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Life Shocks and Crime: A Test of the “Turning Point” Hypothesis

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Hope Corman, Kelly Noonan, Nancy E. Reichman, Ofira Schwartz-Soicher
Demography (2011) 48 (3): 1177–1202.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-011-0042-3
Published: 10 June 2011
... this hypothesis has been the issue of self-selection into life transitions. This study contributes to this literature by estimating the effects of an exogenous life shock on crime. We use data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, augmented with information from hospital medical records...
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Preliminary evidence regarding the hypothesis that the sex ratio at sexual maturity may affect longevity in men

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Lei Jin, Felix Elwert, Jeremy Freese, Nicholas A. Christakis
Demography (2010) 47 (3): 579–586.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.0.0121
Published: 01 August 2010
... are a concern in many parts of the world, and their implications for the health and survival of the constituent individuals warrant careful investigation. We indexed mate availability with contextual sex ratios and investigated the hypothesis that the sex ratio at sexual maturity might be associated with long...
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Erratum to: Why Is Infant Mortality Higher in Boys Than in Girls? A New Hypothesis Based on Preconception Environment and Evidence From a Large Sample of Twins

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Roland Pongou
Demography (2013) 50 (2): 445–446.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-012-0183-z
Published: 09 March 2013
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Why Is Infant Mortality Higher in Boys Than in Girls? A New Hypothesis Based on Preconception Environment and Evidence From a Large Sample of Twins

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Roland Pongou
Demography (2013) 50 (2): 421–444.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-012-0161-5
Published: 14 November 2012
.... 20 9 2012 14 11 2012 © Population Association of America 2012 2012 Preconception origins hypothesis Sex differences in mortality Preconception environment Child biology Twins An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13524-012-0183-z...
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The educational enrollment of immigrant youth: A test of the segmented-assimilation hypothesis

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Charles Hirschman
Demography (2001) 38 (3): 317–336.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2001.0028
Published: 01 August 2001
...Charles Hirschman Abstract An analysis of 1990 census data on the educational enrollment of 15- to 17-year-old immigrants to the United States provides partial support for predictions from both the segmented-assimilation hypothesis and the immigrant optimism hypothesis. Most immigrant adolescents...
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Sex Differences in Early-Age Mortality: The Preconception Origins Hypothesis

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Roland Pongou
Demography (2015) 52 (6): 2053–2056.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-015-0441-y
Published: 02 November 2015
... susceptible to premature death (Naeye et al. 1971 ; Waldron 1998 ). In previously published research (Pongou 2013 ), I showed some limitations of this biological hypothesis and proposed the “preconception origins” hypothesis, which holds that some of the preconception and prenatal environmental factors...
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Testing the Economic Independence Hypothesis: The Effect of an Exogenous Increase in Child Support on Subsequent Marriage and Cohabitation

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Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer
Demography (2014) 51 (3): 857–880.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-014-0295-8
Published: 12 April 2014
... that exogenous income increases (as a result of receiving all child support that was paid) are associated with significantly lower cohabitation rates between mothers and men who are not the fathers of their child(ren). Overall, these results support the hypothesis that additional income increases disadvantaged...
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The size-density hypothesis in Great Britain: Analysis of a deviant case

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Douglas S. Massey, G. Edward Stephan
Demography (1977) 14 (3): 351–361.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060791
Published: 01 August 1977
... by demonstrating Britain’s historical conformity to the size-density relation. The size-density hypothesis is further supported by direct test, made possible by a recent reorganization of British counties. Results show that reorganization has restored the expected inverse relation between size and density and has...
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The two generation urbanite hypothesis revisited

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Nancy J. McGirr, Charles Hirschman
Demography (1979) 16 (1): 27–35.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061076
Published: 01 February 1979
...Nancy J. McGirr; Charles Hirschman Abstract It is generally accepted that socioeconomic differentials in fertility are minimal among urban couples with nonfarm origins—two generation urbanites. In this paper, we replicate Duncan’s (1965) analysis to see if the two generation urbanite hypothesis...
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The threshold hypothesis: evidence from less developed Latin American countries, 1950 to 1980

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Phillips Cutright, Lowell Hargens
Demography (1984) 21 (4): 459–473.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060910
Published: 01 November 1984
... levels. This research tests a threshold hypothesis which holds that fertility will decline from traditional high levels if threshold levels of life expectancy and literacy are surpassed. Using a pooled regression analysis of 1950, 1960, 1970 and 1980 crude births rates (CBRs) in 20 less developed Latin...
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Female Employment and Fertility in Peninsular Malaysia: The Maternal Role Incompatibility Hypothesis Reconsidered

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Karen Oppenheim Mason, V. T. Palan
Demography (1981) 18 (4): 549–575.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060947
Published: 01 November 1981
...Karen Oppenheim Mason; V. T. Palan Abstract Multivariate analysis of the 1974 Malaysian Fertility and Family Survey tests the hypothesis that an inverse relationship between women’s work and fertility occurs only when there are serious conflicts between working and caring for children. The results...
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Erratum to: The Applicability of the Burgess Zonal Hypothesis to Urban Canada

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Avery M. Guest
Demography (1969) 6 (4): 493.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060092
Published: 01 November 1969
...Avery M. Guest 8 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1969 1969 An Erratum for this chapter can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2060396 DEMOGRAPHY author's correction notice Volume 6, Number 4 November 1969 The Applicability of the Burgess Zonal Hypothesis...
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Barker's Hypothesis Among the Global Poor: Positive Long-Term Cardiovascular Effects of in Utero Famine Exposure

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Alberto Ciancio, Jere Behrman, Fabrice Kämpfen, Iliana V. Kohler, Jürgen Maurer ...
Demography (2023) 60 (6): 1747–1766.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-11052790
Published: 01 December 2023
... the potential context specificity of the DOHaD hypothesis, with in utero adversity having different health implications among aging LIC individuals who were exposed to persistent poverty. No accurate data on infant and under-5 mortality exist for the period around the 1949 Nyasaland famine; yet, since under-5...
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A test and modification of zipf’s hypothesis for predicting interstate migration

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James D. Tarver, R. Douglas McLeod
Demography (1973) 10 (2): 259–275.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060817
Published: 01 May 1973
...James D. Tarver; R. Douglas McLeod Abstract The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the accuracy of Zipf’s hypothesis in estimating interstate migration streams in the United States, and then to determine whether the predictive power of Zipf’s hypothesis can be improved by adding additional...
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The applicability of the burgess zonal hypothesis to urban Canada

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Avery M. Guest
Demography (1969) 6 (3): 271–277.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060396
Published: 01 August 1969
... to be older and larger. A study of change over time also suggests a movement toward socio-economic differentiation between city and suburb. These results are consistent with the Burgess zonal hypothesis which argues that lower-status groups increasingly inhabit the central section and upperstatus groups...
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Race differences in age at first birth and the pace of subsequent fertility: Implications for the minority group status hypothesis

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Craig St. John
Demography (1982) 19 (3): 301–314.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060973
Published: 01 August 1982
... hypothesis. Data from the 1973 National Survey of Family Growth are analyzed with the finding that race differences in the pace of fertility are real, giving support to the hypothesis. Implications are drawn suggesting that the proper points at which to examine group differences in fertility...
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The preconception origins hypothesis

The preconception origins hypothesis

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in Sex Differences in Early-Age Mortality: The Preconception Origins Hypothesis > Demography
Published: 02 November 2015
Fig. 1 The preconception origins hypothesis More
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Simulation of the selective return migration hypothesis with a constant λ

Simulation of the selective return migration hypothesis with a constant λ

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in Simulating the Effects of Acculturation and Return Migration on the Maternal and Infant Health of Mexican Immigrants in the United States: A Research Note > Demography
Published: 30 April 2011
Fig. 2 Simulation of the selective return migration hypothesis with a constant λ More
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Competing effects of birth selection on hypothesis testing. The upper panel shows separate distributions of fitness, H, for unwanted children on the left and wanted children on the right. A is mean fitness for unwanted children, and B is mean fitness for wanted children. The hypothesis is that B &gt; A. The middle panel illustrates positive selection. Left truncation from biological culling prior to birth would shift mean fitness of observable unwanted children toward the right, making it more difficult to test that B &gt; AC. The lower panel illustrates adverse selection. Right truncation from family planning would shift mean fitness of observable unwanted children toward the left, increasing the chance of concluding that B &gt; AFP

Competing effects of birth selection on hypothesis testing. The upper panel...

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in Selection Bias in the Link Between Child Wantedness and Child Survival: Theory and Data From Matlab, Bangladesh > Demography
Published: 14 January 2015
Fig. 1 Competing effects of birth selection on hypothesis testing. The upper panel shows separate distributions of fitness, H , for unwanted children on the left and wanted children on the right. A is mean fitness for unwanted children, and B is mean fitness for wanted children More
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Difference-in-differences with propensity score matching for older adults by income tercile. a Significant at p &lt; .05 when using the Holm-Bonferroni correction for multiple hypothesis testing. b Significant at p &lt; .10 when using the Holm-Bonferroni correction for multiple hypothesis testing.

Difference-in-differences with propensity score matching for older adults b...

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in Living Arrangements and Supplemental Income Programs for Older Adults in Mexico > Demography
Published: 19 May 2020
Fig. 5 Difference-in-differences with propensity score matching for older adults by income tercile. a Significant at p &lt; .05 when using the Holm-Bonferroni correction for multiple hypothesis testing. b Significant at p &lt; .10 when using the Holm-Bonferroni correction for multiple More