Population Economics 01:220:477:01
Rutgers University, Professor Ira N. Gang, Email: gang at rutgers.edu Include 477 in the subject line
Lecture Schedule, Exam Dates, Readings, Problems, There is no warranty on the dates, order or topics.
Office Hours :  generally, Wednesday 3:00-4:00PM NJH 203 (CAC) or by appointment
Teaching Assistant : Jun Liu.  Office hours : Monday 11:20-12:20 in NJH 425 (CAC)
Prerequisites: Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Econometrics
4:30-5:50PM
Murray 212

Section 01 
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Please watch at appropriate points in material Watch Video: Hans Rosling on global population growth (10 Minutes); see SAKAI-->Resources-->Videos
Watch Video: Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes  (5 Minutes); see SAKAI-->Resources-->Videos
Watch Video: HansRosling_2007_480 Mort GDP (19 Minutes); see SAKAI-->Resources-->Videos
Watch Video: HansRosling_2009_480 HIV (11 Minutes); see SAKAI-->Resources-->Videos
Watch Video: Economics of Immigration, Crash Course (12 Minutes); see SAKAI-->Resources-->Videos or go  here:  CrashCourse
Watch Video: Migrant Express (44 Minutes); see SAKAI-->Resources-->Videos
Watch Video:  History of Census (mainly British, 7 Minutes); SAKAI-->Resources-->Videos
Watch Video: India's Census History (14 Minutes); SAKAI-->Resources-->Videos
Watch Video: Economics of Death (12 Minutes); see SAKAI-->Resources-->Videos
PART ONE POPULATION ECONOMICS OVERVIEW 1
Wednesday 22 Jan
Class 1
Objectives:  Introduction. The vocabulary.
Readings:
[01] Joseph A. McFalls Jr., “Population: A Lively Introduction, 5th Edition,” Population Bulletin 62, no. 1 (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, 2007). While it is not as lively as the title promises, it is a simple, straightforward introduction to the major concepts & measures used in population studies. You should study this article very carefully -- line by line.  Pay special attention to the figures & how to interpret them.
Review: 
Math Review http://www.mathcentre.ac.uk/
 
Monday 27 Jan
Class 2
Objectives:  Introduction. The vocabulary.
Readings:
[02-0]Alene Gelbard, Carl Haub, & Mary M. Kent, “World Population Beyond Six Billion,” Population Bulletin vol. 54, no. 1 (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, March 1999).  [03]Population Basics (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau)
Reference: 
[04]Arthur Haupt & Thomas T. Kane, PRB's Population Handbook, 5th Edition (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, 2004)
Reference:
Cool graphics on Aging Clocks
 
Wednesday 29 Jan
Class 3
Objectives:   The Demographic Transition
Readings:
[05-1]Demographic Transition:  An Historical Sociological Perspective [05-2]Timothy W. Guinnane, "The Historical Fertility Transition: A Guide for Economists," Journal of Economic Literature, 2011; [50-3]Bloom; [50-5]Clements; [50-10]Thakoor 50-14[]Young Continent
Exercise: On Wed., 21 Sept. we will review Exercise 1 [SAKAI->Resources->Handouts] in class. To benefit, please think about & work through each question.
 
Monday 03 Feb
Class 4
Objectives:  Mortality & Malthus
Readings:
[06]David Cutler, Angus Deaton & Adriana Lleras-Muney. “The Determinants of Mortality.”  The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Summer, 2006), pp. 97-120 [50-9]Looking Up
  
Wednesday 05 Feb
Class 5
Monday 10 Feb
Class 6
Objectives:  Fertility
Readings: 
[07]Warren C. Robinson. “The Economic Theory of Fertility Over Three Decades.” Population Studies, Vol. 51, No. 1 (Mar., 1997), pp. 63-74  [08]John Bongaarts. Demographic Consequences of Declining Fertility. Science 16 October 1998: Vol. 282. no. 5388, pp. 419 – 420. [50-9]Strange Case of Missing Baby [50-13]World Has Problem
Reference:
[09]OECD Demographic Correlations [http://stats.oecd.org/oecdfactbook/#]
  
Wednesday 12 Feb
Class 7
Monday 17 Feb
Class 8
Objectives:  Migration
Readings:
[10]Some Short Notes on Migration, tutor2u  [11]Does Germany Need More Migration?, HWWI
Reference:
[12]The Economics of Immigration: Theory & Policy by Örn B. Bodvarsson, Hendrik van den Berg - 2009 [13]Migration News
  
Wednesday 19 Feb
Class 9
Monday 24 Feb
Class 10
FIRST EXAM: Everything we have done so far, review relevant sample exam questions, etc.
PART TWO TOPICS 2
Wednesday 26 Feb
Class 11
Objectives:  Using Data
Readings: 
[14]Mark Mather, Kerri L. Rivers, & Linda A. Jacobsen, “The American Community Survey,” Population Bulletin 60, no. 3 (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, 2005).  [15] U.S. Census 2010 [50-7]Honey I Lost the Kids
Reference: [16] New York Times Immigration Map
 
Monday 02 Mar
Class 12
 
Wednesday 04 Mar
Class 13
Objectives:  Female Labor  Force Participation
Readings: 
[17]Saul D. Hoffman. “The changing impact of marriage & children on women’s labor force participation.” Monthly Labor Review.  February 2009, Vol. 132, No. 2   [34] Elizabeth Brainerd, "Uncounted Costs of World War II: The Effect of Changing Sex Ratios on Marriage & Fertility of Russian Women," March 2008 [50-8]Kinoshita
 
Monday 09 Mar
Class 14
Wednesday 11 Mar
Class 15
 
Saturday 14 March /
Sunday 22 March
SPRING BREAK
Monday 23 Mar
Class 16
Objectives:  Epidemics & Disease
Readings: 
[18]Ian R.H. Rockett, “Population & Health: An Introduction to Epidemiology,” 2d ed., Population Bulletin, vol. 54, no. 4 (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, December 1999). [19] "Plague & Economics." Economist. December 23, 1999. [20]Elizabeth Brainerd, “The Economic Effects of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic,” (with Mark Siegler, California State University, Sacramento), CEPR Discussion Paper 3791, November 2003.
 
Wednesday  25 Mar
Class 17
Objectives:  Missing Women
Readings: 
[21]Stephen J. Dubner & Steven D. Levitt. “The Search for 100 Million Missing Women: An economics detective story.” Slate. May 24, 2005.  [22]Tina Rosenberg. “The Daughter Deficit.” Times Magazine, Published: August 19, 2009 [22-1] Bride trafficking fuelled by India's gender imbalance _ Anu Anand _ Global development _ The Guardian [22-2] child_sex_ratio in India [50-2] 1.5 Million Missing Black Men
Exercise: We will review Exercise 2 today.
 
Monday 30 Mar
Class 18
Objectives: Child Labor
Readings:
[30]Examine web page on child labor at International Labor Organization; explore links. 
 
Wednesday 01 April
Class 19
SECOND EXAM: Everything we have done so far, review relevant sample exam questions, etc. Emphasis on material not covered in the first exam.

 
Monday 06 April
Class 20
Objectives: Human Trafficking
Resources:
[31-1]UN Report on Human Trafficking in India
 
Wednesday  08 April
Class 21
 
Monday 13 April
Class 22
Objectives:  Caste, Discrimination & Affirmative Action
Readings: 
[32] Economic & Political Weekly June 17, 2006
 
Wednesday 15 April
Class 23- WE WILL NOT MEET AS CLASS
WE WILL NOT MEET AS A CLASS TODAY
PART THREE MIGRATION TOPICS 3
Monday 20 April
Class 24
Objectives:  Labor Market Impacts of Immigrants
Readings:
[25]Immigration & the Labor Market: Theory, Evidence, & Policy By Will Somerville & Madeleine Sumption
 
Wednesday  22 April
Class 25
Objectives:  Labor Market Impacts of Immigrants
Readings:
[26]Thomas Bauer, Ira N. Gang & Gil S. Epstein. What are Migration Networks? (revised version published as "Measuring ethnic linkages among migrants" in: International Journal of Manpower, 2009, 30 (1+2), 56-69) [50-6]Economics Migration Systems
 
Monday  27 April
Class 26
Objectives:  Unauthorized Immigration
Readings:
[23]Jeffrey S. Passel & D’Vera Cohn. Trends in Unauthorized Immigration:Undocumented Inflow Now Trails Legal Inflow. Washington, DC: Pew Hispanic Center, October 2008
 
Wednesday 29 April
Class 27
Objectives:  Immigrants & New Jersey
Readings: 
[24]Ira N. Gang & Anne Morrison Piehl, Destination, New Jersey: How Immigrants Benefit the State Economy, Eagleton Institute, Rutgers University, December 2008
 
Monday 04 May
Class 28
Objectives:   Remittances
Readings:  
[27]Explore Migration Policy Institute webpages on remittances
 
Topics if Time Allows Objectives:   Refugees
Readings:  [50-1]When Migrants Spoil the Joke
 
Topics if Time Allows Objectives:  Marriage & Divorce  Readings: [33] Explore data available through US Census links on Marriage & Divorce Statistics
Objectives: 
Empowering Women in Agriculture  Watch: video on Ralitza Dimova's web page http://www.ralitzadimova.net/
Objectives:
Health & Population  Listen to: Real Costs of Gun Violence · Philip J. Cook, Duke University  Readings:[35-0] Angus Deaton Global Patterns of Income & Health  
Objectives:
Disease & Development  Readings: [35-1] [35-2] [35-3]
Objectives: Informal Economy  Readings:  [28] [29]
 
Friday 08 May
4:00-6:30PM Murray 212

FINAL EXAM: Comprehensive.  It will cover the entire semester's work,  Review sample exam questions, etc.  
Additional Material if you are interested International Migration Outlook 2016
Immigrants Not Taking US Jobs
Young Women in Rural India Chase Big-City Jobs
An economist’s view on migration & refugees
Responding to crises: What can we do? What’s next?