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Donald Trump’s racist appeals to white fear may have doomed his campaign – and his party.
How can we possibly know how many millions of people are living in the U.S. illegally? Demographers have actually refined a simple formula that’s worked pretty well since the 1970s.
New data suggests humans may not get older than 125 years. But should we take it seriously? Every time a limit to lifespan has been proposed in the past it has been surpassed.
Algorithms can discriminate, even when their designers don’t intend that to happen. But they also can make detecting bias easier.
The numerical basis used to study African economies suffers from major knowledge gaps. This needs to improve if numbers are to inform policies that will encourage growth and push back poverty.
To win government, Labor needs a net gain of 19 seats nationally – and that’s the exact number of marginal seats being fought over in Queensland this election.
Superannuation, health and child care are among the issues that are likely to matter most to voters in the bellwether NSW seats of Eden-Monaro, Robertson and Lindsay.
The idea of family is still undergoing fundamental change, but progress towards an egalitarian era may be hamstrung by class and wealth.
Scenarios on global trends over the next 20 years point to some serious challenges for Africa. Whatever actually happens, it’s important for the continent to put in place mitigation strategies.
Do the countries affected by Zika have the capacity to deal with a baby boom if pregnancies are delayed?
Twenty-three percent of Americans say they are not religiously affiliated. Our core values may be encouraging us to reject organized religion.
The retailer’s emblematic ad should have stuck their grandad in a rocket and blasted him straight to party central.
Research shows baby booms are generally bad news for the economy – at least for the boom’s babies.
There are compelling educational reasons to employ more black academics in universities and to give them all the support they’ll need to become professors.
In 1970 there were 269 male university students per 100 female university students. However females overtook males in 1987 and now there are 80 males for every 100 females.
Within three years, Australians will face a $100 billion bill just to cover the age pension and super tax breaks. That bill is set to keep rising; by 2025, one in three of us will be 55-plus.
New research says we should discard conventional ways of analyzing what it means to age. It’s how well people function that counts.
The flows of refugees from the conflicts in Iraq and Syria are yet another driver of demographic changes that are threatening to destabilise other states long regarded as strong and democratic.
How appropriate were the fourth Intergenerational Report’s demographic assumptions? Should greater attention be paid to the potential consequences of population growth?
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Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
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Honorary Professor of Demography, Macquarie University
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Anthropologue et démographe, professeur émérite au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle et conseiller de la direction de l'INED, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
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Roy C. Buck Professor of Sociology and Demography, Penn State
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Professor of Demography, The University of Texas at San Antonio
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Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Research Director of the Center for Employment Equity, UMass Amherst
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Professor of population and development studies, University of Kinshasa
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ARC Australian Professorial Fellow, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Visting Instructor in Sociology, University of South Florida
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina
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Ph.D. Candidate in Communication, UMass Amherst
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Boeing International Professor of Statistics and Sociology, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Eastern Michigan University
