543-576: Debra Anne Donahoe
SHORT REVIEWS pp. 603-611: John Bongaarts, Martin Brockerhoff, Geoffrey McNicoll and Michael P. Todaro

Is Low Fertility a Temporary Phenomenon in the European Union? pp. 211-228: Ron Lesthaeghe and Paul Willems
How Influential Are Demography Journals? pp. 229-251: Hendrik van Dalen and Kène Henkens
Is Fertility Behavior in Our Genes? Findings from a Danish Twin Study pp. 253-288: Hans‐Peter Kohler, Joseph L. Rodgers and Kaare Christensen
Cardiovascular and Tuberculosis Mortality: The Contrasting Effects of Changes in Two Causes of Death pp. 289-302: Kevin M. White
International Migration at the Dawn of the Twenty‐First Century: The Role of the State pp. 303-322: Douglas S. Massey
India's Falling Sex Ratios pp. 323-343: Peter Mayer
Past, Present, and Future: A Review Essay on W. W. Rostow, The Great Population Spike and After: Reflections on the 21st Century* pp. 355-360: Paul Streeten
Unraveling the Enigma of the Russian Mortality Crisis: A Review Essay on Charles M. Becker and David Bloom (eds.), The Demographic Crisis in the Former Soviet Union* pp. 361-384: Martin McKee
SHORT REVIEWS pp. 384-389: John Bongaarts, Valerie L. Durrani, Susan Greenhalgh and Geoffrey McNicoll

Family Demography, Social Theory, and Investment in Social Capital pp. 1-31: Nan Marie Astone, Constance A. Nathanson, Robert Schoen and Young J. Kim
Malthusian Models and Chinese Realities: The Chinese Demographic System 1700–2000 pp. 33-65: James Lee and Wang Feng
The Bangladesh Fertility Decline: An Interpretation pp. 67-84: John C. Caldwell, Barkat‐e‐Khuda, Bruce Caldwell, Indrani Pieris and Pat Caldwell
The Effect of Household Wealth on Educational Attainment: Evidence from 35 Countries pp. 85-120: Deon Filmer and Lant Pritchett
Corn and Crisis: Malthus on the High Price of Provisions pp. 121-128: E. A. Wrigley
Marital and Fertility Careers of Russian Women Born Between 1910 and 1934 pp. 129-143: Sergei Schernov and Harrie van Vianen
SHORT REVIEWS pp. 182-188: John Bangaarts, Martin Brockerhoff, Joanna Busza and Geoffrey McNicoll