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Population, Migration, Living Standard and Social Pressure A Modeling Approach from Thermodynamics Jing Chen School of Business University of Northern British Columbia Prince George, BC Canada V2N 4Z9 Phone: 1-250-960-6480 Email: chenj@unbc.ca Web: http://web.unbc.ca/~chenj/ Abstract Human societies are complex thermodynamic systems. It is natural to ask to what extent results obtained from simple thermodynamic systems can be extended to provide insights into more complex thermodynamic systems. In this paper, we apply some simple results from thermodynamics to examine relations among population size, migration patterns, living standard, space, social pressure, and cost to raise children. The result shows that at low levels of living standard, increasing living standard will increase the population size and at high living standard, increasing living standard will decrease the population size. The increase of population size or living standard increases social pressure and pressure to migration. Initial draft. Comments welcome. Biological systems, including human societies, are complex thermodynamic systems. It is natural to ask to what extent results obtained from simple thermodynamic systems can be extended to provide insights into more complex thermodynamic systems. In ecological studies, sizes of animal population and their changes are regarded as the most important indicators of the state of conditions of the animals. Similarly, sizes of human population and their changes are among the most important indicators of the society’s wellbeing. In this paper, we will present some simple analytical results from thermodynamics and examine their