Demography of refugee and forced migration
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In memory of Professor Graeme Hugo (1946-2015) Abstract Refugee and other forced migrations have increased substantially in scale, complexity and diversity in recent decades. These changes have meant that traditional approaches to management and solution of refugee and other forced migration…
Public lecture - Evidence based policy: The value of longitudinal studies and administrative data linkage
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Britain is unique in the world in having a portfolio of national birth cohort studies that follow individuals from birth through childhood and into adult life. These studies, the first of which was established in 1946, have already been instrumental in providing evidence relevant to a wide range of…
Public lecture - Evidence based policy: The value of longitudinal studies and administrative data linkage
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Britain is unique in the world in having a portfolio of national birth cohort studies that follow individuals from birth through childhood and into adult life. These studies, the first of which was established in 1946, have already been instrumental in providing evidence relevant to a wide range of…
Measuring internal migration around the world
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Migration shapes human settlement and plays an essential role in human development, but while progress has been made in measuring international migration, internal migration statistics (movements within countries) remain poorly developed. This paper reports results from the IMAGE project (…
The role of the Chinese government in the reconstruction of people's livelihoods after the Wenchuan earthquake: A case study of Beichuan
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The Wenchuan earthquake in 2008 was the most destructive and wide spread major earthquake disaster in modern Chinese history, and the issues of reconstruction after the disaster are the subject of much research. One of the most important issues following the earthquake has been the reconstruction…
Defining demography and population studies
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This paper is a very belated attempt to update the first part of Chapter 1 of the second (1994) edition of textbook Beginning Population Studies. In spite of the title of the book, the 1994 Chapter is entitled 'The Scope of Demography'. An earlier effort at an update is available on the ADSRI…
The decline of fertility in Tasmania, 1860 to 1914: Qualitative insights
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This is a PhD final seminar. Helen Moyle is a PhD Candidate in ADSRI.