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Víctor M. García-Guerrero @vicmgg.bsky.social · 5d

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Víctor M. García-Guerrero @vicmgg.bsky.social · 5d

I am organizing the session Migration and Demographic Dynamics: Impacts on Age-Sex Structure, Mortality or Fertility at #PAA2026:

📍 May 6-9 in St. Louis, Missouri

📆 Deadline: October 5, 2025

We welcome rich empirical, theoretical, or methodological contributions. #Migration #Fertility #Mortality

Call for Papers - PAA 2026 Annual Meeting

www.populationassociation.org

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S. Michael Gaddis @smgaddis.bsky.social · Mar 11

In this paper, we ask, "can adolescents acquire cultural capital through social capital access and exposure?" We find that they can, but only among adolescents with parents who have at least some college experience.

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Dilek Yildiz @dyildiz.bsky.social · Mar 4

The next Wittgenstein Centre Conference will be on “𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆”. 🤓

See the conference call and submit your abstracts here ⬇️
www.oeaw.ac.at/vid/events/c...

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Sociedad Mexicana de Demografía @somede.bsky.social · Feb 22

⏳ ¡Última semana para enviar tu resumen!
Aprovecha los últimos días para postular a la XV Reunión Nacional de Investigación Demográfica en @INEGI_INFORMA.

📅 Fecha límite: 28 de febrero
🔗 https://buff.ly/4i9VuuX

#Reunión2025 #DemografíaMéxico

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · Feb 4

The call for applications for the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) 2025-2026 is open!

This international doctoral program aims to provide students with a high-level education in demography.

Deadline to apply: March 25th, 2025 at 12 PM (noon).
More information: eaps.nl/edsd/how-to-...

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · Feb 18

Abstract submission deadline: April 20, 2025. To submit your abstract, please use the following form.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The results of the selection will be communicated by May 15, 2025.

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Sociedad Mexicana de Demografía @somede.bsky.social · Feb 16

🤝 Nos volvemos a reunir
Después de la pandemia, la Reunión 2025 será nuestro primer encuentro presencial. Un espacio clave para compartir investigaciones y reflexiones.

🗓️ 18-20 junio 2025 | 📍 @INEGI_INFORMA
✍️ Resúmenes hasta el 28 de febrero
🔗 https://buff.ly/4i9VuuX

#Reunión2025

XV Reunión Nacional de Investigación Demográfica

Esta reunión se centrará en las desigualdades que atraviesan la población mexicana y en cómo éstas reflejan la existencia de múltiples Méxicos, con perfiles y dinámicas demográficas diversas. Nos…

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Demographic Research @demresjournal.bsky.social · Feb 7

This study is a first attempt to use verbal autopsies to estimate the burden of multimorbidity in mortality where official cause-of-death statistics are lacking. A step towards better understanding the cumulative health burdens in LMICs. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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Maria Gargiulo @thegargiulian.bsky.social · Feb 7

For those of you who work on sexual violence in conflict settings, I made a little R package to make SVAC 3.0 and RSVAC data available in tidy format directly from R. Soon on CRAN, but available on GitHub for now: github.com/thegargiulia...

GitHub - thegargiulian/RSVAC: An R data package to access SVAC and RSVAC data in tidy format

An R data package to access SVAC and RSVAC data in tidy format - thegargiulian/RSVAC

github.com

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Víctor M. García-Guerrero @vicmgg.bsky.social · Jan 30

📣 Les invitamos al diálogo que tendremos con Amand Blanes del Centre D'Estudis Demogràfics sobre #Proyecciones #Demográficas ( #Population #Projections)

📅 4 de febrero 2025
⏰ 9 AM UTC-6

📽️ bit.ly/tendencias-4...

¡Les esperamos!

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Víctor M. García-Guerrero @vicmgg.bsky.social · Jan 30

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Víctor M. García-Guerrero @vicmgg.bsky.social · Jan 30

📣 Les invitamos al diálogo que tendremos con Amand Blanes del Centre D'Estudis Demogràfics sobre #Proyecciones #Demográficas ( #Population #Projections)

📅 4 de febrero 2025
⏰ 9 AM UTC-6

📽️ bit.ly/tendencias-4...

¡Les esperamos!

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · Jan 28

"most decline is concentrated among the youngest age groups, suggesting that first-birth postponement is the primary underlying mechanism...while a slight fertility recovery may occur, very low or even lowest-low fertility levels are possible to persist" link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Fertility Decline to Low and Lowest-Low Levels in Latin America - Population Research and Policy Review

The literature on fertility trends in Latin America from 2000 to 2010 highlights reductions in higher-order births and the postponement of first births as key drivers of fertility decline. However, th...

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Sociedad Mexicana de Demografía @somede.bsky.social · Dec 19

🌟 Población y desigualdades
¿Exploras cómo las desigualdades afectan las dinámicas poblacionales?
Comparte tus investigaciones en la XV Reunión Nacional de Investigación Demográfica en México.
🗓️ 18-20 junio 2025 | 📍 @INEGI_INFORMA
✍️ Resúmenes: hasta el 28 de febrero
🔗 https://buff.ly/4i9VuuX

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Raquel Guimaraes 🇧🇷 🇦🇹 @raquelrguima.bsky.social · Dec 19

Easterlin played an important role in shaping my academic path as a demographer and economist. His studies on cohorts, fertility, happiness, and well-being show how closely demography and economics are connected and how much we can learn from this intersection. #RIP

IZA @iza.org · Dec 19

RIP Richard Easterlin. His legacy lives on.
newsroom.iza.org/en/archive/n...

In Memoriam: Richard A. Easterlin

Honoring an IZA Prize Laureate and groundbreaking pioneer in the economics of happiness

newsroom.iza.org

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Sociedad Mexicana de Demografía @somede.bsky.social · Dec 12

🌟 Fecundidad
¿Estudias patrones, tendencias o determinantes de la fecundidad?
Envía tu propuesta a la XV Reunión Nacional de Investigación Demográfica en México.
🗓️ 18-20 junio 2025 | 📍 @INEGI_INFORMA
✍️ Resúmenes: hasta el 28 de febrero
🔗 https://buff.ly/4i9VuuX

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Juan Galeano @juangaleano.bsky.social · Dec 4

Our database has hit a new milestone, with more than 3K downloads!!!

Thanks to all of you for making us the Taylor Swift of Family Demography!!!

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Sociedad Mexicana de Demografía @somede.bsky.social · Dec 2

📢 The system is now open!
You can now submit your proposal for the XV National Demographic Research Meeting in Mexico.
🗓️ Submission period: December 2, 2024 – February 28, 2025
🔗 Submit your proposal here: colmex.symposium.events/go/RNID
Don’t miss out!
#Demography

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Octavio @octaviobramajo.bsky.social · Dec 3

Llevó su tiempo pero me alegra ver este trabajo que hicimos durante mi tiempo en México (y después)

Víctor M. García-Guerrero @vicmgg.bsky.social · Dec 3

📣 Check our recent paper on

#EducationalDisparities in #PreventableDeaths: Do They Explain the #Longevity Gap Between #Mexico and #Spain?

By @octaviobramajo.bsky.social, @vicmgg.bsky.social and Iñaki Permanyer 👇

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Víctor M. García-Guerrero @vicmgg.bsky.social · Dec 3

📣 Check our recent paper on

#EducationalDisparities in #PreventableDeaths: Do They Explain the #Longevity Gap Between #Mexico and #Spain?

By @octaviobramajo.bsky.social, @vicmgg.bsky.social and Iñaki Permanyer 👇

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Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Sociedad Mexicana de Demografía @somede.bsky.social · Nov 28

⏳ ¡La espera termina pronto!
Participa en la XV Reunión Nacional de Investigación Demográfica en México.
🗓️ Evento: 18-20 junio 2025 | 📍 INEGI, Aguascalientes
✍️ Envía tu propuesta del 2 dic. 2024 al 28 feb. 2025.
🔗 Más info: https://buff.ly/4i9VuuX
#DemografíaMéxico

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Víctor M. García-Guerrero @vicmgg.bsky.social · Nov 28

Today we concluded our #Demographic #Analysis course in the Master's Program in Demography and in the PhD in Population studies at El Colegio de México. It was an honor to teach one of the most outstanding cohorts of future Latin American demographers.

¡Mucho éxito!

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Sociedad Mexicana de Demografía @somede.bsky.social · Nov 25

📢 ¡Abre pronto!
“Múltiples Méxicos: deudas demográficas y nuevas problemáticas”.
La recepción de propuestas para la XV Reunión Nacional estará abierta del 2 de diciembre de 2024 al 28 de febrero 2025
🗓️ Evento: 18-20 de junio 2025
📍 INEGI, Aguascalientes
¡Guarda las fechas!

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