Peter McDonald (demographer) explained

Peter McDonald
Birth Name:	Peter Francis McDonald
Nationality:	Australia
Occupation:	Academic, demographer
Alma Mater:	Australian National University
Thesis Title:	Age at First Marriage and Proportions Marrying in Australia, 1860-1971
Thesis Url:	http://hdl.handle.net/1885/117075
Thesis Year:	1972
Discipline:	Demographer
Notable Ideas:	Gender equity theory of fertility

Peter Francis McDonald (born 1946) is an Australian demographer and Emeritus Professor of Demography in the Crawford School of Public Policy of the Australian National University. He is known for his research on fertility transition and migration. He has researched extensively in Southeast Asia.

Career

McDonald has had a significant impact on demographic teaching, research and policy formulation.^[1] In 2013, then-Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, described McDonald as "arguably the world’s leading demographer".

In 2016, McDonald was appointed Professor of Demography and head of the Demography Unit within the Centre for Health Policy at the University of Melbourne.^[2]

He was President of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) for the years, 2010-2013^[3]

Awards and honours

McDonald was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 1998.^[4]

Together with Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi and Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi, McDonald won Iran's Book of the Year Award in 2010 for the book The Fertility Transition in Iran: Revolution and Reproduction.^[5]

In 2015 McDonald was awarded the Irene B. Taeuber Award by the Population Association of America.^[6] He received the IUSSP Laureate Award in 2022.^[7]

McDonald was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours.^[8] He was promoted to an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2024 Australia Day Honours for "distinguished service to demographic research, to policy development, and to professional associations".^[9]

Selected bibliography

Fertility

• McDonald. Peter. 2000. Gender equity, social institutions and the future of fertility. Journal of Population Research. 17. 1. 1–16. 10.1007/BF03029445.
• McDonald. Peter. 2000. Gender equity in theories of fertility transition. Population and Development Review. 26. 3. 427–439. 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2000.00427.x.
• McDonald. Peter. 2002. Sustaining fertility through public policy: The range of options. Population. 57. 3. 417–446. 10.3917/popu.203.0423. free.
• McDonald. Peter. 2006. Low fertility and the state: The efficacy of policy. Population and Development Review. 32. 3. 485–510. 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2006.00134.x.
• Book: Abbasi-Shavazi. Mohammad Jalal. Mohammad Abbasi-Shavazi. McDonald. Peter. Hosseini-Chavoshi. Meimanat. Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi. 2009. The Fertility Transition in Iran: Revolution and Reproduction. Dordrecht. Springer. 10.1007/978-90-481-3198-3. 978-90-481-3197-6.
• McDonald. Peter. 2013. Societal foundations for explaining low fertility: Gender equity. Demographic Research. 28. 981–994. 10.4054/DemRes.2013.28.34. free.

Population dynamics

• Ageing: The social and demographic dimensions. McDonald. Peter. Kippen. Rebecca. 1999. Productivity Commission. Productivity Commission. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research. Policy Implications of the Ageing of Australia's Population. Productivity Commission. Canberra. 47–70. 0-646-33598-7.
• McDonald. Peter. Kippen. Rebecca. 2001. Labor supply prospects in 16 developed countries, 2000–2050. Population and Development Review. 27. 1. 1–32. 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2001.00001.x.
• Book: Khoo. Siew-Ean. McDonald. Peter. Giorgas. Dimi. Birrell. Bob. 2002. Second Generation Australians: Report for the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs. Canberra. Australian Centre for Population Research, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. 1885/41441. free.
• Khoo. Siew-Ean. McDonald. Peter. Voigt-Graf. Carmen. Hugo. Graeme. Graeme Hugo. 2007. A global labor market: Factors motivating the sponsorship and temporary migration of skilled workers to Australia. International Migration Review. 41. 2. 480–510. 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2007.00076.x.

Family demography

• Book: McDonald, Peter. 1985. Cleland. John. Hobcraft. John. Dinesen. Betzy. Reproductive Change in Developing Countries: Insights from the World Fertility Survey. Oxford. Oxford University Press. 87–114. Social organization and nuptiality in developing societies. 0-19-828465-9.
• Book: McDonald, Peter. 1992. Berquó. Elza. Xenos. Peter. Family Systems and Cultural Change. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 15–30. Convergence or compromise in historical family change?. 0-19-828384-9.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peter McDonald. Crawford School of Public Policy. 1 January 2018. en.
2. Web site: New Demography Unit within the Centre for Health Policy. University of Melbourne. 1 January 2018. 5 July 2016.
3. Web site: Director (Research Services Division) . Professor Peter McDonald . 22 February 2024 . researchers.anu.edu.au . en-US.
4. Web site: Academy Fellow - Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia - Professor Peter McDonald AO, FASSA. Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. 24 July 2024.
5. Web site: ANU researcher wins 2011 United Nations Population Award. 10 March 2011. Australian National University. 24 July 2024.
6. Web site: Annual Awards - Population Association of America. . Population Association of America. 24 July 2024.
7. Web site: Peter McDonald - 2022 IUSSP Laureate. . International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. 24 July 2024.
8. Web site: Professor Peter Francis McDonald. Australian Honours Search Facility. 25 January 2024.
9. Web site: Emeritus Professor Peter Francis McDonald AM. Australian Honours Search Facility. 25 January 2024.