Are sibling models a suitable tool in analyses of how reproductive factors affect child mortality?
Demographic Research, 2020 Background: Several studies of how reproductive factors affect child mortality or other child outcomes have been based on sibling comparisons. With such models one controls for unobserved determinants of the outcome that are shared by the siblings and ...
Øystein Kravdal
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Assessing the quality of education reporting in Brazilian censuses
Demographic Research, 2020 Background: In developing countries, improving access to schooling has been and remains a priority. At the same time, a growing body of research relates education to demographic variables.
Marília Nepomuceno, Cássio Turra
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The determinants of Italian NEETs and the effects of the economic crisis
Genus, 2018 In recent years, the share of young people not in education, employment, or training (NEETs) has shown a remarkable increase in many European countries, such as Italy.
Claudio Quintano +2 more
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Семья и домохозяйство в России: демографический аспект
Демографическое обозрение, 2018 В статье рассматривается эволюция демографической структуры российских домохозяйств. Проведен детальный анализ отечественных переписей и микропереписей населения с использованием длинного временного ряда и описанием особенностей сопоставления данных ...
Анна Алексеевна Миронова +1 more
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Editorial for Special Collection on New Relationships from a Comparative Perspective
Demographic Research, 2017 Background: This special collection is the result of a collaboration between a group of family scholars from Europe and the United States. It initially developed from the observation that in many Western countries new types of couple relationships have ...
Anne-Rigt Poortman, Belinda Hewitt
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The age difference between spouses and reproduction in 19th century Sweden
Demographic Research, 2019 Background: The influence of spousal relations on reproductive outcomes has received considerable attention in the demographic literature. Previous studies have shown the complex interplay between age difference, female autonomy, and reproductive ...
Paul Rotering, Hilde Bras
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Lab experiments in demographic fieldwork: Understanding gender dynamics in Africa
Demographic Research, 2014 Background: Anthropological literature has long linked bridewealth payments to decision-making about fertility. Recent research underscores the significance of men's preferences regarding women's reproductive behavior, and suggests that bridewealth ...
F. Nii-Amoo Dodoo +2 more
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Higher acceptance rates of asylum seekers lead to slightly more asylum applications in the future
Demographic Research, 2018 Background: There is much discussion about whether high acceptance rates of asylum applications lead to a greater inflow of asylum seekers to Europe.
Hannes Weber
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Revivorship and life lost to mortality
Demographic Research, 2020 Background: Some formal demographic models describe mortality improvement in terms of averted deaths. In such models individuals who would have died in an earlier regime are instead revived and returned to the population to face the same age-specific ...
Carl Schmertmann
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Impact of conjugal separation on women's income in Canada: Does the type of union matter?
Demographic Research, 2016 Background: After conjugal unions end, women frequently experience sharp declines in their economic status. The severity of this decline may depend on whether they were in a marital or a cohabiting union and may change over time. Objective: We measure
Céline Le Bourdais +3 more
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