Social and Economic Impacts of U.S. Immigration

Bill Butz talks with Charles Hirschman about immigration and economics, cultural assimilation and community building, and the role of immigrants in the creation of American identity.

PRB senior demographer Carl Haub explains how "crude" birth rates, the total fertility rate, and replacement-level fertility rates are measured, and using examples from various countries, why these measures matter for public health and economic development.

The first Annual Malthus Lecture features Joel E. Cohenn's lecture, "Meat," in which he surveyed some of the demographic, economic, environmental, and cultural interactions between human and livestock populations and their implications for public policy.

Victoria Ebin shares highlights from a trip to Mali in which PRB invited journalists to take part in a study tour on family planning to provide more information on reproductive health to the Malian public.

Davidson Gwatkin, Senior Fellow at the Results for Development Institute provides evidence to support his claims about inequalities in health status and service availability, and suggests some strategic options for overcoming them.

PRB senior demographer Carl Haub dispels common population myths with facts.

PRB senior demographer Carl Haub shows how population pyramids give us a snapshot of a country's demographic profile.

PRB's 2009 World Population Data Sheet was released at a press briefing at the National Press Club, in Washington, DC, on Aug. 12, 2009. This year's theme is children and youth.

Every year, 265,000 mothers die in childbirth and 4.5 million children die before the age of 5 from preventable causes in sub-Saharan Africa. Three researchers addressed members of U.S. Congress on June 5, 2009, to discuss this topic.

Experts discussed the health effects of climate change on the world's growing urban population at the symposium "Climate Change and Urban Adaptation: Managing Unavoidable Health Risks in Developing Countries."

Jason Bremner discusses Ethiopia's Coalition for Integration of Population, Health, and Environment with Negash Teklu.

The Fred H. Bixby Forum, "The World in 2050: A Scientific Investigation of the Impact of Global Population Changes on a Divided Planet," focused on the impact of population growth and population on many factors.