History: Special Edition Issues

The following Special Edition issues and their corresponding guest editor made particular contribution to the aims and scope of PRPR, as well as to the field of demography and population studies in general.  Special Edition issues of PRPR may be found and purchased at Springerlink.

1984-1990:

  • 1984. 3(1). “A Symposium on Local Growth Control.” Elizabeth W. Moen (Department of Sociology and Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder)
  • 1987. 6(2). “Mortality and Morbidity Research and Policy.” Charles B. Nam (Center for the Study of Population, Florida State University) and George C. Meyers (Center for Demographic Studies, Duke University).
  • 1989. 8(1). “Population Issues in Canadian Public Policy.” E. G. Moore (Department of Geography, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario).
  • 1990. 9(1). “Child Care and Public Policy.” David N. Beede (Department of Economics, Columbia University) and David E. Bloom (Department of Economics, Columbia University).

1990-2000:

  • 1995. 14(3). “Biosocial Models of Demographic Behavior.” Bob Weller (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda Maryland).
  • 1996. 15(5/6). “Applied Demography: Demography and Decision-Making.” Louis G. Pol (University of Nebraska).
  • 1997. 16(1/2). “Demography of American Indians and Alaska Natives.” Ronald R. Rindfuss (Department of Sociology and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), Gary D. Sandefur (Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison), and Barney Cohen (National Research Council, Washington, DC).

2001-2005:

  • 2001. 20(1/2). “High-Skilled Migration.” Thomas J. Espenshade (Princeton University) and Eui-Hang Shin (University of South Carolina).
  • 2002. 21(1/2). “Census 2000.” Judith Waldrop (U.S. Census Bureau Washington, DC) and John F. Long (U.S. Census Bureau Washington, DC).
  • 2003. 22(5/6). “Very Low Fertility.” Ronald R. Rinfuss (Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), Karen Benjamin Guzzo (Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania), and S. Philip Morgan (Department of Sociology, Duke University).
  • 2004. 23(5/6). “Demographic Consequences of Welfare Reform.” Robert A. Moffett (Department of Economics, Johns Hopkins University) and David C. Ribar (Department of Economics, The George Washington University).

2005-2010:

  • 2006. 25(3). “Special ACS Issue.” Leonard M. Gaines (Empire State Development, Albany NY).
  • 2006. 25(5/6). “Fulbright 2003 Papers.” Richard R. Verdugo (National Education Association, Washington DC) and Richard R. Young (Department of Logistic, The Pennsylvania State University).
  • 2007. 26(5/6). “Spatial Demography. Part I.” Paul R. Voss (University of Wisconsin, Madison).
  • 2008. 27(1). “Spatial Demography. Part II.” Paul R. Voss (University of Wisconsin, Madison).
  • 2009. 28(1). “Hurricane Katrina/Disaster Demography.” Larry Suter (Division of Research, Evaluation and Communication, Education and Human resources Directorate, The National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA), Thomas Birkland (School of Public and International Affairs, North Carolina State University) and Raima Larter (Mathematical and Physical Scineces, The National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA).
  • 2010. 27(1). “Business Demography for Population Research and Policy Review.” Farhat Yusuf (Department of Business, Faculty of Business and Economics, Maquarie University, Sydney, Australia) and David A. Swanson (Department of Sociology, University of California Riverside).

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