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Research Area: Population Dynamics:
Modeling Demographic Processes

Funded & Affiliated Research

IGERT Structure, Adaptation, and Performance in Economic and Political Institutions

Population Studies Center Infrastructure Grant (Thornton)

PIRE (Partnerships for International Research and Education) Collaborative Research and Training in Social Context, Population Processes, and Environmental Change (Axinn)

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

2003

Wachter, Kenneth, John E. Knodel, and Mark VanLandingham. 2003. "Parental Bereavement: Heterogeneous Impacts of AIDS in Thailand." Journal of Econometrics, 112(1): 193-206. Reprint No. 598.

Lakdawalla, Darius N., and Robert F. Schoeni. 2003. "Is Nursing Home Demand Affected by the Decline in Age Difference between Spouses?" Demographic Research, 8.

2002

Anderson, Barbara. 2002. "Russia Faces Depopulation? Dynamics of Population Decline." Population and Environment, 23(5): 437-464. Reprint No. 602.

Low, Bobbi, Carl P. Simon, and Kermyt G. Anderson. 2002. "An Evolutionary Ecological Perspective on Demographic Transitions: Modeling Multiple Currencies." American Journal of Human Biology, 14(2): 149-167.

Wachter, Kenneth W., John E. Knodel, and Mark VanLandingham. 2002. "AIDS and the Elderly of Thailand: Projecting Familial Impacts." Demography, 39(1): 25-41. Reprint No. 590.

Lee, James Z., Cameron D. Campbell, and Feng Wang. 2002. "Positive check or Chinese checks?" Journal of Asian Studies, 61(2): 591-607.

Sander, L.M., C.P. Warren, I.M. Sokolov, Carl P. Simon, and J. Koopman. 2002. "Percolation on Heterogeneous Networks as a Model for Epidemics." Mathematical Biosciences, 180(specialissue): 293-305.

Jacquez, J.A., and Carl P. Simon. 2002. "Qualitative Theory of Compartmental Systems With Lags." Mathematical Biosciences, 180(specialissue): 329-362.

Chapters

Lee, James Z. 2004. "History of the family and historical demography." In Looking Backward and Looking Forward: Perspectives on Social Science History edited by Harvey Graff and Leslie Page Moch. Madison, WI : University of Wisconsin Press.

Kintner, Hallie J. 2004. "The Life Table." In The Methods and Materials of Demography, 2nd Edition edited by Jacob S. Siegel and David A. Swanson,. Pp. 301-340. Boston: Elsevier Academic Press.

Lam, David. 2003. "Evolutionary Biology and Rational Choice in Models of Fertility." In Offspring: Human Fertility Behavior in Biodemographic Perspective edited by K.W. Wachter and R. Bulatao. Pp. 322-338. Washington DC : National Academies Press.Reprint No. 601.

Low, Bobbi, E. Ostrom, Carl P. Simon, and J. Wilson. 2003. "Redundancy and Diversity: Do They Influence Optimal Management?" In Navigating Nature's Dynamics edited by J. Colding and C. Folke. Pp. 83-114. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Low, Bobbi, Carl P. Simon, and Kermyt G. Anderson. 2002. "The Biodemography of Modern Women: Tradeoffs When Resources Become Limiting." In The Biodemography of Fertility edited by J Rodgers and H.P. Kohler. Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Hermalin, Albert. 2002. "Capturing Change: Transitions at Older Ages and Cohort Succession." In The Well-Being of the Elderly in Asia: A Four-Country Comparative Study edited by A Hermalin. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press.