“Is Population a problem for economic development? How you answer this question depends greatly on whether or not one sees population and the natural family as a problem. Some would argue that population and the family are a problem. Others argue NO.  Numbers in themselves do not equal poverty; rather, poorly structured families and societies as well as economies foster poverty.” (Aguirre and Hadley, 2005)

 Publications

Aguirre, Maria Sophia, "Hindered Growth: The Ideology and Implications of Population Assistance", Mimeo, Department of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, 1999.  Published Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Cecilia Hadley, "Hindered Growth: The Ideology and Implications of Population Assistance", International Journal of Social Economics, 32:9, 2005.

Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Ann Wolfgram, “Population, Resources, and Environment:  A Survey of the Debate”, in Population Bomb- Myth or Reality?, ed. Laura Huggins and Hanna Skandera, Hoover Institute, 2004.

Aguirre, Maria Sophia, “Malthus and Becker:  Who Was Right?”, Population Research Institute Review, 12:6, 2002.

Aguirre, Maria Sophia, "Sustainable Development: Why the Focus on Population", Department of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, Conference on International Health Harvard, International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 29 Iss: 12, pp.923 - 945.2002 

Aguirre, Maria Sophia and Wolfgram Ann, "Population, Resources, and Environment: A Survey of the Debate", Mimeo, Department of Business and Economics, The Catholic University of America, 1999.