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Morrison Institute Working Papers

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1 The Politics of Contraception: the View from Tokyo
Carl Djerassi
[Published, Technology in Society 9: 157 (1987)].
2 Behavior-dependent Contexts for Repeated Plays of the Prisoner’s Dilemma II: Dynamical Aspects of the Evolution of Cooperation
Marcus W. Feldman and Ewart A. C. Thomas
3 On the Theory of Evolution under Genetic and Cultural Transmission with Application to the Lactose-Absorption Problem
Marcus Feldman and L. L. Cavalli-Sforza
4 Contraception in the Year 2001
Carl Djerassi
[Published in P. A. van Keep, K. Ellison Davis, and D. de Wied, eds. Contraception in the Year 2001, pp. 205-222 (Amsterdam, 1987)]
5 The Future of Steroids in Contraception
Carl Djerassi
[Published as "The Future of Steroids in Female Contraception," Wiener Mediz. Wochenschrift 137 (20/21): 492 (1987)]
6 Post-War Fertility Patterns in the Federal Republic of Germany
Nancy Brandon Tuma and Johannes Huinink
7 Antecedents of Extinction? The Early Emergence of a Two-Child Norm among American Birth Controllers
Paul A. David and Warren C. Sanderson
[Published as "The Emergence of a Two-Child Norm among American Birth Controllers," Population and DevelopmentReview 13(1): 1-41 (March 1987)]
8 Non-Gaussian Phenotypic Models of Quantitative Traits
Samuel Karlin
9 Population Biology, Conservation Biology, and the Future of Humanity
Paul R. Ehrlich
10 An Uncertain Life: Demography in Random Environments
Shripad Tuljapurkar
[Published, Theoretical Population Biology 35(3): 227-294 (1989)]
11 Immigration Policy and Immigrants’ Ages
W. Brian Arthur and Thomas Espenshade
12 Urban Systems and Historical Path Dependence
W. Brian Arthur
13 The Environmental Dimensions of National Security
Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich
[Published in J. Rotblat and V. I. Goldanskii, eds. Global Problems and Common Security: Annals of Pugwash 1988, pp. 180-190 (New York, 1989)]
14 The Limits to Substitution: Meta-Resource Depletion and a New Economic-Ecological Paradigm
Paul R. Ehrlich
[Published, Journal of the International Society for Ecological Economics 1: 9-16 (1989)]
15 How the Rich Can Save the Poor and Themselves: Lessons from the Global Warming
Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich
[Published in S. Gupta and R. K. Pachauri, eds. Proceedings of the International Conference on Global Warming and Climate Change, pp. 287-294 (New Delhi, 1989). Published,Pacific and Asian Journal of Energy 3(2): 53-63 (December 1991)]
16 Age Structure in Models of Cultural Transmission
Luciano Carotenuto, Marcus W. Feldman, and Luigi L. Cavalli-Sforza
17 Cohort Parity Analysis and Fertility Transition Dynamics: What Can Be Discovered about the Diffusion of Fertility Control from a Single Fertility Census?
Paul A. David and Warren C. Sanderson
[Published, Population Studies 44: 421-445 (1990)]
18 A Model of HIV-1 Transmission Dynamics and of the Demographic Impact of HIV-1 Infection in Developing Countries
A. Meredith John
19 Endemic Disease in Host Populations With Fully Specified Demography
A. Meredith John
20 The Evolution of Marine Life Cycles
Jonathan Roughgarden
21 Population as a Contributor to Security Considerations
Marcus W. Feldman
22 Global Change and Carrying Capacity: Implications for Life on Earth
Paul Ehrlich, Gretchen Daily, Anne Ehrlich, Pamela Matson and Peter Vitousek [Reprinted, Human Survival (newsletter of Negative Population Growth) 15(2) (Fall 1989)]
23 Two-Locus Autosomal Sex Determination. I. On the Evolutionary Genetic Stability of the Even Sex Ratio
Uri Liberman, Marcus W. Feldman, Ilan Eshel, and Sarah P. Otto
[Published, Proceedings of the National Academy USA 87: 2013-2017 (March 1990)]
24 Population, Land Use, and Deforestation in Costa Rica, 1950-1983
Susan Harrison
[Published, time span 1950-1984, Interciencia 16: 83-94 (1991)]
25 Spatial Subdivision of Populations and Estimates of Genetic Variation
M.M. Cavalli-Sforza and Marcus W. Feldman
26 Genetic and Ecological Perspectives on the Evolution of Dispersal
Pam Wiener
27 Chinese Surnames and the Genetic Differences between North and South China
Du Ruofu, Yuan Yida, Juliana Hwang, Joanna L. Mountain, and Luca Cavalli-Sforza
[Published, Journal of Chinese Linguistics Monograph Series No. 5 (1992)]
28 The Bitter Pill
Carl Djerassi
[Published as "Fertility Awareness: Jet-Age Rhythm Method?,"Science 248: 1061-1062 (6/1/90)]
29 Environmental Ethics: Converging Views on a Small Planet
Timothy C. Weiskel
[© Timothy C. Weiskel (1990)]
30 Cohort Parity Analysis and Fertility Transition Dynamics: Reconstructing Historical Trends in Fertility Control from a Single Census
Paul A. David and Warren C. Sanderson
31 International Carbon-Emission Offsets: a Tradeable Currency for Climate-Protection Services
Joel N. Swisher and Gilbert M. Masters
32 Public Policy, Cultural Beliefs, and Epidemiology of HIV in Cameroon, Africa
Reuben Granich and Jonathan Mermin
33 Recessive Hereditary Deafness, Assortative Mating, and Persistence of a Sign Language
Kenichi Aoki and Marcus W. Feldman
34 An Exploratory Model of the Impact of Rapid Climate Change on the World Food Situation
Gretchen C. Daily and Paul R. Ehrlich
[Published, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 241: 232-244 (1990)]
35 Model Life Tables for China
Zhenghua Jiang
36 Environmental Degradation and High Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa
Andrew Feldman
37 A Study of Male Attitudes toward Family Planning in India
Saurabh B. Shaw
38 On Models of Quantitative Genetic Variability: a Stabilizing Selection-Balance Model
Lev A. Zhivotovsky and Marcus W. Feldman
[Published, Genetics 130: 947-955 (1992)]
39 Cost and Performance of CO2 Storage in Forestry Projects
Joel N. Swisher
40 The Evolution of Dispersal in a Model of Mixed Selfing and Random Mating
Pamela Wiener and Marcus W. Feldman
[Published, Evolution (1991)]
41 Lewontin and Kojima Meet Fisher: Linkage in a Symmetric Model of Sex Determination
Marcus W. Feldman, Freddy B. Christiansen, and Sarah P. Otto
[Published, Genetics 129: 297-312 (September 1991)]
42 On Genetic Segregation and the Evolution of Sex
Pamela Wiener, Marcus W. Feldman, and Sarah P. Otto
43 Ecology and Stress from a Population-Genetics Perspective
Marcus W. Feldman
[Published, Chapter 13 in Nature Conservation 3: The Reconstruction of Fragmented Ecosystems, ed. by D. A. Saunders, R. J. Hobbs, and P. R. Ehrlich, pp. 135-140. Surrey Beatty and Sons (1993)]
44 Population, Ecosystem Services, and the Human Food Supply
Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich, and Gretchen C. Daily
[© P. R. Ehrlich, A. H. Ehrlich, and G. C. Daily]
45 Stochastic Population Forecasts and Their Uses
Shripad Tuljapurkar
46 Population, Sustainability, and Earth’s Carrying Capacity
Gretchen C. Daily and Paul R. Ehrlich
[Published, BioScience 42: 761-771 (1992)]
47 Gene-Culture Coevolution and Sex Ratios: the Effects of Infanticide, Sex-Selective Abortion, Sex Selection, and Sex-Biased Parental Investment on the Evolution of Sex Ratios
Jochen Kumm, Kevin N. Laland, and Marcus W. Feldman
48 Population Growth, Economic Growth, and Market Economies
Paul R. Ehrlich, Gretchen C. Daily, and Lawrence H. Goulder
[Published, Contention 2(1): 17-35 (1992)]
49 The Use of Information Technology in Family-Planning Policies and Programs in China
Jiang Zhenghua and Marcus W. Feldman
50 The Marriage Squeeze: Two-Sex Linear Population Model
Li Nan and Marcus W. Feldman
51 Heritability, Race, and Policy
Marcus W. Feldman
52 Restoring Productivity to the World’s Degraded Lands
Gretchen C. Daily
53 Population and Immigration Policy in the United States
Gretchen C. Daily, Anne H. Ehrlich, and Paul R. Ehrlich
[Published, Population and Environment, forthcoming]
54 High Sex Ratios in China’s Future
Shripad Tuljapurkar, Li Nan, and Marcus W. Feldman
[Published, Science 267: 874-876 (10 February 1995)]
55 Taming the Pit Bull? Property Rights Case Law and Implementation of the Endangered Species Act
Lynn E. Dwyer, Dennis D. Murphy, and Paul R. Ehrlich
56 Caste Barrier to Reproductive Interactions in Indian Rural Populations
Silanjan Bhattacharyya
57 Pesticides and Host-Plant Resistance in Chinese Rice Production: Productivity and Trade-Offs
David A. Widawsky and Scott Rozelle
58 The Relationship between Women’s Employment Status and Fertility Behaviour in Rural China: a Comparison in Three Counties
Li Shuzhuo, Marcus W. Feldman, and Zhu Chuzhu
59 Socioeconomic Equity, Sustainability, and Earth’s Carrying Capacity
Gretchen C. Daily and Paul R. Ehrlich
60 Bets and “Ecofantasies”
Paul R. Ehrlich and Lawrence J. Goulder
61 Sex Differentials in Infant and Child Mortality in China: Levels, Trends, and Variations
Li Shuzhuo and Marcus W. Feldman
62 Development, Global Change, and the Epidemiological Environment
Gretchen C. Daily and Paul R. Ehrlich
63 Knowledge and Attitudes about Condom Use among College Students in Urban India
Sudha Shreeniwas and Rick K. Homan
64 Genetic and Cultural Inheritance of Continuous Traits
Sarah P. Otto, Marcus W. Feldman, and Freddy B. Christiansen
65 Statistics of Discrete-Valued Traits under Vertical Transmission
Marcus W. Feldman, Freddy B.Christiansen, and Sarah P. Otto
66 Causes and Remedies of the Fertility Plateau in Costa Rica: a Review
Karen D. Holl, Gretchen C. Daily and Paul R. Ehrlich
[Published, Environmental Conservation 20(4): 1 (1993)]
67 Population-Genetic Perspectives on the Evolution of Recombination
Marcus W. Feldman, Sarah P. Otto, and Freddy B. Christiansen
68 Signalling among Relatives II: Beyond the Tower of Babel
Michael Lachmann and Carl T. Bergstrom
69 Migration and Mutation in the Evolution of Recombination under Multilocus Selection: a Comparative Analysis
Konstantin V. Pylkov, Lev A. Zhivotovsky, and Marcus W. Feldman
70 Population Momentum
Li Nan and Shripad Tuljapurkar
71 Genes, Culture, and Inequality
Marcus W. Feldman, Sarah P. Otto, and Freddy B. Christiansen
72 Sex Ratio at Birth and Son Preference
Li Nan, Marcus W. Feldman, and Shripad Tuljapurkar
73 A Demographic Model with Cultural Transmission of Son Preference
Li Nan, Marcus W. Feldman, and Shripad Tuljapurkar
74 Empirical Estimates of the Global Prevalence of Consanguineous Marriage in Contemporary Societies
Alan H. Bittles
75 A Survey of Transmission of Son Preference in Two Counties of Shaanxi, China
Li Shuzhuo, Marcus W. Feldman, Li Nan, and Zhu Chuzhu
76 Transmission of Son Preference: Estimates from a Survey in Two Counties of China
Li Nan, Marcus W. Feldman, and Li Shuzhuo
77 Sex Ratio at Birth in China’s Future
Li Nan, Marcus W. Feldman, and Li Shuzhuo
78 Transmission of Uxorilocal Marriage in Lueyang, China
Li Shuzhuo, Marcus W. Feldman, and Li Nan
79 A Comparative Study of the Determinants of Uxorilocal Marriage in Rural China
Li Shuzhuo, Marcus W. Feldman, and Li Nan
80 Gender Differences in Child Survival in Rural China: a County Study
Shuzhuo Li and Chuzho Zhu
81 Biodiversity of Chickens Based on DNA Pools
J. Hillel, A. Korol, V. Kirzner, P. Freidlin, S. Weigend, A. Barre-Dirie, M. A. M Groenen, R. P. M A. Crooijans, M Tixier-Boichard, A. Vignal, K Wimmers, T. Burke, P. A. Thomson, A. Maki-Tanila, K Elo, L. A. Zhivotovsky, and M. W. Feldman
82 Population and Sustainable Development: Dilemmas for China in the New Century
Jiang Zhenghua, Zhang Luyguang, and Marcus W Feldman
83 Medical and Demographic Consequences
Marcus W. Feldman, Elena L Ivanova, and Boris A. Revich
84 Additional Benefits of Reducing Carbon Emissions from Tropical Deforestation
John O. Niles
85 Acceptance of Two Types of Uxorilocal Marriage in Contemporary China: the Case of Lueyang
Shuzhuo Li, Marcus W Feldman, and Nan Li
86 A Survey of Marriage Form and Family Support for the Elderly in Songzi, China
Jin Xiaoyi, Marcus W. Feldman, Shuzhuo Li, and Zhu Chuzhu
87 Marriage Form and Duration of Postmarital Co-Residence With Parents in Rural China: Evidence from Songzi
Shuzhuo Li, Marcus W. Feldman, and Xiaoyi Jin
88 Sons And Daughters: Marriage Form and Family Division in Rural China
Shuzhuo Li, Marcus W. Feldman, and Xiaoyi Jin
89 Children, Marriage Form, and Family Support for rhe Elderly in Rural China
Shuzhuo Li, Marcus W. Feldman, and Xiaoyi Jin
90 Genes And Cultures: What Creates Our Behavioral Phenomes?
Paul R. Ehrlich and Marcus W. Feldman
91 Preference, Marriage, and Intergenerational Transfer in Rural China Marcus W. Feldman, Li Shuzhuo, Li Nan, Shripad Tuljapurkar, & Jin Xiaoyi
92 Features of Evolution and Expansion of Modern Humans Inferred from Genome-Wide Microsatellite Markers
Lev A. Zhivotovsky, Noah A. Rosenberg, & Maracus W. Feldman. [Published in American Journal of Human Genetics 72: 1171-1186 (2003)]
93 Avoidance of Marriages Producing Recessive Diseases and Conservation of Protected Heterozygotes
L. L. Cavalli-Sforza & Marcus W. Feldman
94 Race and Medicine
L. L. Cavalli-Sforza, M. W. Feldman, & H. T. Greely
95 Cultural Niche Construction and the Evolution of Small Family Size
Yasuo Ihara and Marcus W. Feldman
96 Race, Ancestry, and Medicine
Marcus W. Feldman, Richard C. Lewontin, & Mary-Claire King
97 Health Risk and Portfolio Choice
Ryan D. Edwards
98 Postwar Mortality Decline and Economic Growth in Industrialized Countries: A Puzzle Ryan D. Edwards
99 Marriage Form and Age at First Marriage: a Comparative Study in Three Counties in Contemporary Rural China
Xiaoyi Jin , Shuzhuo Li, and Marcus W. Feldman
100 Marriage Form and Fertility in Rural China: an Investigation in Three Counties
Xiaoyi Jin , Shuzhuo Li, and Marcus W. Feldman
101 Marriage Form and Son Preference in Rural China: an Investigation in Three Counties
Shuzhuo Li, Xiaoyi Jin, and Marcus W. Feldman
102 Cultural Niche Construction with Application to Fertility Control: A Model of Education and Social Transmission of Contraceptive Use
Jeremy R. Kendal, Yasuo Ihara, and Marcus W. Feldman
103 Estimation of the Number of Missing Females in China: 1900-2000
Li Shuzhuo, Quanbao Jiang, & Marcus W. Feldman
[Presented at the 2005 IUSSP Conference]
104 Son Preference and Induced Abortion in Rural China
Shuzhuo Li, Y. Wei, & Marcus W. Feldman
105 Cultural Evolution of Norm Adoption and Enforcement When Punishers Are Rewarded and Non-Punishers Are Punished
Jeremy Kendal, Marcus W. Feldman, & Kenichi Aoki
106 Gender Differences in Activities of Daily Living of the Elderly in Rural China: Evidence from Chaohu
Wenjuan Zhang, Shuzhuo Li, & Marcus W. Feldman
107 Population Genetic Applications Using a Coalescent Simulation Including Selection, Recombination, and Variable Population Size
J. M. MacPherson
108 Inequality in Life Spans and Mortality Convergence across Industrialized Countries
Ryan D. Edwards and Shripad Tuljapurkar
109 Female Child Survival in China: Past, Present, and Prospects for the Future
Shuzhuo Li, Yan Wei, Quanbao Jiang, and Marcus W. Feldman
110 Complexity of Rural-Urban Migrants’ Social Networks in China: A Quantitative Study in Shenzhen
Xiaoyi Jin, Marcus W. Feldman, Shuzhuo Li, and Haifeng Du
111 An Algorithm for Detecting Community Structure of Social Networks Based on Prior Knowledge and Modularity
Haifeng Du, Marcus W. Feldman, Shuzhuo Li, and Xiaoyi Jin
112 The Effects of Rural-Urban Migration on Intergenerational Financial Transfer in China: A Gender-Based Perspective
Shuzhuo Li, Xusong Want, Xiaoyi Jin, and Marcus W. Feldman
113 Why Men Matter: Mating Patterns Drive Evolution of Human Lifespan
Shripad D. Tuljapurkar, Cedric O. Puleston, and Michael D. Gurven
114 Children, Marriage Form, and Family Support for the Elderly in Contemporary Rural China: The Case of Songzi
Shuzhuo Li, Marcus W. Feldman, and Xiaoyi Jin
115 A Genomic Analysis of Genetic Variation and Population Structure in Native Americans
Sijia Wang, Mattias Jakobsson, Cecil M. Lewis, Jr., Sohini Ramachandran, et al
116 Intergenerational Support and Subjective Health of the Elderly in Rural China: A Gender-Based Longitudinal Study
Shuzhuo Li, Song Lu, and Marcus W. Feldman
117 Missing Women in the 20th Century of China:
Historical Trends and the Process of Development
Shuzhuo Li, Quanbao Jiang, Marcus W. Feldman, and Xiaoyi Jin
118 Birth Registration in China: Practices, Problems, and Policies
Shuzhuo Li, Yexia Zhang, and Marcus W. Feldman
119 Marriage Squeeze, Never Married Proportion, and Mean Age at First Marriage
Quanbao Jiang, Marcus W. Feldman, and Shuzhuo Li
120 Gender Imbalance, Involuntary Bachelors, and Community Security: Evidence from a Survey of Hundreds of Villages in Rural China
Xiaoyi Jin, Lige Liu, Yan Li, Marcus W. Feldman, and Shuzhuo Li
121 Marriage Squeeze and Inter-provincial Marriage in Central China: Evidence from X County
Lige Liu, Xiaoyi Jin, Melissa J. Brown, and Marcus W. Feldman
122 Why Some Rural Chinese Men Cannot Get Married at the Expected Age:A Social Network Perspective
Xiaoyi Jin, Lige Liu, Melissa J. Brown, Marcus W. Feldman
123 The Role of Social Networks in the Integration of Chinese Rural-Urban Migrants: A Migrant-Resident Tie Perspective
Zhongshan Yue, Shuzhuo Li, Xiaoyi Jin, Marcus W. Feldman
124 Estimates of Missing Women in Twentieth Century China
Quanbao Jiang, Shuzhuo Li, Marcus W. Feldman, Jesús Javier Sánchez-Barricarte
125 Policy Responses of Gender Imbalance in China：
The “Care for Girls” Campaign
Shang Zijuan, Shuzhuo Li, Marcus W. Feldman
126 Assortative Social Learning and Its Implications for Human and Animal Societies
Edith Katsnelson, Arnon Lotem, Marcus W. Feldman
127 Mortality Change and Lifespan Inequality
Duncan O.S. Gillespie, Meredith V. Trotter, Shripad D. Tuljapurkar