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Internal Migration And Socio-Economic Development: Implications and Development

By PAA Web posted 9 days ago
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Internal Migration And Socio-Economic Development: Implications and Development ; Quantum Discovery Literary Agency. Sandiego, CA, USA. Author Prabhakara Narasandra This book is about Internal migration and economic development. In recent years, several changes in India are likely to have impacted on the pattern and pace of migration. The pattern of growth in the last two decades has steadily widened the gap between agriculture and non-agriculture and between rural and urban areas, and it has steadily concentrated in a few areas and a few states. The growing spatial inequalities in economic opportunities must have necessarily also impacted on the ...

NICHD Advisory Council Meeting Highlights Future of Families and Child Well Being Study

By PAA Web posted 06-11-2024
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The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Advisory Council met on June 3 to receive updates regarding the Institute’s research activities and to review grant applications slated for award. A major theme of this meeting was data science. Dr. Matthew Salganik and Dr. Kathy Edin, both from Princeton University, were invited to deliver “The Unpredictability of Life Outcomes: Evidence from the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS).” Their remarks addressed the survey’s design and contents and how social scientists use FFCWS data to answer questions regarding the impact of familial, social, and ...

Demography Article Is Finalist for Kanter Award for Excellence in Work–Family Research

By PAA Web posted 06-11-2024
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“ Gender Inequality Reinforced: The Impact of a Child’s Health Shock on Parents’ Labor Market Trajectories ,” by Maria Vaalavuo, Henri Salokangas, and Ossi Tahvonen, has been named as a finalist for the Kanter Award . The award raises awareness of excellent work–family research, fosters debate about standards of excellence, identifies the “best of the best” studies on which to base future research, and outlines specific implications of the research for work–life and human resource professionals. Named in honor of Rosabeth Moss Kanter, who has been identified as the most influential contributor to modern literature on work ...

White House Issues Blueprint for Use of Social and Behavioral Science in Policymaking

By PAA Web posted 06-11-2024
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Thanks to our membership in COSSA , we can provide you this update. Last month, the White House released a report promoting better use of social and behavioral science research in evidence-based policymaking across the federal government. This document places a long-overdue spotlight on the social and behavioral sciences and their utility in addressing some of the country's most pressing challenges. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released the Blueprint for the Use of Social and Behavioral Science to Advance Evidence-Based Policymaking in May. The blueprint is the product of nearly two years of work by social ...

In Memoriam: Karen Oppenheim Mason

By PAA Web posted 05-30-2024
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Karen Klaber Oppenheim Mason died peacefully at home on April 11, 2024. Her son, David, and her husband of 30 years, John Sibert, were with her. She was 81 years old. Karen was PAA president in 1997. She received PAA’s Harriet Presser award in 2011 honoring her career-long contributions to the study of gender and demography. This professional recognition is matched by Karen’s leadership in breaking down institutional and informal barriers to women’s opportunities in academia and in “real” life. Karen drifted (her word) into demography. She attended Reed College on a scholarship. There she took classes in sociology from John Pock, who taught several cohorts ...

2024 PAA Officers Election Slate of Nominees

By PAA Web posted 05-14-2024
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The Nominations Committee is pleased to put forward the following slate for the 2024 PAA Election. The Nominations Committee includes Kara Joyner, University of Texas, San Antonio, Ellis Monk, Harvard University, and Zhenmei Zhang, Michigan State University. PAA members will receive a ballot in their e-mail inbox this summer. President (2 for 1 position) Marcia Carlson, University of Wisconsin – Madison Susan Short, Brown University Vice President (2 for 1 position) Sarah Burgard, University of Michigan Rob Warren, University of Minnesota Nominations Committee (6 for 3 positions) Jenifer Bratter, Rice University ...

Action Alert: Contact Your U.S. House Rep Before Friday

By PAA Web posted 04-29-2024
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As you may know, Congress is in the early stages of negotiating the 12 appropriations bills that will fund all Federal agencies in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. Rank and file members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate are currently identifying and communicating their funding priorities to the Appropriations Subcommittees in both chambers. The Dear Colleague letter is an important tool that members of Congress use to garner widespread support and deliver a united spending request on behalf of a Federal agency or program. The House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees that have jurisdiction over specific agencies and programs receive ...

Response to Member Plagiarism Accusation

By PAA Web posted 03-27-2024
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As many of you may already know, last week activist Christopher Rufo reported online that an “anonymous” plagiarism complaint against PAA member Christina Cross had been filed at Harvard. PAA repudiates the targeted bullying of junior scholars of color in academia. Strong statements of support by the P.I.’s of the PSID and the Journal of Marriage and Family (the data source and publication outlet of Cross’ research in the complaint) further repudiate the plagiarism claim, and are posted on our website . Please reach out to me or PAA staff if you observe similar complaints or targeted harassment of PAA members or their scholarship. We stand with you. Jennifer ...

Population Scientists Take to Capitol Hill for 2024 Advocacy Day

By PAA Web posted 03-07-2024
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On March 5, the Population Association of America (PAA), in collaboration with the Association of Population Centers (APC), sponsored its 2024 Advocacy Day in which population scientists from 12 states conducted almost 60 meetings with key congressional staff. The delegation included Dr. Lisa Berkman, 2023 PAA President, and Dr. Jennie Brand 2024 APC President, and invited scientists from targeted states and congressional districts, including Texas, California, Alabama, Wisconsin, Louisiana and New York. The purpose of the meetings was to inform congressional offices about population research activities and advances that are directly and indirectly ...

Call for Nominations to PAA Leadership

By PAA Web posted 02-22-2024
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PAA is led by members who volunteer their time and expertise to guide the organization and meet the needs of our field. Let's take advantage of the diverse perspectives and expertise of our membership by nominating yourself or a colleague for a PAA leadership position. PAA Secretary-Treasurer Search is Open Michelle Frisco, our current Secretary-Treasurer, will end her term on June 30, 2024. PAA is seeking candidates to assume the office for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2024. A Secretary-Treasurer needs a good head for numbers, good organizational skills, and, most important, a willingness to serve as an officer of the PAA. The Secretary-Treasurer ...

Moving within Border: Addressing the Potentials and Risks of Mass Migrations in Developing Countries

By PAA Web posted 01-29-2024
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Moving within Border: Addressing the Potentials and Risks of Mass Migrations in Developing Countries This book highlights the attention that policymakers, activists, and the public should pay to internal migration. Although prominent research has analyzed particular types of internal migration, especially urbanization and internally displaced persons (IDPs), the narrow scope of existing studies cannot capture the overlaps of motivation and circumstances that pose serious policy dilemmas. The book is distinctive in examining the full range of modes and motives of internal migration: state-sponsored or unsponsored, coerced or voluntary, land-seeking or ...

John Edwin Knodel (1940-2024)

By PAA Web posted 01-23-2024
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One of the Population Association of America’s (PAA) most steadfast supporters, one of demography’s most productive scholars, and one of his generation’s most generous mentors, Professor John E. Knodel, died on January 10, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, from aspiration pneumonia and congestive heart failure. He was 83 years old. John was born on July 25, 1940, in Mt. Vernon, New York, to Henry and Edna Knodel. John had one sibling, Richie, who died in 2005. John’s first marriage, to Erica Wesseling, ended in divorce in 1984. John was married to his second wife, Chanpen Saengtienchai, from 1992 until his death. John had no children. When ...

Health and Medical Geography in Africa – Methods, Applications and Development Linkages

By PAA Web posted 11-14-2023
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Yemi Adewoyin, University of Nigeria, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Published by Springer Through its direct and indirect impacts on labour productivity, population health and wellbeing matter for the social and economic development of households and national economies. Yet, health is not uniform in space. And so is development. Comparatively on many health and development indicators, Africa fairs poorly. The variation in health may present as differences in the occurrence and spread of diseases, the distribution of and access to healthcare facilities, and/or in health outcomes among the population. Reasons for these ...

Socio-Demographic Perspectives on the Covid-19 Pandemic

By PAA Web posted 10-10-2023
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Socio-Demographic Perspectives on the Covid-19 Pandemic , ed. David A Swanson and Richard R. Verdugo (Information Age Publishing, 2023) This exciting new volume undertakes socio-demographic analyses of four major topics surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic: Data Issues; Statistical Modeling; Analyses; and Policy Concerns. Regarding Data Issues, three chapters cover topics about obtaining reliable information; the production of summary statistics and using the geometric mean; and the importance of using a demographic framework in better understanding the COVID-19 pandemic. Statistical modeling is a second topic, and is covered by three chapters. The ...

2023 PAA Election Results

By PAA Web posted 08-29-2023
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Congratulations to the new PAA officers and board and committee members. Thank you to the members who voted in this election, and a huge thank you to all candidates who were willing to participate. All terms begin January 1, 2024, except for the Nominations Committee (terms begin immediately). President-elect Irma Elo, University of Pennsylvania Vice President-elect Kyle Crowder, University of Washington Board of Directors Magali Barbieri, University of California at Berkeley Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, University of California, Los Angeles Juanita Chinn, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health ...

PAA 2024 Call for Papers

By PAA Web posted 08-15-2023
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We welcome your submissions for the PAA 2024 Annual Meeting and look forward to a full and rigorous scientific conference next spring in Columbus, Ohio! PAA currently has no plans for a hybrid conference and sessions will be in-person in Columbus. The Call for Papers is now available. The submissions website will open on August 21. Please note a few important items: All accepted presenters will be required to register for the conference by February 5, 2024. Unfortunately, PAA cannot accommodate schedule requests; if your paper or poster is accepted, it could be scheduled any time between Thursday, April 17 and Saturday, April 20. Please note ...

Undergraduate Programming at PAA 2023

By PAA Web posted 05-01-2023
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With generous support from the W.T. Grant Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, two groups of current/recent undergraduates participated in the PAA 2023 Annual Meeting! Coordinated by PAA’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee (chaired by Tyson Brown, Duke University) and Executive Director Danielle Staudt, the Undergraduate Pipeline Program brought undergraduates from around the southwest region and beyond for a pre-meeting workshop that included an introduction to the field of demography and careers in population research, as well as information about applying to and succeeding in graduate school. The students met with PAA leadership ...

2023 Nominees for PAA Offices

By PAA Web posted 02-14-2023
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The Nominating Committee is pleased to put forward the following slate for the 2023 PAA Election. The Nominating Committee is comprised of Pamela Herd (Georgetown University), Hedwig Lee (Washinton University Saint-Louis) and Jenny Trinitapoli (University of Chicago). President Irma Elo, University of Pennsylvania James Raymo, Princeton University Vice President Kyle Crowder, University of Washington Jeremy Freese, Stanford University Board Michael Bader, Johns Hopkins University Magali Barbieri, University of California at Berkeley Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, University of California, Los Angeles Tim Bruckner, University of California, ...

Population Growth of Asians and Pacific Islanders in California: Causes and Consequences

By PAA Web posted 01-24-2023
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by Prabhakara Narasandra (Publish America, 2021). California has been the most populous state in the United States since the 1970 census, when the population of California exceeded that of New York. During the past decade, Latinos and Asians accounted for virtually all of California’s population growth. During the past two decades, the majority of population growth in California has come from natural increase rather than migration, even though fertility rates in the state have been at or near the replacement level of 2.1 children per woman for the past ten years. This overall stability in the total fertility rate hides an increase in birth rates for women ...

David Swanson Elected as Fellow of Mississippi Academy of Sciences

By PAA Web posted 01-17-2023
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PAA member (and frequent PAA Affairs contributor) David Swanson was recently elected as a fellow of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences . This illustrious position recognizes his tremendous professional achievements and services and is awarded for life. Congratulations to Dr. Swanson! #announcements #call-for-applications