Studies concerned with demographic methods and with methods from other disciplines that have been applied to demographic data as a whole. Includes mathematical demography and studies on methods of estimation and indirect estimation. Methodological studies and models concerned with one demographic variable, such as migration, are coded under the category concerned with that topic and cross-referenced to this heading. Studies on models used to investigate relationships between demographic variables and for the analysis of empirical data are also coded under this heading.
65:30771 Axinn, William G.; Pearce, Lisa D.;
Ghimire, Dirgha. Innovations in life history calendar
applications. Social Science Research, Vol. 28, No. 3, Sep 1999.
243-64 pp. Orlando, Florida. In Eng.
"The life history
calendar (LHC) was designed as a method of collecting detailed
individual-level event timing and sequencing data. This paper describes
new innovations which make gathering retrospective event history data
with an LHC more feasible in a wider range of settings and for a
broader set of substantive topics.... The innovations themselves
include adding a more detailed set of timing cues, reorganizing the
life history calendar's visual cues, and using new recording
strategies." Solutions to some of the problems that arise using
this approach are illustrated with examples using data from the Chitwan
Valley Family Study in Nepal.
Correspondence: W. G. Axinn,
University of Michigan, Population Studies Center, 1225 South
University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2590. Location:
Princeton University Library (PR).
65:30772 Cerbara, Loredana; Iacovacci,
Giampaolo. Unfocused methodologies for classifying
population data. [Tecniche sfocate per la classificazione di dati
di popolazione.] IRP Working Paper, No. 02/98, Nov 1998. 52 pp.
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Ricerche sulla
Popolazione [IRP]: Rome, Italy. In Ita. with sum. in Eng; Fre.
"The aim of this work is to represent the imprecision...which
is an intrinsic feature of data, since an imprecise model is capable of
representing reality better than a precise model. This paper could be
an instrument for those who are willing to use fuzzy techniques, and in
fact it shows, when it is possible, beside methodological descriptions
also the examples of applications in order to help [understand] methods
and possible fields of utilization."
Correspondence:
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Ricerche sulla
Popolazione, Viale Beethoven 56, 00144 Rome, Italy. Location:
Princeton University Library (SPR).
65:30773 Goodspeed, Timothy J. On
the importance of public choice in migration models. Economics
Letters, Vol. 59, No. 3, Jun 1998. 373-9 pp. Amsterdam, Netherlands. In
Eng.
"Recent general equilibrium Tiebout models that use
single-crossing indifference curves to establish a migration
equilibrium incorporate both voting and migration decisions. These
models have concentrated on the important question of the existence of
an equilibrium, but the incorporation of both voting and migration has
important efficiency consequences as well. This paper demonstrates the
important effect of the interaction of voting and migration on
efficiency conditions by showing that head taxes (which are generally
considered to provide efficient migration incentives with constant
marginal congestion costs) do not provide incentives for efficient
migration decisions unless the public choice mechanism results in
optimal public service provision within
jurisdictions."
Correspondence: T. J. Goodspeed, City
University of New York, Hunter College, Department of Economics, 695
Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021. Location: World Bank, Joint
Bank-Fund Library, African Development Centre, Washington, D.C.
65:30774 Wéry, René.
Models that simulate the interaction of demographic, social, and
economic factors: are they useful or a waste of time? [Les
modèles de simulation démo-socio-économique:
utilité ou gaspillage?] In: Populations et
développements: une approche globale et systémique,
edited by Michel Loriaux. 1998. 391-423 pp. Academia-Bruylant:
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; L'Harmattan: Paris, France. In Fre.
This
article summarizes the debate about the value of socioeconomic models
of the Bachue type that were developed in the 1970s as an aid to the
development planning process. The author first describes how such
models were developed and what they were intended to achieve. He then
describes both the critiques of such models that were made during the
1980s and the responses that defended their utility. The primary focus
is on developing countries.
Correspondence: R. Wéry,
International Labour Office, 4 route des Morillons, 1211 Geneva 22,
Switzerland. Location: Princeton University Library (SPR).
65:30775 Zarca, Bernard. Is it
possible to progress from a sample of households to a sample of
siblings? [Comment passer d'un échantillon de
ménages à un échantillon de fratries?] INED
Dossiers et Recherches, No. 73, Jan 1999. 15 pp. Institut National
d'Etudes Démographiques [INED]: Paris, France. In Fre.
This
is a methodological note that demonstrates how it is possible to
undertake a comparative analysis of data on groups of brothers and
sisters from two French household surveys, the 1976 survey
Résaux Familiaux and the 1990 survey Proches et
Parents.
Correspondence: Institut National d'Etudes
Démographiques, 133 boulevard Davout, 75980 Paris Cedex 20,
France. E-mail: ined@ined.fr. Location: Princeton University
Library (SPR).
