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Rafael H. M. Pereira 🚡 Urban Demographics @urbandemog.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📢 For those working with Brazilian Census data, some good news: the R package censobr has been updated. Version v1.0.0 is now available on CRAN. ipea.github.io/censobr/inde... This release includes:

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

new paper in REBEP www.scielo.br/j/rbepop/a/x... Haddad & Pero evaluate whether a glass ceiling effect exists for women and Black workers in Brazilian managerial and directorship positions across earnings quintiles, while examining how domestic care contribute to the wage disparities.

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Women in charge? Hierarchical segregation and gender disparities in the Brazilian labor market

Abstract The ‘glass ceiling’ is well-established finding in the empirical literature on labor...

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

recent paper publish in the Brazilian Journal of Population Studies on small areas population forecasting. www.scielo.br/j/rbepop/a/7... In this paper, Freire and colleagues quantify uncertainty in subnational population projections by integrating a Random Walk with Drift into the AiBi method.

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Population projections in small areas combining the forecast error of a time series method with the linear growth trend method (AiBi)

Abstract The 2022 Brazilian Demographic Census underscores an advanced stage of demographic...

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Brazilian Journal of Population Studies (REBEP) operates under the Diamond Open Access model, providing unrestricted virtual access to all scientific texts published by the journal. The publication charges no fees for manuscript submission or peer review. www.scimagojr.com/journalsearc...

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Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Populacao

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The Brazilian Journal of Population Studies (Rebep) is the official publication of the Brazilian Association of Population Studies. The journal's first issue was released in print format in 1984. The journal is Diamond Open Access. More info here: www.scielo.br/j/rbepop/gri...

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I co-authored "School Trajectories in Brazil (2008-2018)" with Estevão Vilela (preprint: osf.io/preprints/so...), derived from his Master's thesis. We find that student´s trajectories are not homogeneous, public policies cannot be generic; need to be tailored to student vulnerabilities.

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IPUMS @ipums.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Thank you to everyone who submitted their #poweredbyIPUMS work from 2025 for our annual research awards competition. 🏆 We are thrilled to announce this year's winners! 🎉 www.ipums.org/impact/ipums...

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IPUMS Research Awards | IPUMS

The IPUMS Research Awards competition honors outstanding research using IPUMS data to advance or deepen our understanding of social and demographic processes. We look for papers that use innovative ap...

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

great paper by Silvio C. Patricio www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... His study shows no evidence that the individual rate of aging has changed. Instead, it remains stable, suggesting that gains in life expectancy are more consistent with a later onset of senescence than with a slowing of its tempo.

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The rhythm of aging: Stability and drift in the individual rate of senescence | PNAS

Human aging is marked by a steady rise in the risk of dying with age–a process demographers call senescence. Over the past century, life expectancy...

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Last week, we received Vegard Skirbekk, Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the University of Oslo, at UFMG. Vegard delivered two lectures focusing on population ageing and health. He also interacted with students in Demography and Public Health. Pictures: Lavinia Brandão - IEAT/UFMG

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

A great write-up on brand-new research I was involved in. We used a really different approach from the ones that we & many others have used previously to estimate how many Covid deaths there *really* were--almost 20% more than known. Our results broadly accord w others but add new demographic detail

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Berkeley Population Sciences @berkeleypopcenter.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Join our next Brown Bag Seminar on Wednesday, March 18 at 12pm PT. @dennisfeehan.bsky.social, Associate Professor at UC Berkeley, will present, "What Do We Lose if We Lose the Demographic and Health Surveys? Quantifying Research Impact with Digital Trace Data.” events.berkeley.edu/popsci/event...

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 12/02/2026

Low birth rates have modest long run negative effects, after good effects for a few decades, and raising birthrates exacerbates dependency. A giant, apparently permanent, disconnect between expert opinion (e.g., below) versus manufactured panic hype on this issue pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...

My conclusion is that much of the worry about sub-replacement fertility is
overstated. Quantitatively, the net effect of even a large fertility reduction on the
US economy would be a relatively small decline in the standard of living. Comparing
demographic steady states and focusing on the most easily quantified channels,
a version of the United States with a total fertility rate of one child per woman
would have consumption per capita that was 8.7 percent lower than a version of
the country where the TFR was two. In the first four decades of the transition
following a decline in fertility below the replacement rate, consumption is actually
higher than it would have been if fertility had remained constant. Indeed, much of
the sturm und drang regarding the economic effects of current population aging is
related to the ending of such a transitory period of good times that resulted from
fertility declining from its Baby-Boom highs to near replacement, starting in the
1960s. Finally, it is important to note that any attempt to fix the economic problems
stemming from low fertility by raising the birth rate will entail a period of higher
overall dependency in the decades that it takes the resulting children to become
productive adults.

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Berkeley Population Sciences @berkeleypopcenter.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

We're now accepting applications for our Annual Workshop on Formal Demography, taking place in-person at UC Berkeley on June 1-5, 2026. Deadline to apply: March 1. See more information on the workshop and how to apply here: populationsciences.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u... Please share widely!

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ArXiv Paperboy (Stat.ME+Econ.EM) @paperposterbot.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

arXiv📈🤖 Fast and user-friendly econometrics estimations: The R package fixest By Berg\'e, Butts, McDermott

fixest is an R package for fast and flexible econometric estimation, providing a comprehensive toolkit for applied researchers. The package particularly excels at fixed-effects estimation, supported by a novel fixed-point acceleration algorithm implemented in C++. This algorithm achieves rapid convergence across a broad class of data contexts and further enables estimation of complex models, including those with varying slopes, in a highly efficient manner. Beyond computational speed, fixest provides a unified syntax for a wide variety of models: ordinary least squares, instrumental variables, generalized linear models, maximum likelihood, and difference-in-differences estimators. An expressive formula interface enables multiple estimations, stepwise regressions, and variable interpolation in a single call, while users can make on-the-fly inference adjustments using a variety of built-in robust standard errors. Finally, fixest provides methods for publication-ready regression tables and coefficient plots. Benchmarks against leading alternatives in R, Python, and Julia demonstrate best-in-class performance, and the paper includes many worked examples illustrating the core functionality.

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

This is a really great paper and database. Impressive and important work by Bharti and colleagues. Data: whce.world/data/ Paper: amory-gethin.fr/files/pdf/Bh... Forthcoming in the Journal of Public Economics

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Article published in the Brazilian Journal of Population Studies Maternal mortality in the Dominican Republic: Unraveling inequalities in times of the COVID-19 pandemic by Mercedes, Kary and collegues www.scielo.br/j/rbepop/a/w...

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Mortalidad materna en la República Dominicana: desentrañando las desigualdades en tiempos de la pandemia de COVID-19

Resumen En la República Dominicana, la pandemia de COVID-19 provocó un aumento en la mortalidad...

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

This is a very interesting and important paper published in the Brazilian Journal of Population Studies Developing a synthetic Brazilian population derived from the 2010 Census Souza Junior, Cleônidas Tavares e colegas www.scielo.br/j/rbepop/a/B...

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Desenvolvendo uma população brasileira sintética derivada do Censo Demográfico de 2010

Resumo O Censo brasileiro de 2010 contém uma riqueza de informações que podem permitir pesquisas...

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Twenty years ago, I defended my dissertation and graduated in Demography from UC Berkeley. My advisor, Ron Lee, is in the picture with Ken Wachter, Gene Hammel, John Wilmoth, Jenna Johnson-Hanks, and Mike Hout. Event was at the old demography house - 2232 Piedmont.

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Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure invites applications for a two-week Summer School on ‘Micro-Census Insights into Historical Households, Mortality and Fertility’, held at University of Cambridge from July 6-17th, 2026. Application deadline February 2 2026.

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The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, Cambridge » Events

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Stéphane Helleringer @shelleringer.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I’m recruiting a postdoctoral associate at NYU Abu Dhabi. Position is for 3 years with excellent salary, housing and benefits. Please share widely. For more information and application, link ⬇️ apply.interfolio.com/177935

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

New pre-print! Brazil Data Commons arxiv.org/abs/2511.11755 Collaborative work led by Isadora Cristina with Ramon Gonze, Jônatas Santos, Julio Reis, Mário Alvim, and Fabrício Benevenuto. Brazil Data Commons: A Platform for Unifying and Integrating Brazil's Public Data

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Brazil Data Commons: A Platform for Unifying and Integrating Brazil's Public Data

The fragmentation of public data in Brazil, coupled with inconsistent standards and limited interoperability, hinders effective research, evidence-based policymaking and access to data-driven insights...

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ICPSR @icpsr.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

New insights on maternal mortality from historical demographer and former ICPSR Director George Alter.

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

The Race and Stratification Working Group at @nber.org will have its annual meeting on Friday, March 27, 2026. Francisca Antman, Bocar Ba, Robynn Cox and I are organizing the program. December 11, 2025 is the deadline to submit your paper! www.nber.org/conferences/...

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Economics of Race and Stratification, Spring 2026

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Importante e boa reportagem a @revistapiaui.bsky.social sobre o Censo de 2022 e a demora na divulgação dos microdados e suas implicações para diferentes setores. piaui.folha.uol.com.br/materia/a-cr...

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A crise do IBGE, o apagão de dados e a aflição de milhares de demógrafos e pesquisadores

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

! New Paper Out! In this paper - with Ernesto Amaral, Samantha Haussman and Guilherme Quaresma - we investigate, for Brazil, whether area level composition of workers by age, educational and formal-informal labor relations impact the wage levels of workers. www.cepal.org/en/publicati...

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Individual earnings differentials by education level in Brazil: the greater inequality of the informal sector

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SciELO @scielo.org · 29/10/2025

O estudo mostra que estudantes que vivem em famílias biparentais têm desempenho significativamente melhor em Matemática e Língua Portuguesa. Leia o press release da Revista Brasileira de Estudos de População! humanas.blog.scielo.org/blog/2025/10...

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Como a composição do lar influencia a aprendizagem das crianças | SciELO em Perspectiva: Humanas

O estudo mostra que estudantes que vivem em famílias biparentais têm desempenho significativamente melhor em Matemática e Língua Portuguesa, revelando como a composição familiar pode ampliar ou…

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Last week UFMG hosted Semana do Conhecimento. In the event, students present the research they worked under the supervision of a faculty member. Gustavo Freitas presented the project, with @vegardskirbekk.bsky.social, proposing an index of aging preparedness for countries in the world.

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

In “...Educational Expansion to Trends in Life Expectancy & Lifespan Variation,” @jdzazueta.bsky.social @ugobas.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social et al. show how expansion contributes to ↑ expectancy and ↓ variation. @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

@ibgeoficial.bsky.social E os microdados do Censo de 2022? Pelo calendário do IBGE, que não está mais no site, estavam previstos para setembro de 2025. E agora? Os dados de 2010 foram disponibilizados em abril de 2012. Um prazo bem mais curto que o atual. E com um processo bem menos tecnológico.

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

New paper publish in Rebep by Leocádio, Verona and Wajnman investigate the association between gender equity in the family and fertility intentions in Brazil, at the micro level. The results indicated that greater gender equity reduces impact decisions for a second child doi.org/10.20947/S01...

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Associação entre Equidade de Gênero na Família e Intenções de Fecundidade: Uma Análise do Contexto Brasileiro com Machine Learning

A literatura sobre equidade de gênero e fecundidade propõe uma curva em U para explicar a relação entre essas variáveis. À medida que as mulheres alcançam maior equidade na esfera pública (educação e ...

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

On a different note, in April 2025, I ran my first marathon – the São Paulo International. A couple of weeks ago, I took on a real cross-country race on forest trails. I went for the tough 11 km route, but it was a lot of fun!

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

D'Antona and colleagues assess the influence of population size and spatial distribution on the extent of forest cover and fragmentation across all 31 ERs in the Amazon Biome in Brazil. rebep.org.br/revista/arti...

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Vista do Spatial distribution of population and forest cover in extractive reserves in the Amazon biome, Brazil

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Torres and colleagues investigate mortality in Uruguay in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: geographic variations and causes of death rebep.org.br/revista/arti...

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Vista do A mortalidade no Uruguai no contexto da pandemia de COVID-19: variações regionais e causas de morte

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz @blqueiroz.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

In the coming days, I will be sharing posts about the papers published in the journal to date, with no particular or specific order

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