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Demography (2015) 52 (1): 281–313.
Published: 18 December 2014
...Moussa Bougma; Thomas K. LeGrand; Jean-François Kobiané Abstract As evidenced in Western rich countries, Asia, and Latin America, lower fertility allows couples to invest more in each of their children’s schooling. This postulate is the key rationale of family planning policies in sub-Saharan...
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Demography (2018) 55 (4): 1389–1421.
Published: 07 June 2018
... degree of union instability. In this study, we use the Harmonized Histories to provide a rich, descriptive account of union instability among couples who have had a child together in the United States and several European countries. First, we compare within-country differences between cohabiting...
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Demography (2009) 46 (4): 647–669.
Published: 01 November 2009
...-mortality countries of the world, supplementing recent findings on the effects of the Great Chinese Famine. 13 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2009 2009 Birth Cohort Congenital Malformation Average Height Rich Country Adult Height References Bogin B. ( 2001...
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Demography (2011) 48 (4): 1377–1400.
Published: 01 November 2011
... rich panel data with a large sample size. Cross-country estimates have proven even more difficult because the measures of SES need to be comparable internationally. We present an alternative method for acquiring information on differential survival by SES. Rather than using observations of actual...
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View articletitled, Differential Survival in Europe and the United States: Estimates Based on Subjective Probabilities of Survival
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Demography (2013) 50 (3): 993–1012.
Published: 04 December 2012
... the rich and poor upon arrival to the United States. 24 10 2012 4 12 2012 © Population Association of America 2012 2012 Immigrants Socioeconomic status Gradient BMI Obesity The U.S. population has experienced dramatic increases in overweight and obesity rates over...
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Demography (2015) 52 (5): 1513–1542.
Published: 25 August 2015
..., race, age at arrival in the United States, and human capital. For example, controlling a rich set of human capital and demographic characteristics, some migrants—such as those from South Africa/Zimbabwe and Cape Verde, who typically enter on employment visas—earn substantial premiums relative to other...
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Demography (2023) 60 (4): 1031–1058.
Published: 01 August 2023
... of immigrant parents, whose parents often have moderate absolute levels of education relative to native-born parents but tend to be positively selected on education relative to nonmigrants in the origin country. Using rich administrative data from Norway, we study the educational careers of immigrant...
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View articletitled, Horizontal Advantage: Choice of Postsecondary Field of Study Among Children of Immigrants
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Demography (2021) 58 (2): 631–654.
Published: 01 April 2021
... of emigration. Between 2009 and 2014, Southern European countries suffered from harsh economic instability, which triggered a sharp drop in fertility and a spike in emigration. We focus on Italy, exploiting the richness of the Italian Administrative Registry of Italians Residing Abroad (AIRE), which records...
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View articletitled, Fertility Drain or Fertility Gain? Emigration and Fertility During the Great Recession in Italy
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Published: 01 August 2024
Fig. 2 Distribution of prevalences across 30 rich democracies in recent LIS data. Vertical lines represent median prevalences, and horizontal lines represent 95% confidence intervals. See Figure 1 for country abbreviations.
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Published: 01 August 2024
Fig. 3 Distribution of penalties across 30 rich democracies in recent LIS data. Vertical lines represent median penalties, and horizontal lines represent 95% confidence intervals. See Figure 1 for country abbreviations.
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Demography (2023) 60 (5): 1335–1357.
Published: 01 October 2023
...,” immigrants who remain in the receiving country may be selectively healthier, leading to reported mortality rates that are artificially low and poorly reflect the overall health conditions of immigrants. In this study, we examine return migration selection effects and their impact on the MMA using a rich...
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View articletitled, Return Migration Selection and Its Impact on the Migrant Mortality Advantage: New Evidence Using French Pension Data
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Demography (2020) 57 (2): 705–726.
Published: 20 March 2020
...JooHee Han Abstract A rich literature has documented the negative association between dark skin tone and many dimensions of U.S.-born Americans’ life chances. Despite the importance of both skin tone and immigration in the American experience, few studies have explored the effect of skin tone...
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View articletitled, Does Skin Tone Matter? Immigrant Mobility in the U.S. Labor Market
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Demography (2013) 50 (3): 803–826.
Published: 17 October 2012
.... data sets. We show that even in a rich developed country, these experiences are quite common, affecting between 5 % and 8 % of the children with one or more siblings in our two data sets. We then show that these experiences are associated with important reductions in years of schooling as well...
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Demography (2016) 53 (5): 1453–1476.
Published: 13 September 2016
... of economic, environmental, and social factors in Mexico over two decades. Pairing origin and destination states and controlling for a rich structure of fixed effects, we find that income positively impacts migration outflows, especially for Mexican states of origin with a recent migration history and for low...
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View articletitled, Determinants of Mexico-U.S. Outward and Return Migration Flows: A State-Level Panel Data Analysis
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Demography (2020) 57 (1): 61–98.
Published: 15 January 2020
... comprehensive evidence on the multidimensional short- and longer-run effects of starting universal childcare earlier using a fuzzy discontinuity in the age at starting childcare in Germany. Combining rich survey and administrative data, we follow one cohort from age 6 to 15 and examine standardized cognitive...
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View articletitled, Does Starting Universal Childcare Earlier Influence Children’s Skill Development?
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Demography (2023) 60 (6): 1665–1673.
Published: 01 December 2023
... prevalences and penalties . American Journal of Sociology , 123 , 740 – 786 . Chen W.-H. , & Corak M. ( 2005 ). Child poverty and changes in child poverty in rich countries since 1990 (Innocenti Working Paper, No. 2005-02). Florence, Italy : UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre...
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View articletitled, The United States’ Record-Low Child Poverty Rate in International and Historical Perspective: A Research Note
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Demography (2008) 45 (3): 537–553.
Published: 01 August 2008
... rates have historically been among the highest relative to other rich countries, as it is in Sweden, where they have been among the lowest. In this context, it is relevant to ask how things have changed. Have child poverty rates fallen? If not, why? And what role has government policy played...
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Demography (2010) 47 (Suppl 1): S151–S172.
Published: 01 March 2010
... four poor countries (India, Indonesia, Kenya, and the Philippines) and four rich countries ( Finland, Japan, Sweden, and the United States). The values for each country are cross- sectional values for a single year rather than cohort data, which is important to keep in mind in any interpretation...
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Demography (2024) 61 (4): 1161–1185.
Published: 01 August 2024
...Fig. 2 Distribution of prevalences across 30 rich democracies in recent LIS data. Vertical lines represent median prevalences, and horizontal lines represent 95% confidence intervals. See Figure 1 for country abbreviations. ...
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View articletitled, The Role of Single Motherhood in America's High Child Poverty
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Demography (2016) 53 (2): 393–418.
Published: 24 February 2016
... Disconnected men Recent media accounts have highlighted the plight of a group of low-skilled young men in the United States who are becoming increasingly disconnected and left behind by society. The aptly titled Economist article, “Men Adrift: Badly Educated Men in Rich Countries Have Not Adapted...
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View articletitled, Welfare Reform and Labor Force Exit by Young, Low-Skilled Single Males
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