OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Population and Development Review is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
The Transformation of Polygyny in Sub‐Saharan Africa	188
Claire L.WendlandPartial Stories: Maternal Death from Six AnglesUniversity of Chicago Press, 2022, 356 p., $35.00.	83
Demographic Systems of Medieval Italy (6th–15th century AD)	77
JeffGoodellThe Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched PlanetLittle Brown and Company, 2023, 400 p., $29.00	72
ClaudiaFinotelli and IrenePonzo (Eds.) Migration Control Logics and Strategies in Europe: A North‐South ComparisonSpringer International, 2023, xiv + 340 p., $59.99 (Open Access online).	70
Senderowicz and Maloney (2022): Comment, Rejoinder, and Erratum	62
The Potential of Internal Migration to Shape Rural and Urban Populations Across Africa, Asia, and Latin America	41
Changes in Literacy Skills as Cohorts Age	33
Does Family Structure Account for Child Achievement Gaps by Parental Education? Findings for England, France, Germany and the United States	31
Issue Information	30
Beyond Stocks and Surges: The Demographic Impact of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population in the United States	27
Declining Family Support, Changing Income Sources, and Older People Poverty: Lessons from South Korea	22
Economic Foundations of Contraceptive Transitions: Theories and a Review of the Evidence	21
A Note from the New Editors	19
Issue Information	19
Survey Estimates of Sexual Orientation in the United States	19
LucasChancel, ThomasPiketty, EmmanuelSaez, GabrielZucman, et al. World Inequality Report 2022World Inequality Lab, 2021, 234 p., Open Access	18
Comparisons of Global Population Projections	17
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The Demography of Crisis‐Driven Outflows from Venezuela	17
ACKNOWLEDGMENT	16
Fertility Intentions During the Covid‐19 Pandemic: An Analysis of Individual‐ and Municipality‐Level Determinants	16
Societal Pessimism and the Transition to Parenthood: A Future Too Bleak to Have Children?	15
On Population and the International Order	15
VaclavSmilHow the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and FuturePenguin, 2022, 325 p., $28.00.	15

KyleHarperPlagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human HistoryPrinceton University Press, 2021, 686 p., $35.00.	13
Estimates of Excess Mortality Attributable to Covid‐19	13
VolhaCharnyshUprooted: How Post‐WWII Population Transfers Remade EuropeCambridge University Press, 2025. 320 p., $35.99.	11
Familial Deaths and First Birth	11
WilliamNordhuasThe Spirit of Green: The Economics of Collisions and Contagions in a Crowded WorldPrinceton University Press, 2021, 368 p., $29.95	10
Maternal Free Time: A Missing Element in Fertility Studies	10
Editors' Note	10
The US Council of Economic Advisers on Changing Female Labor Force Participation	10
Remittances‐Adjusted Support Ratio	10
The 2022 UN Long‐Range Population Projections	9
Climate Change and Human Mobility: Considering Context, Mechanisms, and Selectivity	9
ScottRozelle and NatalieHellInvisible China: How the Urban‐Rural Divide Threatens China's RiseUniversity of Chicago Press, 2022, 241 p., $19.00 (paper)	9
Issue Information	9
A Novel Macro Perspective on Family Dynamics: The Contribution of Partnership Contexts of Births to Cohort Fertility Rates	9
The Journey of Humanity by Oded Galor: A Review Essay	9
Sensitivity Analysis of Excess Mortality due to the COVID‐19 Pandemic	9
Human Population and the Biosphere	8
Birth Intention Status and Infant Mortality: Fixed‐Effects Analysis of 60 Countries	8
Budapest Declaration on the Demographic Renewal of Europe	8
Neighborhood Trust, Cohesion, and Diversity: How Demographic Patterns and Processes Shape Their Relationships	8
“Supply‐Side Versus Demand‐Side Unmet Need: Implications for Family Planning Programs”: A Comment	8
Supply‐Side Versus Demand‐Side Unmet Need: Implications for Family Planning Programs	8
Paul R.EhrlichLife: A Journey through Science and PoliticsYale University Press, 2023, 395 p., $30.00	8
The Long‐Term Development of the Mortality Gradient: Socioeconomic Differences in Adult Life Span of Swedish Cohorts 1841–1920	8
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Halford Mackinder on the Heartland of Eurasia	8
Teen Unions and Intimate Partner Violence in South America	7
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Fifty Years of Population and Development Review: Shifting Research Themes, Authorship, and Academic Impact in Comparative Perspective	7
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Tropical Storms and Temporary Migration in Vietnam	6
Intergenerational Educational Mobility During the Twentieth Century	6
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Rethinking Global Food Demand for 2050	6
The Consequences of the COVID‐19 Pandemic for Fertility and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Spanish Birth Registers	6
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EdwardPaiceYouthquake: Why African Demography Should Matter to the WorldHead of Zeus, 2021, 411 p., $9.65.	6
Declining Quantity and Quality of Births in Chile amidst the COVID‐19 Pandemic	6
Demographic Prospects of Niger through 2050: A UN Case Study	6
The Gendered Impacts of Partnership and Parenthood on Paid Work and Unpaid Work Time in Great Britain, 1992–2019	5
Revisiting Women's Empowerment and Contraception	5
Correlates of Contemporary Gender Preference for Children in South Korea	5
The Last Bastion is Falling: Survey Evidence of the New Family Reality in Italy	5
Theories of Postindustrial Fertility Decline: An Empirical Examination	5
Smith or Malthus? A Sea‐Change in the Concept of a Population	5
Women's Legal Rights and Gender Gaps in Property Ownership in Developing Countries	5
Impacts of the COVID‐19 Lockdown on Gender Inequalities in Time Spent on Paid and Unpaid Work in Singapore	5
Rising Female‐Headed Households: Shifts in Living Arrangements or Heightened Gender Symmetry?	5
Editors’ Note	4
Palgrave on Population	4

Did the COVID‐19 Pandemic Affect Fertility Desires in Australia? Understanding Why People Changed Their Attitudes towards Having a First or Additional Child	4
NailaKabeerRenegotiating Patriarchy: Gender, Agency and the Bangladesh ParadoxLSE Press, 2024, 358 p. https://doi.org/10.31389/lsepress.rpg	4
Jade S.SasserClimate Anxiety and the Kid Question: Deciding Whether to Have Children in an Uncertain FutureOakland, CA: University of California Press, 2024. 170 pp.	4
Yang SaoXiongImmigrant Agency: Hmong American Movements and the Politics of Racialized IncorporationRutgers University Press, 2022, 198 p., $29.95 (paper)	4
Progress Stalled? The Uncertain Future of Mortality in High‐Income Countries	4
Trends and Decomposition of Changes in Mortality in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries, 1950–2019	4
Revolving Doors: How Externalization Policies Block Refugees and Deflect Other Migrants across Migration Routes	4
Data and Trends in Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia, and Some Related Demographic Issues	4
WHO Global and Regional Estimates of Infertility	4
RawanArar and David ScottFitzGeraldThe Refugee SystemPolity, 2022, 272 p., $26.95	4
Does the Labor Force Participation of Married Female Immigrants Decrease in a Low Female LFP Host Country? Evidence From Japan	4
Foreword	4
Giorgia Meloni on Italy's Demographic Challenge	3
The Formation and Realization of Fertility Goals Among a US Cohort in the Post‐Recession Years	3
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The Effect of Maternal Education on Child Mortality in Bangladesh	3
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Child Death and Mothers’ Subsequent Mental Health in a High‐Mortality African Community	3
Windows of Vulnerability: Consequences of Exposure Timing during the Dutch Hunger Winter	3
John RennieShortDemography and the Making of the Modern World: Public Policies and Social ForcesNewcastle upon Tyne: Agenda Publishing, 2024. 171 pp.	3
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Mental Health in China: Social Change in Life Course Trajectories	3
The Missing Millions: Uncovering the Burden of Covid‐19 Cases and Deaths in the African Region	3
Fertility Transitions in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: The Role of Preferences	3
Editors' Note on Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Celebrating 50 Years of Population and Development Review	3
Securitization and Forced Migration in Kenya: A Policy Transition from Integration to Encampment	3
HeinDe Haas, How Migration Really Works: A Factful Guide to the Most Divisive Issue in Politics, Basic Books, 2023. 464 p., $35.00.	3
Global Gender Gaps in the International Migration of Professionals on LinkedIn	3
AhmedElsayed and DavidLamLabour Markets in Low‐Income CountriesOxford University Press, 2021, 256 p., Open Access.	3
Evolving Fertility Goals and Behaviors in Current U.S. Childbearing Cohorts	3
No End to Hypergamy when Considering the Full Married Population	2
COVID‐19 Policy Interventions and Fertility Dynamics in the Context of Pre‐Pandemic Welfare Support	2
Paul Demeny: An Appreciation	2
Digital Trace Data and Demographic Forecasting: How Well Did Google Predict the US COVID‐19 Baby Bust?	2
The Childhood Origins of Climate‐Induced Mobility and Immobility	2
Issue Information	2
Disability and Education in Ghana: Intersections With Sex and Location	2
Pandemic Roller‐Coaster? Birth Trends in Higher‐Income Countries During the COVID‐19 Pandemic	2
Women's Low Employment Rates in India: Cultural and Structural Explanations	2
Conceptualizing and Measuring the Contribution of Assisted Reproductive Technologies to Fertility Rates	2
Henry Pratt Fairchild on the Restriction of Immigration	2
Mortality Convergence in Europe? Spatial Differences in Life Expectancy Gains Between 1995 and 2019	2
Globalization and Gender‐Specific Patterns in Individual Fertility Decisions	2
The Biden Administration on Climate Migration	2
Dimensions of Environmental Attitudes and General Fertility Ideals	2
Issue Information	2
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The Next 2 Billion: Can the World Support 10 Billion People?	1
Not Even a Pandemic Makes Them Change Their Family Plans: The Impact of COVID‐19 on Fertility Intentions in Austria	1
Emmanuel Macron on the EU's Control of Its External Borders	1
Does Inequality Have Momentum? The Implications of Convex Inequality Regimes for Mortality Dynamics	1
“It's None of Their Damn Business”: Privacy and Disclosure Control in the U.S. Census, 1790–2020	1
Fertility in a Pandemic: Evidence from California	1
COVID‐19 and Childlessness among Women in the United States	1
COVID‐19 and Contraceptive Use in Two African Countries: Examining Conflicting Pressures on Women	1
The Concentration of Reproduction During the Fertility Transition in Developing Countries	1
DustinWhitneyDemographic Deception: Exposing the Overpopulation Myth and Building a Resilient FutureAdvantage Books, 2023, 148 p., $29.99.	1
Scaling Up Perinatal Care: Health Benefits for Infant Survival in High‐Burden Countries	1
Refugee Inflow and Labor Market Outcomes in Brazil: Evidence from the Venezuelan Exodus	1
Development and International Migration: The Effect of Income on Regular and Irregular Migration Intentions to Europe	1
ClaudiaGoldinCareer and Family: Women's Century‐Long Journey Toward EquityPrinceton University Press, 2021, 325 p., $27.95	1
Dynamics between Regional Sex Ratios at Birth and Sex Ratios at Prime Marriageable Ages in China	1
Population Aging, Demographic Metabolism, and the Rising Tide of Late Middle Age to Older Adult Loneliness Around the World	1
The Impact of COVID‐19 on Abortions in Spain	1
Short‐ and Medium‐Term Effects of Parental Separation on Children's Well‐Being: Evidence from Uruguay	1
MichaelWoolcockInternational Development: Navigating Humanity's Greatest Challenge Polity, 2023, 200 p. $64.95.	1
Can Policies Stall the Fertility Fall? A Systematic Review of the (Quasi‐) Experimental Literature	1
Reconsidering the Relationship Between Educational Hypogamy and Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from India	1
Spousal Agreement on Sex Preferences for Children and Gender Gaps in Children's Education	1
Trends in Completed Fertility by Educational Field: Swedish Men and Women Born 1946–1975	1
How Family Dynamics Shape Income Inequality Between Families With Young Children: The Case of Sweden, 1995–2018	0
Shifting Parental Age Differences in High‐Income Countries: Insights and Implications	0
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Spatial Dependence of European Immigration Flows	0
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Climatic Variability and Internal Migration in Asia: Evidence from Big Microdata	0
Border Fences around the European Union	0
Rising Patriarchy and Declining Economic Opportunity: Life Courses and Social Change in Egypt between 1965 and 2018	0
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Climate Change and Food Security in Sub‐Saharan Africa	0
Alexde WaalNew Pandemics, Old Politics: Two Hundred Years of War on Disease and its AlternativesPolity Press, 2021, 256 p., $22.95	0
Resilience, Accelerated Aging, and Persistently Poor Health: Diverse Trajectories of Health in Malawi	0
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Births in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries during the COVID‐19 Pandemic	0
Demography: Fast and Slow	0
AndrewGeddesGoverning Migration beyond the State: Europe, North America, South America, and Southeast Asia in a Global ContextOxford University Press, 2021, 256 p., $100.00	0
Susan J.PearsonThe Birth Certificate: An American HistoryThe University of North Carolina Press, 2021, 392 p., $32.95	0
Individual Behaviors and Health Inequalities: Preterm Birth During the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Mexico	0
The Covid‐19 Pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean	0
Who Achieves Residential Independence? Living Arrangements of Never‐Married Young Adults in Urban China, 2003–2018	0
The EU–Tunisia Agreement on Curbing Irregular Migration	0
Family Policies in Low Fertility Countries: Evidence and Reflections	0
Forecasting Population in an Uncertain World: Approaches, New Uses, and Troubling Limitations	0
Peter Gaskell on the Effects of Mechanization on Labor	0
DAVIDROSNER AND GERALDMARKOWITZBuilding the Worlds That Kill Us: Disease, Death, and Inequality in American HistoryColumbia University Press, 2024, 408 p. $28.00.	0
Editors’ Note	0
A Holistic Approach to Family Life Course Change across 1930–1978 Chinese Birth Cohorts	0
The Meaning of Health in Rural South Africa: Gender, the Life Course, and the Socioepidemiological Context	0
AchimGoerres and PieterVanhuysse (Eds.) Global Political Demography: The Politics of Population ChangePalgrave Macmillan, 2021, 459 p., Open Access	0
Income Inequality and Increasing Dispersion of the Transition to First Birth in the Global South	0
Reconciling Family Aspirations and Paid Work in the European Union	0
Worlds in Motion Redux? Expanding Migration Theories and Their Interconnections	0
Internal Migration Over the Course of Urbanization in Developing Countries	0
Examining the Gender Equality–Fertility Paradox in Three Nordic Countries	0
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Single Motherhood and Multigenerational Coresidence in Europe	0
Children of Separation: An International Profile	0
COVID‐19 Pandemic and Women's Age at Marriage: New Evidence From India	0
Samuel Butler on Mechanical Life and the Human Future	0
Dynamics of Union Dissolution in Sub‐Saharan Africa	0
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	0
The Effect of Pronatalist Rhetoric on Women's Fertility Preferences in Turkey	0
Personal and Social Worries Associated with the Likelihood of Having Children	0
The Value of Cultural Similarity for Predicting Migration: Evidence from Food and Drink Interests in Digital Trace Data	0
Thomas Hodgskin on Populousness and Inventiveness	0
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Medically Assisted Reproduction and Partnership Stability	0
Nowcasting Daily Population Displacement in Ukraine through Social Media Advertising Data	0
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VegardSkirbekkDecline and Prosper! Changing Global Birth Rates and the Advantages of Fewer ChildrenPalgrave Macmillan, 2022, 396 p., $17.99.	0
MieNakachiReplacing the Dead: The Politics of Reproduction in the Postwar Soviet UnionOxford University Press, 2021, 348 p., $39.95.	0
Trends and Patterns of Global Refugee Migration	0
Lori M.Hunter, ClarkGray, JacquesVéron (Eds.) International Handbook of Population and EnvironmentSpringer, 2022. 518 p., $149.00	0
Jonathan Swift on People and Poverty	0
Female Labor Force Participation in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Cohort Analysis	0
Gender Asymmetries in Cross‐National Couples	0
On the Health Impacts of Climatic Shocks: How Heatwaves Reduce Birthweight in Sub‐Saharan Africa	0
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Societal Upheaval and the Contraceptive Transition	0
Trends in Living Arrangements Around the World	0
JohnBongaarts and DennisHodgsonFertility Transition in the Developing WorldSpringer, 2022, 150 pp., Open Access	0
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Health Transitions and the Rise of Modern Contraceptive Prevalence: Demand, Access, and Choice	0
Large and Persistent Life Expectancy Disparities between India's Social Groups	0
Six Ways Population Change Will Affect the Global Economy	0
Witnessing Intimate Partner Violence Impacts Schooling and Labor Market Outcomes for Young Women in India	0
Henry Kissinger on Population and National Security	0
Erratum	0
It Takes a Village: Childcare and Women's Paid Employment in India	0
Karl Mannheim on the Problem of Generations	0
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CORRIGENDUM	0
Conflict and Child Mortality in Mali: A Synthetic Control Analysis	0
KlaritaGërxhani, N.D.de Graaf, and WernerRaub (Eds.) Handbook of Sociological Science: Contributions to Rigorous SociologyEdward Elgar Publishing, 2021, 552 p., 22 out of the 26 Chapters are Open Acc	0
Charting New Courses to Adulthood in the Global South	0
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Fertility Desires and Contraceptive Transition	0
MichaelRodriguez‐MuñizFigures of the Future: Latino Civil Rights and the Politics of Demographic ChangePrinceton University Press, 2021, 312 p., $29.95	0
Change and Variation in U.S. Couples’ Earnings Equality Following Parenthood	0
Erratum	0
Understanding the Positive Effects of the COVID‐19 Pandemic on Women's Fertility in Norway	0
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The United Nations on Global Food Security	0
Fertility and Family Dynamics in the Aftermath of the COVID‐19 Pandemic	0
JasonFletcherBackdoor to a Dead End: A Review Essay¹The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality by Kathryn Paige Harden	0
Immigration Policies Proposed in the Major Party Platforms for the 2024 US Presidential Election	0
Interview with Executive Vice President of the China Birth Planning Association	0
Recognizing Identity Fluidity in Demographic Research	0
A Narrative Review of the Impact of Public Family Planning Policies and Programs on the Contraceptive Transition in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries	0
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JodyHeymann, AletaSprague, AmyRaubEquality Within Our Lifetimes: How Laws and Policies Can Close—or Widen—Gender Gaps in Economies WorldwideUniversity of California Press, 2023, 328 p., $34.95 (or fre	0
IPCC, 2023: Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report. IPCC, 184 p., doi: https://doi.org/10.59327/IPCC/AR6-9789291691647	0
HilaryCooper and SimonSzreterAfter the Virus: Lessons from the Past for a Better FutureCambridge University Press, 2021, 444 p., $16.95 (paper)	0
Impact of Tuition‐Free Education Policy on Child Marriage and Early Childbearing: Does Secondary Matter More?	0
Progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals, Halfway to 2030	0
Do Conditional Cash Transfers Reduce Fertility? Nationwide Evidence from Mexico	0
Children on the Move in China: Insights from the Census Data 2000–2020	0
Migration and Skewed Subnational Sex Ratios among Young Adults	0
Melissa S.KearneyThe Two Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling BehindUniversity of Chicago Press, 2023, 240 p., $25.00.	0
Disruptions in Educational Progress and Fertility Dynamics by Educational Level: Unraveling the Link between Education and Fertility Stalls in Sub‐Saharan Africa	0
GustafArrhenius, KristerBykvist, TimCampbell, and ElizabethFinneron‐Burns (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Population EthicsOxford University Press, 2022, 648 p., $150.00.	0
Rethinking City Population Growth: How Reclassification Matters	0
The UN's Pact for the Future and the Declaration on Future Generations	0