Demography | Applied Social Science

Berkeley, CA
Joined August 2009
Hey #PopTwitter! Here's a list of active women scholars in demography, with links to their website and two notable papers: monicaalexander.com/women_sc… 1/4
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Thanks to my pals and fellow demographers @les_ja, @P_Chung and @RobertEMPickett for their help with starting this. That's it! Cite more women! 4/4
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New paper! Using an online sample to estimate the size of an offline population bit.ly/2DY3ZHM (joint w/ Curtiss Cobb)
"Low pay isn’t the only occupational hazard that baristas, servers, and cashiers face." #FairWorkweek research highlight via @WIPsociology @dannyjschneider @KristenHarknett ow.ly/W5w250uG6iX
My new paper with @dannyjschneider on the extent of class-based polarization in work hour volatility—and how worker power reduces this polarization—is now out in @SF_Journal! Link here: bit.ly/2X7CGWA; summary below. (1/11)
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Interested in #migration data and models and going to @ASAnews in NYC this August? Consider attending this @MPIDRnews workshop bit.ly/ASAmig Confirmed speakers include @scurran_uw @monjalexander @gvrkiran Giovanna Merli, Rene Flores,... Stay tuned for more info.
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1/2 Our paper ‘Demography in the Digital Era’ is out as a preprint @socarxiv and & will come out soon in the “Book of Short Papers SIS 2019” @SIStatistica! The paper shows some of the work being done at the new #DigitalDemography lab @MPIDRnews #poptwitter osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/24…
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Our community-based study with @TheCoalitionSF on the impacts of anti-homeless laws in SF is out in Social Problems. static1.squarespace.com/stat…
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#PAA2019 in the books. Learned more than I can express. PAA and IPUMS swag: ✅. Brisket w/ Ariela S, Kate C-P, @RobertEMPickett & co-author @P_Chung: ✅✅. Predicted @amanda_mireles would win poster award: 💯. Met @JakeRugh & saw @matthallCU & @EmilyA_Parker present: 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
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If you're at #PAA2019 checkout session 101 on Family Demography (Thursday 5pm) to see @P_Chung talk about our paper introducing a new measure of dependent kin: paa2019.populationassociatio…
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Check out a new annual review “Policies of Exclusion” (by Krista Perreira and me) on health and immigration bit.ly/2I0qfEe
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Demographers - we have an early-career opening for a Population and Development Specialist in the @UNFPA Arab States Regional Office in Cairo. Advance the #SDGs + #ICPD25 Program of Action, apply before March 26... unfpa.org/jobs/programme-spe… … #BecauseEveryoneCounts #PopTwitter
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Paul Chung retweeted
All together now: Findings from the #GSS18 new questions on #abortion developed by @MikeHoutNY @SarahKCowan & team. Working paper now online: as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-a… #soctwitter
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I am teaching a new UCSC class on U.S. immigration enforcement and deportation (histories and contexts, determinants, and consequences across a range of domains). I compiled a list of readings during my course prep and share them here in case it's useful. bit.ly/2H4L8NS
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Excited to present some preliminary work investigating linkages between fertility patterns and later life health (and of course visit my alma mater!)
The fourth annual workshop on "Adult Mortality Determinants in Low and Middle-Income Countries" will be held at Berkeley Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging on Feb 22. Check out registration info and other news from Berkeley populationsciences.berkeley.…
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NEW RELEASE! Paper by @dannyjschneider and @KristenHarknett in @asr_journal shows that time matters for worker health and wellbeing. Read the brief: bit.ly/2DOjQt9 View the published paper: goo.gl/DuygRx Access a pre-print version: bit.ly/2SpgZ2a
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Over half of WA state service workers have less than 2 weeks' notice of their schedules and a fifth worked on-call in the last month. Check out our recent release for more on scheduling and wellbeing of WA workers.
NEW RELEASE! The Shift Project's latest research brief explores scheduling instability and unpredictability in the retail and food service sectors in Washington State. bit.ly/2QQQUZ6
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