Professor: A. N. Herrin
Topics and Selected Readings
1. Demographic Concepts and Measures
- Sources of demographic data
- Population size, growth, distribution and age-sex structure
- Fertility, mortality and migration measures
- Population projections
Palmore, J. A. and R. W. Gardner (1983). Mortality, Measuring Fertility and Natural Increase. East-West Population Institute, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. link [Open access]
Haupt, A., T. T. Kane and C. Haub (2011). Population Reference Bureau’s (PRB’s) Population Handbook, 6th Edition. Population Reference Bureau, Washington, DC. link [Open access]
Cabigon, J. V. (2009). Life Table Estimates for the Philippines, Its Regions and Provinces by Sex. Commission on Population. [Print copy only] See also Philippine Human Development Report (PHDR) Technical Issues/Notes No. 3.
World Bank (1984). World Development Report, 1984, Oxford University Press, Ch. 4 link [Open access]
2. Demographic and Health Statistics
- Marriage and exposure to the risk of pregnancy
- Pregnancy and motherhood among the youth
- Fertility preferences
- Family planning
- Infant and child mortality: high risk fertility behavior
- Maternal health
- Child health
Siegel, J. S. and D. A. Swanson, editors. (2004). The Methods and Materials of Demography Second Edition. Elsevier Academic Press. See Chapter 14, Health Demography. [Print copy only]
Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) [Philippines], and ICF International. (2014). Philippines National Demographic and Health Survey 2013. Manila, Philippines, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: PSA and ICF International. link [Open access]
World Bank (1993). World Development Report 1993: Investing in Health, Oxford University Press. link [Open access]
Jamison, D. T., et al. (2013). “Global Health 2035: A World Converging within a Generation”, Lancet 2013:1898-995 link [Open access]
3. Nutrition: Measures, Determinants and Consequences
- Main source of data: National Nutrition Survey
- Basic measures: anthropometric, biochemical, clinical, and dietary and infant feeding
- Determinants, Consequences and Strategic Action
Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI). (2010). Philippine Nutrition Facts and Figures 2008. Department of Science and Technology, Metro Manila. link [Open access]
Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI). (2012). Philippine Nutrition Facts and Figures 2011. Department of Science and Technology, Metro Manila. link [Open access]
Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI). (2015). Philippine Nutrition Facts and Figures 2013. Department of Science and Technology, Metro Manila. link [Open access]
National Nutrition Council (2012). Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition 2011-2016. link [Open access]
National Nutrition Council (2014). Repositioning Nutrition in Philippine Development: Mid-term Update of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition 2011-2016.
Herrin, A. N. (2016). “Putting Prevention of Childhood Stunting into the Forefront of the Nutrition Agenda: Nutrition Sector Review” PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2016-21 link [Open access]
4. Population Change and the Generational Economy
- Principles and concepts of the generational economy
- Measurement: National Transfer Accounts
- Country studies: Philippines
- Role of public policy
United Nations (2013). National Transfer Accounts Manual: Measuring and Analysing the Generational Economy. New York: United Nations link [Open access]
Lee, R. and A. Mason. (2011). Population Aging and the Generational Economy: A Global Perspective. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited and International Development Centre. See in particular, Part I: Fundamental Principles and Concepts link [Open access]
Racelis, R. H., Abrigo, M. R. M., Salas, I. S. and Herrin, A. N. (2015). “Philippines 2011 National Transfer Accounts (NTA) Estimates of Consumption and Labor Income Age Profiles: Discussions about 1991-2011 Age Profile Change and Implications on Economic Gains from the First Demographic Dividend”. PIDS Discussion Paper Series No. 2015-45. link [Open access]
5. Population and Development: History of Thought
- Effect of population growth on economic growth
- Effect of population growth on sectoral concerns: agriculture, environment, health, education, employment
- Population policy
Coale, A. J. (1969). “Population and Economic Development”, in P. M. Hauser, ed., The Population Dilemma, Prentice-Hall, Inc. [print copy only]
Simon, J. L. (1977). The Economics of Population Growth, Princeton University Press, See particularly Chapters 1, 6, 13 and 23. [print copy only]
World Bank. (1984). World Development Report, 1984, Oxford University Press, Part II. link [Open access]
National Research Council. (1986). Population Growth and Economic Development: Policy Questions, Washington, D. C.: National Academy Press.
Kelley, A. C. (2001). “The Population Debate in Historical Perspective: Revisionism Revised”, in Birdsall, N., Kelley, A. C. and Sinding, S. W. (2001). Population Matters: Demographic Change, Economic Growth and Poverty in the Developing World, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 24-54. [print copy only]
Sachs, J., Goldman, R., Gokgur, N., Radelet, S., Ramachandran, V., Remolona, E., Snodgrass, D., and Vincent, J. (1998). Promotion of Broad-Based Economic Growth in the Philippines. National Economic and Development Authority, Harvard Insitute for International Development, and United Nations Development Programme. [print copy only]
Boserup, E. (1965). The Conditions of Agricultural Growth: The Economics of Agrarian Change Under Population Pressure, George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. link [Open access]
Boserup, E. (1976). “Environment, Population and Technology in Primitive Societies”, Population and Development Review, 2(1):21-36. link [Accessible via UPSE network]
World Bank (1992). World Development Report 1992: Development and the Environment, New York: Oxford University Press link [Open access]
Birdsall, N., Kelley, A. C., and Sinding, S. (2001). Population Matters: Demographic Change, Economic Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World. Oxford University Press. [print copy only]
Demeny, P. (1971). “The Economics of Population Control”, in National Academy of Sciences, Rapid Population Growth: Consequences and Policy Implications, Vol. II. [print copy only]
Demeny, P. (1975). “Population Policy: The Role of National Governments”. Population and Development Review, 1(1): 147-161. link [Open access]
Demeny, P. (1986). “Population and the Invisible Hand”. Demography, 23(4):473-487. link [Accessible via UPSE network]
6. Understanding Behavior: Economic and other Social Science Models
- Marriage
- Fertility
- Migration
Becker, G. S. (1973). “A Theory of Marriage: Part I”, Journal of Political Economy, 81(4):813-846. link [Accessible via UPSE network]
Becker, G. S. (1974). “A Theory of Marriage: Part II”, Journal of Political Economy, 82 (2): S11-S26. link [Accessible via UPSE network]
Davis, K. and Blake, J. (1955-56). “Social Structure and Fertility: An Analytical Framework”, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 4:211-235. link [Open access] link [Accessible via UPSE network]
Becker, G. S. (1960), “An Economic Analysis of Fertility’, in Demographic and Economic Change in Developed Countries, NBER: Princeton University Press, pp. 209-321. link [Open access]
Becker, G. S. and Lewis, H. G. (1973). “On the Interaction between the Quantity and Quality of Children.” Journal of Political Economy 81: S279–288. link [Accessible via UPSE network]
Easterlin, R. (1975). “An Economic Framework for Fertility Analysis”, Studies in Family Planning 6(1):54-63. link [Accessible via UPSE network]
Boulier, B. L. and Mankiw, N. G. (1986), “An Econometric Investigation of Easterlin’s Synthesis Framework: The Philippines and the United States,” Population Studies, 40:473-486. [See e-Reserve database]
Hoffman, L. W. and Hoffman, M. L. (1973). “The Value of Children to Parents,” in J. T. Fawcett, ed., Psychological Perspectives on Population, pp. 19-26. [Print copy only]
Bulatao, R. A. (1979). “On the Nature of the Transition in the Value of Children,” Papers of the East-West Population Institute No. 60-A, East-West Center. link [Open access]
Bulatao, R. A. (1981). “Values and Disvalues of Children in Successive Child-Bearing Decisions,” Demography, 18:1-25. link [Accessible via UPSE network]
McNicoll, G. (1980). “Institutional Determinants of Fertility Change”, Population and Development Review, 6(3):441-462. link [Accessible via UPSE network]
Cain, M. (1983). “Fertility as an Adjustment to Risk“, Population and Development Review, 9(4):688-702. link [Accessible via UPSE network]
Salas, I. J. M. (2015). “Typhoons, child mortality, and excess fertility in a disaster-prone country” Latest version available online at j.mp/Typhoons link [Open access]
Todaro, M. P. (1969). “A Model of Labor Migration and Urban Unemployment in Less Developed Countries”, American Economic Review, 60:183-193. link [Accessible via UPSE network]
Mincer, J. (1978). “Family Migration Decisions”, Journal of Political Economy, 86(5):749-766. link [Accessible via UPSE network]
Sell, R. and de Jong, G, (1978). “Towards a Motivational Model of Migration Decision Taking”, Journal of Population, 1(4).