Reflections on the value of anthropology for population studies at Population and Development Review’s 50th anniversary
Population and Development Review’s 50th anniversary special issue is a fitting occasion to reflect on the value of anthropology for population studies. For decades, [...]
The Dynamics of Contraceptive Preferences: Insights from Kenyan Women
Contraceptive preferences play a crucial role in reproductive outcomes such as contraceptive continuation and pregnancy prevention. Current approaches to measuring reproductive preferences in population [...]
The Distinct–and Damaging–Impacts of Policies Externalizing Migration Control on Refugees and Other Migrants
Over the past three decades, migrant destination states of the Global North have increasingly sought to co-opt migrant origin/transit states of the Global South [...]
Puzzle Solved? The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Fertility
When the SARS-Cov-2 pandemic was officially declared in March 2020 and the world went into lockdown, demographers and the greater public alike speculated about [...]
The Persistence of Hypergamy
“No End to Hypergamy when Considering the Full Married Population,” our new article in Population and Development Review, upends existing understandings of how marriage [...]
Women Exposed to Community Violence have Earlier Relationships and Births in Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala
The transition from childhood to adulthood is a pivotal stage of human development with important consequences for the rest of people’s lives. Adverse conditions [...]
How Drought Impacts Women’s Reproductive Choices: Insights from Seventeen Countries
Drought, one of the most ubiquitous manifestations of climate change, has profound consequences on communities worldwide. In agrarian societies where people rely on agriculture for [...]
As Remittances Rise Sharply, We Need to Rethink Established Concepts of Demographic Support
International financial transfers have fallen in cost and become easier to access. We argue in “Remittances-Adjusted Support Ratio,” our new Population and Development Review [...]