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The Demographic Transition Model of Population History, 2002.
An overview of the definition and application of the 'Demographic Transition Model' (DTM) for predictiong population growth.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper is written about demographic transition model of population history. This paper shall try to weigh up whether the population ramification is adjudged on the basis of a particular model of tracing and predicting population growth and its history, called the 'Demographic Transition Model' (DTM). Along the way, the applicability of this model's general guidelines as it functioned in Europe in the 1750s, vis-a-vis as it has been functioning in the developing world since the 1950s will be given consideration.
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The Demographic Transition Model, 2002.
Defines and assesses the usefulness of the demographic transition as an analytical tool.
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The demographic transition model represents an attempt to develop a coherent synthesis of world population history over the course of recent centuries. As this paper will demonstrate, this conceptual model suffers from the drawback of all generalizations in that it fails to explain a variety of local or individual demographic divergences from the expected norm. However, while this failing is acceptable in that it is common to all generalizations and thus may be compensated for, a discussion of its relevance to the understanding modern population will demonstrate that there are so many exceptions to its conceptual rule that it becomes useless as an analytical tool in any respect.
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Demographic Transition, 2006.
This paper compares the demographic transitions of Japan, China, India and Africa and its effect on economic growth with specific reference to India.
6,400 words (approx. 25.6 pages), 18 sources, APA, $ 148.95
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This paper explains that, from the beginning of 21st century, the Demographic Transition Model, which uses population age structure, has become a more important factor than the traditional use of total population. The author points out that demographic transitions have significant impact on the age-distribution of the populations of the countries. Four ratios are important to this measurement: (i) Child Dependency Ratio; (ii) Old Dependency Ratio; (iii) Overall Dependency ratio and (iv) Ratio of Working Age Population to non-working-age population (between 15 & 64 years of age). The paper states that the quality of the working age population is more important than the sheer numbers; hence, without substantial achievement in the areas of health and education, the quality of the working-age population may decline and consequently, the growth will be adversely affected despite having larger proportion of working age population. Many Charts and Tables.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Demographic Transition Model
Population Neutralism
Mortality Rates
Fertility Rates
Population Rise
Demographic Dividend
Dependency Ratios
Dependency Ratios in Japan
Dependency Ratios in China
Dependency Ratios in India
Dependency Ratios in Africa
Economic Impacts of Demographic Changes and vice versa
Base-Level Position of Population, Rate of Fertility and Mortality
Education
Openness of the Economy
Other factors
Policy Environment
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"By shifting the age-structure of a population, a country's demographic transition can contribute to significant changes in its economy. Those changes occur because people's economic behavior -savings and investment- tends to vary predictably over their life-times . This is also called life-cycle theory model. Once age structure dynamics are introduced into an economic growth model, the countries obey the common principles of economic growth . These so called 'predictable ways' of shift in economic behavior have already been summarized in the beginning of the paper too (Page 3). Let us summarize the same. Let us assume that we have an economy that is growing at 2 or 3% per year. Let us call it the steady-state growth. The demographic burden transition creates a youth demographic burden initially. That baby boom drags down measured economic growth a bit, but when they reach the working-age, we have the accounting and behavioral effects-more savers and more workers and also higher labor force participation rates and more people earning to save because they think that they have to live longer. That leads to a bump in economic growth. But this bump abates when people reach older age."
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Demographics in the Chicano Population, 2007.
This paper examines statistics regarding the Chicano population in the United States.
788 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper considers several aspects of the growing Chicano population in America. The author presents numerous statistics about the growth of this population and the various causes for this growth. Additionally, the paper includes information regarding education and employment. The paper also considers policy-making regarding the welfare of the Mexican-American population. The author sees this as a primary concern in policy-making for the 21st century.
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" Public education and welfare are the other major issues for policy-making in the 21st century (Baker). Realistic allocations can be made only when based on true population composition. This is illustrated by a recent decision not to adjust the 1990 US Census Bureau statistics, which disproportionately omit US Latino-residents and, as a result, understate the population bases on which congressional representation and decisions on program funding are made. This kind of resistance has repeatedly resulted in an incomplete policy agenda and the formation of the appropriate and responsive management of demographic change. The fast-aging character of the American population places the burden of caring for the elderly on minorities and immigrants. Current and projected demographic patterns indicate that the economic success of the nation depends more and more on the fate of the growing Chicano population. Their education and welfare can, therefore, not be ignored by policymakers (Baker)."
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Transition Economies and Globalization, 2006.
A discussion regarding socialist economies that are in a transition from a controlled, centralized planning economic model to a decentralized capitalist economic model.
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This paper reviews the term "transition economies" which defines those socialist command economies that, in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, attempted a transition from a state controlled, centralized planning economic model to a decentralized capitalist economic model. The paper lists these transition economies as being Russia, Poland, China and Vietnam. Transition economies are generally classified under one of two categories: the shock model and the gradualism model. The paper further discusses how these categories refer to the rate of economic and political change in these societies during their transitional periods. States that applied the gradualism model include Poland and China, while the shock model is commonly applied to cases such as that of Russia.
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Human Population, 2005.
A discussion of the transitions of the human population.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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The paper analyses transitions among epidemiological, fertility and demographics within different regions of the world and with specific consequences, such as natural resources needed for survival for the human population. The paper concentrates on American society and examines its evolution from a society of disorganized individuals with no desire for political organization to become a distinct people. The contribution of human population mechanism behind modernization is defined.
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"Before the middle of the eighteen-century Americans had no mere thoughts of themselves as a distinct people. They had no prospect at all to act as one. There was no American government, no particular political organization in which all the colonies joined to administer their common concerns. There was not even a desire for such an organization apart from a few unconventional individuals. America, to the people who lived in it, was still a geographical region, not a casing of minds. As time progress, transformations and transitions exceeded and were analyzed conforming trial and error through human population mechanism behind modernization. In this research paper, I will define the transitions among epidemiological, fertility and demographics within different regions of the world and with specific consequences such as natural resources needed for survival for human population."
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Neo-Malthusianism and Demographics, 2002.
Discusses Neo-Malthusianism in relation to the Demographic Transition Theory.
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This paper will analyze neo-Malthusianism in the context of demographic transition theory and will argue that the problem of overpopulation may be far more complex than it appears to many.
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A Growing Population, 2001.
A look at demographic trends of the growing Hispanic population in the United States.
1,700 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper examines and analyzes demographic trends and indicators of the ever increasing Hispanic community in the United States. The assessment is that the community will be as large as the African-American community in the near future.
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"Researchers in demographics have persistently foretold that the rapidly growing Hispanic population would inevitably develop into the leading minority group in the United States. Updated data released from the 2000 census reveal that this belief is fast approaching actualisation. The data indicates that America?s Hispanic population grew by 58% during the 1990s, putting Hispanics practically equal with African Americans as the country?s biggest minority group. Most demographers predicted that the Hispanic population would equal or exceed African Americans by 2005. But that may occur sooner than initially anticipated. (Travierso, Maria., 2001, 1) How has this approaching dominance among minorities occurred and what does this mean to the U.S. population at large?"
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Population Control Trends in Asia, 2007.
An analysis of population controls trends in Asia and some programs that have been designed to address the need for population control in that region.
1,675 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper discusses the reasons that population controls in Asia are necessary and highlights some programs that have been designed to address the need. The paper also presents several case studies that show both successes and failures in the region's attempts at population control. Finally, the paper determines the overall population control trends to date and suggests future efforts that can build upon work that has already been done.
Table of Contents:
Needs for Population Control
Attempts as Birth Control
China and India
Southeast Asia
Bangladesh
Conclusions
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"The amazing economic development in countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore over the past fifty years has been accompanied by an intense interest on the part of governments in those nations in fertility issues. The nations experienced rapid population growth for much of the last century, but as much of that growth was driven by rapidly improved medical care and other aspects of development that worked to prolong life. The governments therefore implemented education policies designed to encourage people to wait until later in life to marry and to have fewer children. Such family planning worked to slow the fertility rates so that the population growths were slowed and eventually leveled. In other nations such as Vietnam and Laos, where economic development and education did not go hand in hand as expansively and rapidly, the population growth rates seem to have taken longer. This suggests that economic development can work to increase population, but that the growth can be curbed if it is coupled with social and education development, so that modernization is treated as a comprehensive program (Jones)."
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The Demographic Trends of AIDS and HIV, 2004.
A demographic analysis of the changes in the demographics of people who are becoming infected with AIDS and HIV and the reason for this change.
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This paper is a research into the current trends in HIV and AIDS in America, with the main focus on the demographics of people who are newly infected with the disease. Areas that are discussed include infection rates among various racial and age groups. The author also focuses on the growing sexual subculture with gay and bisexual minorities called the 'down low', which is changing the face of HIV and AIDS as many unsuspecting women are now getting HIV and AIDS from their husbands and boyfriends. Statistics are also provided to reinforce the fact that HIV and AIDS is changing its demographic path. Suggestions are also provided to help eliminate this impeding HIV and AIDS crisis.
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"HIV and AIDS have also increased in the Latino population. Approximately 40,000 people are infected with the HIV virus each year in the United States. 19 percent of these new cases are Latinos, even though they only comprise 13 percent of the population. HIV is the fourth leading cause of death for Latinos aged 25 to 44 in 2002. One factor that plays a role in this increase is that many people in the Latino community are in the United States illegally and are afraid to come forward for treatment and testing for fear of deportation. As a result of this fear, they are not as informed of the preventative measures that need to be taken to avoid being infected with HIV and AIDS. Another reason for this increase is the number of Latino men who are in prison and engaging in risky sexual activity while behind bars. They in turn infect their girlfriends or wives when they are released from prison. (Smith, 2004)."
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China's Population, 2002.
A discussion of population growth and economic development in China.
2,754 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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This paper discusses how China has confronted the issue of population growth. The writer gives a background to the economy and history of China, explaining that for four decades China engaged in population control planning. The connection is made between the population control and equilibrium in the economy. The author continues by examining economic growth rates and population growth, through demographic statistics. Finally, the paper highlights what policies the government have enacted or planned to. One example is the one child policy. In conclusion, the paper maintains that the population policies of China stem from economic reasons and that it is essential that they continue in order to sustain its future.
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"At the time of the Republic of China?s founding, the country had a population of 541.67 million in 1949 [Countries of the World, 01-01-1991]. Today, according to the World Bank report [2002], China?s population is estimated at 1,261.1 million people.
What made China the focus of the world community is the fact that the country had been struggling for decades to eradicate a multitude of social economic ills, including high illiteracy, water and sewage problems, financial market downturns, inaccessibility to funds for social development as well as no means of economic development in terms of empowerment of its people. As a result of this, the country not only faced low GDP, income and employment level but it was also facing population growth".
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Child Population and Female Literacy, 2003.
Examines the negative relationship between female literacy and population growth in two Indian states.
6,550 words (approx. 26.2 pages), 25 sources, MLA, $ 150.95
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This paper studies the effect of female literacy on population growth. Using the 2SLS model, this paper establishes a negative relationship between the two. A comparative analysis of the two states of India, Bihar and Kerala, reveals the same trend. However, the paper brings out the subtle differences in the social ethos of these states. The paper distinctly establishes the dominant role of female literacy in population control and recommends suitable priorities to public policy planners
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Literature Review
Population Theories and Economic Growth
Human Capital and Endogenous Growth Models
Which Factors Influence Population Growth
The Dominant Factor Debate
The Religious Factor Debate
The ?Traditional? Factor Debate
Data and Methodology
District Level Macro Analysis Methodology
Block Level Micro Analysis Methodology
Findings
The District Level Macro Findings
Analysis by Each Variable
Block Level Micro Findings
The Spatial Analysis and the ?Patna Puzzle??
Conclusion and Policy Recommendations
References
End Notes
Appendices
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"The past decade (1991-2001) has been a watershed for India in more ways than one. While this decade saw the boldest economic reforms in India?s history making it possible to emerge from the Hindu Rate of Growth, the decade also witnessed the sharpest decline in population growth (2.52% points, See Chart 1) coupled with the sharpest increase in female literacy (14.87% points) since Independence. A somewhat similar feat was achieved by the Indian State of Bihar for the period 1991-1997 where it registered a high literacy growth with the sharpest expected decadal decline in population growth (1.68% points) . Unfortunately, after 1997, unprecedented political instability led to the State slipping on these indices so much so that it finally registered a dismal performance on both the fronts of female literacy (lowest in the country) and population growth ( 2.8%, which is higher than the national average of 2.1%) for the entire decade (1991-2001) taken as a whole. An exceedingly good performance in this area (both at the national level and the State level) has prompted me to explore whether literacy (particularly female literacy) carries a more direct bearing on population control than other methods such as mass media campaigns, family planning, and sterilization."
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U.S. Population Control, 2006.
This paper argues against the institution of population control in the United States.
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This paper argues that there are three very valid reasons why the U.S. should not engage in any activity that limits population: (1) The world's growth rate is slowing and there is a vast difference between "population control" and family planning; (2) the idea of population control may be racially and ethnically motivated and, (3) more morally important, the government has absolutely no right to control conception or birth much as Communist China has done in its two-children family regulations. The author questions who would be selected or appointed to head such a Population Control mandate were it ever to come to pass and who would do the appointing? The paper supports population protection and education but never population control.
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"In a now infamous and declassified document issued under the signature of Henry Kissinger in 1974, he sent a memorandum to the Secretaries of Defense, Agriculture, the Director of the CIA, the Deputy Secretary of State and the Administrator for the Agency for International Development, stating that "The President has directed a study of the impact of world population growth on U.S./ Security and overseas interests..." It is the first known document that spells out the fear of some American politicians for world over-population, not so much what it would do to those nations, but how over-population might harm the "interests" of America."
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The Rapid Population Debate, 2006.
This essay summarizes in the debates between population "pessimists" and "optimists" over the last 200 years, including the main causes and consequences of population growth in Asia and Africa over the last 500 years.
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This paper details the steady increase in the world's population in the last 100 years and explains how the advancement of modern medicine has allowed people to survive longer with cheaper, effective treatment. It explains that it is not just the West who can enjoy these benefits, many poorer countries have improved and more accessible healthcare, resulting in longer lifespan and improved reproduction.
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"This steady population growth has dramatic consequences on the world, some good, and some bad. The benefits of having more people on the planet means that there is a greater pool of labour, and we can see that it benefits big companies such as Nike who set up sweat shops in countries in Asia and Africa and who exploit the large number of unemployed people. But one of the biggest criticisms of having a large population is the environmental impact it has on the planet, having more people in the world leads to more demand of resources, some of which are depleting rapidly."
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The Threat of Over-Population, 2007.
A look at the problem of over-population, focusing on how it presents itself as a threat to the well being of the environment.
2,541 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 77.95
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This paper discusses how population growth presents one of the largest challenges to the environment of any of the potential problems human beings pose towards nature. It looks at how the problem of over-population presents itself in a variety of different forms such as air pollution, chemical dumping and the greenhouse effect. It argues that we must work together as a global community and as nations individually to promote positive methods of producing responsible population stabilization, and in some cases negative population growth.
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Introduction
The Problems of Population Growth
Global Solutions for Population Growth
Conclusion
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"Population growth must be considered as an exponential increase rather than a linear increase. A liner increase is when a number is added to the previous number to create a larger number. Exponential increase multiplies instead of adding the new number to the previous number. Population growth moves in this pattern because of the natural reproduction of families. In traditional nuclear families with two and a half kids the growth should be about the same. However, if a couple has eight children, which is not totally unreasonable, the population of that family is now four times as large. In this way, population increases geometrically or exponentially. "
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