Where to start on a demography paper?

March 17, 2009 4:07 PM

paper filter: I'm doing a paper on information technology's effect on population growth/migration. Where do I start?!

I have a 12 page paper due friday (i'm a procrastinator). I was wondering if you folks could give me an idea on where/how to start. It's for my Economics of Population course so it has to be more towards demography.

I'm having a hard time finding articles through my schools online database search. Any help/resources would be highly appreciated!

posted by dunderwood to Education (4 answers total)

Ask your librarian about the databases; that's what they're there for.
posted by chesty_a_arthur at 4:50 PM on March 17, 2009

Try NBER. Also, previously.
posted by jgirl at 4:52 PM on March 17, 2009

Also, OECD. But really, ask the econ/social sciences librarian.
posted by jgirl at 4:53 PM on March 17, 2009

I goofed around for a few minutes on G.Scholar using various combinations of "immigration", "technology", "information technology", "ICT", "demographic change", etc. There is slim pickings, which suggests that though the information is probably out there, this technique will not easily find it. Here's what I found, maybe it will be of use:

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and this book: Anderson, Stuart. Employment-Based Immigration and High Technology. Washington: Empower America, 1996.

My university doesn't subscribe to any of those journals, BTW,which suggests that they are obscure or perhaps regional.
posted by PercussivePaul at 5:10 PM on March 17, 2009