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Abernethy's research has focused on the issues of population and culture. Her most famous work discounts the demographic transition theory, which holds that fertility drops as women become more educated and contraceptives become more available. In its place she has developed a " fertility-opportunity hypothesis ," which states that fertility follows perceived economic opportunity. A corollary to this hypothesis is that food aidThe World Food Program WFP is an agency of the United Nations which distributes food commodities to support development projects, to long-term refugees and displaced persons, and as emergency food assistance in situations of natural and man-made disasters to developing nationA developing nation is an undeveloped nation. Such countries may actually be developing, but the term is often used euphemistically to include those which are not. Borrowing from the natural sciences the comparison to an organism, to say that a nation iss will only exacerbate overpopulationOverpopulation may indicate any case in which the population of any species of animal may exceed the carrying capacity of its ecological niche. In common parlance, the term specifically refers to the relationship of human population to the planet Earth..
Abernethy has written or edited several books, including: Population Politics: The Choices that Shape our Future, 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic., and Population Pressure and Cultural Adjustment, 1979Events January-February January 1 Sino-American relations: United States and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations January 4 State of Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to families of dead and injured in Kent State University shootings.. Abernethy has written articles that have appeared in ChroniclesChronicles is a US monthly magazine published by the paleoconservative Rockford Institute. The editor is Thomas Fleming. The magazine strongly supported the candidacy of Patrick Buchanan in the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections. Notable contributors in, The Social Contract, The Atlantic MonthlyThe Atlantic Monthly is an American monthly magazine that began in November 1857. It is also known as The Atlantic . It is a literary and cultural magazine, with frequent articles in the fields of political science and foreign affairs, as well as book rev, and numerous academic journals.