Population Program

July 24, 2008

The Population Program sponsors short courses covering topics in research methods and demography.

Loglinear Modeling and Missing Data

July 1999, one week course
Frans Willekens - presenter
Course PowerPoint Presentations

Topics in Applied Statistics

July 2000, one week course
Cristobal Ridao-Cano - presenter
Course Notes (pdf)

Economic Demography

May 15 - 19, 2006
Laura Argys - Instructor
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This course is designed to familiarize students with the theoretical and empirical approaches to demographic topics from an economic perspective. Theoretical techniques will include cost-benefit analysis and models of utility maximization. Regression techniques and modifications to account for endogeneity make up the empirical focus of the course. These methods will be applied to the economics of marriage and divorce, fertility, and migration. Class time will be spent on introductory lectures describing theoretical models and empirical methods and discussions of applications of these methods in journal articles. Students will have an opportunity to discuss their own research ideas in class and gain an understanding of how economics might inform their research question.

Sociology 5161 (2006) ~ Longitudinal Data Management & Analysis - Exploring Developing Countries' Rural Population and Health Issues

June 10 - 30, 2006
Jill Williams, Enid Schatz, Jane Menken, and Jani Little - Instructors
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