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United States of America (Princeton) 63

POPULATION INDEX

SUMMER 1996 - VOLUME 62, NUMBER 2

97.63.1 - English - J. Edward TAYLOR, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis (U.S.A.), Joaquín ARANGO, Center for Sociological Studies, Madrid (Spain), Graeme HUGO, Department of Geography, University of Adelaide (Australia), Ali KOUAOUCI, Research and Evaluation Division, International Planned Parenthood Association, Arab World Regional Bureau, Tunis (Tunisia), Douglas S. MASSEY, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphie, PA 19104-6298 (U.S.A.), and Adela PELLEGRINO, Population Research Program, Faculty of Social Sciences, Montevideo (Uruguay)

International migration and national development (p. 181-212)

In this review, we examine theories, data, and research on the macroeconomic relationship between international migration and national development in all world regions. Earlier reviews have generally been pessimistic about the prospects for economic development as a result of international migration. Until recently, however, theories and data have not recognized the complex, multifaceted, and often indirect ways that international migration can influence the economic status of households, communities, and nations, and they have generally failed to appreciate how these relationships can change over time. When these complexities are incorporated into theoretical models, research designs, and data collection, a more nuanced and far more positive picture emerges. Given a supportive mix of macroeconomic policies and infrastructure, international migration may function as a dynamic force promoting economic growth and national development, so long as it does not bring about the selective emigration of scarce human capital needed for development at home. (INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSEHOLD, NATION, RESEARCH)

FALL 1996 - VOLUME 62, NUMBER 3

97.63.2 - English - J. Edward TAYLOR, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis (U.S.A.), Joaquín ARANGO, Center for Sociological Studies, Madrid (Spain), Graeme HUGO, Department of Geography, University of Adelaide (Australia), Ali KOUAOUCI, Research and Evaluation Division, International Planned Parenthood Association, Arab World Regional Bureau, Tunis (Tunisia), Douglas S. MASSEY, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphie, PA 19104-6298 (U.S.A.), and Adela PELLEGRINO, Population Research Program, Faculty of Social Sciences, Montevideo (Uruguay)

International migration and community development (p. 397-418)

A prior review published in this journal considered the consequences of international migration for national economic development. In this article we examine theories and research on the relationship between international migration and development at the community level. Once again we conclude that prior work has been unduly pessimistic about the prospects for development as a result of international migration, largely because it has failed to take into account the complex, often indirect ways that migration and remittances influence the economic status of households and the communities that contain them. (INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSEHOLD, LOCAL COMMUNITIES, RESEARCH)

WINTER 1996 - VOLUME 62, NUMBER 4

97.63.3 - English - Alberto PALLONI, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Center for Demography and Ecology, 4426 Social Science Building, Madison, WI 53706 (U.S.A.), e-mail : palloni@ssc.wisc.edu

Demography of HIV/AIDS (p. 601-652)

This paper has two goals. First, it provides an account of the current state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with special emphasis on the situation in the developing world, where the bulk of new cases is arising, and where the effects of the epidemic are likely to be most devastating. An attempt is made to evaluate forecasts and projections made during the past 10 to 15 years, and to examine the reasons for their relatively unsatisfactory performance. The second goal is to analyze the relation between the known characteristics of the epidemic, and the properties of the various demographic and epidemiological models that have been used to represent the spread of the virus. Some fault lines in these models are identified, and ways to improve them and apply them more effectively in the future outlined. (DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, AIDS, PROJECTIONS, MODELS, METHODOLOGY)

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