Research Interests for Allen C Kelley

Professor Kelley joined the Duke Faculty in 1972. His Ph.D. is from Stanford University, where he concentrated in economic development, economic history, and demography. He has held regular or visiting appointments at the University of Wisconsin, Harvard, Stanford, Melbourne and Monash Universities in Australia, and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna. At Duke he was awarded a James B. Duke Professorship in 1982; and from 1974 to 1980 he Chaired the Economics Department. His research has focused on the consequences of demographic change in the Third World (e.g., impacts of rapid population growth on economic growth and structural change, and urbanization). This research has resulted in several books using computable general equilibrium models, as well as case studies of Japan and Egypt. Recent research has been on the determinants of Kenyan population trends (mainly fertility), urbanization in Africa, and the evolution of population ideas since 1950. Over the years Professor Kelley has also researched and written on the determinants of student learning at the undergraduate level, including evaluations of TIPS (Teaching Information Processing System), a computerized instructional system he developed.

Keywords:

Economic Demography, Economic History, Economic Development

Recent Publications

1. A.C. Kelley, Demography, in The New Pelgrave Dictionary of Economics (2008)
2. A.C. Kelley with Robert M. Schmidt, A Century of Demographic Change and Economics Growth: The Asian Experience, in Population Change, Labor Markets and Sustainable Growth: Towards a New Economic Paradigm, edited by Andrew Mason and Mitoshi Yamaguchi (2007), Elsevier Science
3. A.C. Kelley with Robert M. Schmidt, Evolution of Recent Economic-Demographic Modeling: A Synthesis, in Population Change, Labor Markets and Sustainable Growth: Towards a New Economic Paradigm, edited by Andrew Mason and Mitoshi Yamaguchi (2007)
4. A.C. Kelley, American Economic Review, Jounral of Economic History, Economic Record, Economic Journal, Economic History Review, International Economic Review (recent)
5. Population Does Matter: Demography, Growth, and Poverty in the Developing World, edited by Nancy Birdsall, Allen C. Kelley and Sinding (2001), New York: Oxford University Press