John Caldwell (demographer)

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John Charles Caldwell AO (born 8 December 1928) is a leading demographer, particularly in the fields of fertility transition and health transition. Caldwell has researched extensively in Africa and South Asia since 1959.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Awards 3 Selected Bibliography 3.1 Works about John Caldwell 4 References

[edit] Biography

Caldwell was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and educated at Sydney University and Sydney Teachers College (1946–48), University of New England (1955–1958), Australian National University (Ph.D, 1959–61). His first academic appointment was at the University of Ghana (1962–64), and he has been on the staff of the Department of Demography at the Australian National University since 1964 and a professor since 1970.

In 1989 he helped start the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University in Canberra. He remained here till 1998 as Director of its Health Transition Centre.

In 1991 the Health Transition Review was published from the Australian National University until 1997 with John C. Caldwell as its editor. In 1998 its publication was transferred to the Harvard School of Public Health with Alan G. Hill as editor.

In 1995 he retired as Professor at the Australian National University and Associate Director of the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health. An international conference The Continuing Demographic Transition John C Caldwell Seminar was held in his honour at the Australian National University, Canberra.

In 1996 he became Emeritus Professor of Demography at the Australian National University.

In 1998 the John C Caldwell Chair in Population, Health and Development was established in his honour at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health.

According to the Encyclopedia of Population, his work on demographic and health transition is "cited almost de rigeur by those in these fields". He is particularly noted for his "wealth flows" theory, which relates demographic transition to changes in intergenerational transfers within the family. This theory has been criticised for its lack of testability, but it has "captured the imagination of many researchers" and stimulated micro-demographic research in the field. He has worked on many areas of demographic theory, including the importance of education and the status of women in determining demographic change, and the study of the AIDS epidemic, particularly in Africa.^[1][2] The first global survey of demographers carried out in 2000 reported that John Caldwell and Ansley J. Coale were recorded as being in approximately equal first place in their impact on demographic teaching, research and policy formulation over the second half of the 20th century.^[3]

Emeritus Professor Caldwell is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and has been president of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population and a member of the Population Council. He is the author of 25 books, 128 book chapters and 139 journal articles.

[edit] Awards

• United Nations Population Award (2004) ^[4][5]
• Office of the General Division of the Order of Australia (1994)
• Centenary Medal for services to Australian society in epidemiology and population health (2003)
• Irene Tauber Award for excellence in demographic research (1985)
• Honorary Doctor of Science (Social Sciences), University of Southampton (1992)
• Honorary Doctor of Science (Science), Australian National University (1992)
• Award of the Australian Research Citation Laureateship (2004)

[edit] Selected Bibliography

• Caldwell, John C. (1976). "Toward a restatement of demographic transition theory". Population and Development Review 2 (3/4): 321–366. 
• Caldwell, John C. (1982). Theory of Fertility Decline. London: Academic Press, 1503. ISBN 012155080X. 
• Caldwell, John C. (June 1986). "Routes to low mortality in poor countries". Population and Development Review 12 (2): 171–220. 
• Caldwell, John C.; Pat Caldwell (1996). "The African AIDS epidemic". Scientific American 274 (3): 40–46. 
• Caldwell, John C.; Bruce K Caldwell, Pat Caldwell, Peter F McDonald, Thomas Schindlmayr (2006). Demographic Transition Theory. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 418. ISBN 1-4020-4373-2. 

[edit] Works about John Caldwell

• Schultz, T Paul (March 1983). "John C. Caldwell, Theory of Fertility Decline". Population and Development Review 9 (1): 161–168. 
• Willis, Robert J. (1982). "The direction of intergenerational transfers and demographic transition: The Caldwell hypothesis reexamined". Population and Development Review 8 (supp): 207–234. 

[edit] References

Persondata
NAME	Caldwell, John Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Caldwell, Jack
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Australian demographer
DATE OF BIRTH	8 December 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
DATE OF DEATH	living person
PLACE OF DEATH