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“Effect of the Great Recession on U.S. Fertility”: Using a cohort discontinuity design, Wu, @NicholasDEMark & Hill show “credibly causal evidence” that the GR altered fertility behavior, esp for the youngest cohorts (relative drops of 7-30%). @NYUSociology read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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“Parental Separation & Children’s Peer Relations”: Using data from pairfam, Pollmann-Schult shows that children experienced a temporary rise in peer rejection following parental separation, largely related to increased socioemotional problems. @UniSiegen read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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In “Dynamic Contributions of Chronic Diseases,” Hui Zheng found half of the ↑ gap in activity limitations assoc. w/ ↑ disability probabilities “linked to mental illness, lung diseases & musculoskeletal conditions” among those w/o a college degree. @UofT read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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“Mobility Framing Effects”: N Murken, K Schewel & @JasperTjaden show that elicitation of migration aspirations can have a dramatic effect, finding a 12-ppt drop in migration intention when asked instead abt the intention to stay. @RWI_Leibniz @unipotsdam read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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In “Gender Differences in Health Reporting,” @AnnaOksuzyan @MineKuehn @y_vierboom et al. report little evidence of gender differences, finding that folks tend to evaluate health more optimistically as they age. @unibielefeld @MPIDRnews @westat @TilburgU read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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In “Cohort Fertility & Couple Educational Pairing,” L. Andersson @MarikaJalovaara et al. show for the 1st time that the majority of births occur in homogamous or hypogamous unions & in those w/ a tertiary-educated partner. @SOFI_su_se read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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This issue offers 12 articles & 4 notes, covering varieties of capitalism & fertility, income growth over generations, net worth poverty in childhood, contemporary patterns of multiracial marriage & the persistent relevance of marriage for childbearing. read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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See you in the Ferrara Theater tonight at 4:30pm for the #PAA2026 Annual Awards Ceremony Irma Elo's Presidential Address: "Stalled Progress and Enduring Inequalities: US Mortality in the 21st Century" buff.ly/5bw90j4
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Big news: Demography met its 2026 funding goal! 🎉 Thanks to institutional subscriptions, all articles published in @ReadDemography this year will be Open Access—free for everyone. buff.ly/VkahO1e
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“Estimates of Under-Five Mortality From a Mobile Phone Survey”: This study by Julio Romero-Prieto et al. represents “one of the first attempts to collect survival data via mobile phones & to randomize different survey instruments.” @LSHTM read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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“Varieties of Capitalism & Cross-national Variation in Fertility Rates”: Masoud Movahed & @EmilioParrado1 examine “differences in the institutional characteristics of national economies” & variation in TFR in the Global North. @ucsantabarbara @PennPSC read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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In “Accounting for Population Age Distribution in Forecasting Migration,” Nathan Welch, Hana Ševčíková & @AdrianRaftery1 propose a new approach “that incorporates population age structure changes into net migration forecasts." @UWStat read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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New at #PAA2026: Easy ways to connect at the Opening Mixer 🎉 Find us in the Exhibit Hall! Informal gatherings during the first hour—no program, just great conversations.
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“Ryder’s Lost Legacy? Cohort Analysis in Social Research”: In exploring Norman Ryder’s influential work (including unpublished papers), Ethan Fosse finds that his approach “is unabashedly cohort-centric, diachronic & straightforwardly descriptive.” @UofT read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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In “Net Worth Poverty in Childhood,” @hdsper01, L Keister, @Gen_Pov & @ShuyiQio use @umpsid data to examine the “role of wealth deprivation across a child’s life course” & the association w/ HS graduation & college attendance. @DukeSanford @Duke_Sociology read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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“Accounting for Race Response Change in Population Projections”: In response to the need for accurate census data on AIAN populations, Carolyn Liebler examines how incorporating net response change can improve AIAN projections. @UMNSociology @minnpop read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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“Nature's Curriculum: Genes Linked to Educational Attainment & Adult SES Across birth Cohorts”: Dobewall, Vaalavuo et al. examine whether genetic endowment for high education is associated with subsequent socioeconomic outcomes. read.dukeupress.edu/demograp…
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