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Starting with Volume 29 (July-Dec 2013), members of the Demographic Research editorial board can nominate published papers for an Editor's Choice award. Only a few papers in each volume receive this special recognition.

22 June 2022 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

Increases in shared custody after divorce in the United States

Daniel R. Meyer , Marcia Carlson, Md Moshi Ul Alam

Volume: 46 Article ID: 38 Pages: 1137–1162
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2022.46.38

18 May 2022 | research article Editor's Choice

Stability and outcome of interracial cohabitation before and after transitions to marriage

Kate Choi, Rachel Goldberg, Patrick Denice

Volume: 46 Article ID: 33 Pages: 957–1006
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2022.46.33

01 April 2022 | research article Editor's Choice

‘Silver splits’ in Europe: The role of grandchildren and other correlates

Giammarco Alderotti, Cecilia Tomassini, Daniele Vignoli

Volume: 46 Article ID: 21 Pages: 619–652
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2022.46.21

04 January 2022 | research article Editor's Choice

Exploring the role of legal status and neighborhood social capital on immigrant economic integration in Los Angeles

Ashley Muchow, Robert Bozick

Volume: 46 Article ID: 1 Pages: 1–36
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2022.46.1

17 November 2021 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

COVID-19 risk factors and mortality among Native Americans

Katherine Leggat-Barr, Fumiya Uchikoshi, Noreen Goldman

Volume: 45 Article ID: 39 Pages: 1185–1218
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2021.45.39

16 November 2021 | research article Editor's Choice

Couples' paid work, state-level unemployment, and first births in the United States

Chiara Ludovica Comolli

Volume: 45 Article ID: 38 Pages: 1149–1184
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2021.45.38

04 November 2021 | research article Editor's Choice

A world apart: Levels and determinants of excess mortality due to COVID-19 in care homes: The case of the Belgian region of Wallonia during the spring 2020 wave

Olivier J. Hardy, Dominique Dubourg, Mélanie Bourguignon, Simon Dellicour, Thierry Eggerickx, Marius Gilbert, Jean-Paul Sanderson, Aline Scohy, Eline Vandael, Jean-Michel Decroly

Volume: 45 Article ID: 33 Pages: 1011–1040
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2021.45.33

04 August 2021 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

The formal demography of kinship III: Kinship dynamics with time-varying demographic rates

Hal Caswell, Xi Song

Volume: 45 Article ID: 16 Pages: 517–546
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2021.45.16

22 July 2021 | research article Editor's Choice

The role of premarital cohabitation in the timing of first birth in China

Lijun Yang

Volume: 45 Article ID: 8 Pages: 259–290
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2021.45.8

13 July 2021 | research article Editor's Choice

Union formation under conditions of uncertainty: The objective and subjective sides of employment uncertainty

Danilo Bolano, Daniele Vignoli

Volume: 45 Article ID: 5 Pages: 141–186
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2021.45.5

01 June 2021 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

D-splines: Estimating rate schedules using high-dimensional splines with empirical demographic penalties

Carl Schmertmann

Volume: 44 Article ID: 45 Pages: 1085–1114
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2021.44.45

08 April 2021 | descriptive finding Editor's Choice

Low perceived susceptibility to pregnancy as a reason for contraceptive nonuse among women with unintended births

Alison Gemmill, Sarah K. Cowan

Volume: 44 Article ID: 31 Pages: 759–774
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2021.44.31

26 January 2021 | descriptive finding Editor's Choice

Diverging gaps in childcare time by parental education in South Korea

Hyunjoon Park

Volume: 44 Article ID: 6 Pages: 143–156
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2021.44.6

26 November 2020 | research article Editor's Choice

Demographic change and increasing late singlehood in East Asia, 2010–2050

Albert Esteve, Ridhi Kashyap, Joan García-Román, Yen-Hsin Alice Cheng, Setsuya Fukuda, Wanli Nie, Hyun-ok Lee

Volume: 43 Article ID: 46 Pages: 1367–1398
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2020.43.46

16 September 2020 | research article Editor's Choice

Living arrangements of adult children of immigrants in selected European countries

Giuseppe Gabrielli, Roberto Impicciatore

Volume: 43 Article ID: 30 Pages: 889–928
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2020.43.30

07 July 2020 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

Estimating annual rates of homelessness

James O'Donnell

Volume: 43 Article ID: 1 Pages: 1–34
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2020.43.1

19 June 2020 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

The formal demography of kinship II: Multistate models, parity, and sibship

Hal Caswell

Volume: 42 Article ID: 38 Pages: 1097–1146
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2020.42.38

10 January 2020 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

Migrant-based youth bulges and social conflict in urban sub-Saharan Africa

Ashira Menashe-Oren

Volume: 42 Article ID: 3 Pages: 57–98
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2020.42.3

29 November 2019 | research article Editor's Choice

Parental childcare support, sibship status and mothers’ second-child plans in urban China

Menghan Zhao, Yang Zhang

Volume: 41 Article ID: 47 Pages: 1315–1346
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2019.41.47

21 November 2019 | descriptive finding Editor's Choice

Is a positive association between female employment and fertility still spurious in developed countries?

Takashi Oshio

Volume: 41 Article ID: 45 Pages: 1277–1288
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2019.41.45

01 October 2019 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

Civilian killings and disappearances during civil war in El Salvador (1980‒1992)

Amelia Hoover Green, Patrick Ball

Volume: 41 Article ID: 27 Pages: 781–814
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2019.41.27

10 September 2019 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

The formal demography of kinship: A matrix formulation

Hal Caswell

Volume: 41 Article ID: 24 Pages: 679–712
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2019.41.24

21 February 2019 | research article Editor's Choice

Population sex imbalance in China before the One-Child Policy

Kimberly Singer Babiarz, Paul Ma, Shige Song, Grant Miller

Volume: 40 Article ID: 13 Pages: 319–358
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2019.40.13

29 January 2019 | research article Editor's Choice

Improving age measurement in low- and middle-income countries through computer vision: A test in Senegal

Stephane Helleringer, Chong You, Laurence Fleury, Laetitia Douillot, Insa Diouf, Cheikh Tidiane Ndiaye, Valerie Delaunay, Rene Vidal

Volume: 40 Article ID: 9 Pages: 219–260
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2019.40.9

11 December 2018 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

Contemporary female migration in Ghana: Analyses of the 2000 and 2010 Censuses

Samantha R. Lattof, Philomena Nyarko, Ernestina Coast, Tiziana Leone

Volume: 39 Article ID: 44 Pages: 1181–1226
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.39.44

23 October 2018 | descriptive finding Editor's Choice

Persistence of death in the United States: The remarkably different mortality patterns between America’s Heartland and Dixieland

Wesley James, Jeralynn Cossman, Julia Wolf

Volume: 39 Article ID: 33 Pages: 897–910
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.39.33

07 September 2018 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

Joint lifestyles and the risk of union dissolution: Differences between marriage and cohabitation

Kirsten van Houdt, Anne-Rigt Poortman

Volume: 39 Article ID: 15 Pages: 431–458
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.39.15

05 July 2018 | research article Editor's Choice

Fathers on call? A study on the sharing of care work between parents in Sweden

Marie Evertsson, Katarina Boye, Jeylan Erman

Volume: 39 Article ID: 2 Pages: 33–60
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.39.2

09 March 2018 | research article Editor's Choice

Interethnic marriage in Northeast China, 1866–1913

Bijia Chen, Cameron Campbell, Hao Dong

Volume: 38 Article ID: 34 Pages: 929–966
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.38.34

08 March 2018 | research article Editor's Choice

Can a cash transfer to families change fertility behaviour?

Synøve N. Andersen, Nina Drange, Trude Lappegård

Volume: 38 Article ID: 33 Pages: 897–928
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.38.33

06 March 2018 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

Indian paradox: Rising education, declining womens' employment

Esha Chatterjee, Sonalde Desai, Reeve Vanneman

Volume: 38 Article ID: 31 Pages: 855–878
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.38.31

01 March 2018 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results Article has associated letter

Gompertz, Makeham, and Siler models explain Taylor's law in human mortality data

Joel E. Cohen, Christina Bohk, Roland Rau

Volume: 38 Article ID: 29 Pages: 773–842
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.38.29

13 February 2018 | research material Editor's Choice

Design and implementation of a high-quality probability sample of immigrants and ethnic minorities: Lessons learnt

Peter Lynn, Alita Nandi, Violetta Parutis, Lucinda Platt

Volume: 38 Article ID: 21 Pages: 513–548
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.38.21

05 December 2017 | descriptive finding Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

The magnitude and timing of grandparental coresidence during childhood in the United States

Mariana Amorim, Rachel Dunifon, Natasha Pilkauskas

Volume: 37 Article ID: 52 Pages: 1695–1706
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.52

26 October 2017 | descriptive finding Editor's Choice

Mortality selection among adults in Brazil: The survival advantage of Air Force officers

Vanessa di Lego, Cássio M. Turra, Cibele Cesar

Volume: 37 Article ID: 41 Pages: 1339–1350
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.41

24 October 2017 | descriptive finding Editor's Choice Article has associated letter

On the pace of fertility decline in sub-Saharan Africa

David Shapiro, Andrew Hinde

Volume: 37 Article ID: 40 Pages: 1327–1338
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.40

17 October 2017 | research material Editor's Choice

Life-table representations of family dynamics in the 21st century

Gunnar Andersson, Elizabeth Thomson, Aija Duntava

Volume: 37 Article ID: 35 Pages: 1081–1230
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.35

16 August 2017 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

Birth spacing, human capital, and the motherhood penalty at midlife in the United States

Margaret Gough

Volume: 37 Article ID: 13 Pages: 363–416
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.13

08 August 2017 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

Physical attractiveness and women’s HIV risk in rural Malawi

Margaret Frye, Sophia Chae

Volume: 37 Article ID: 10 Pages: 251–294
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.10

18 July 2017 | research article Editor's Choice

The effect of contraception on fertility: Is sub-Saharan Africa different?

John Bongaarts

Volume: 37 Article ID: 6 Pages: 129–146
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.6

11 July 2017 | research article Editor's Choice

How does unrest affect migration? Evidence from the three southernmost provinces of Thailand

Aree Jampaklay, Kathleen Ford, Aphichat Chamratrithirong

Volume: 37 Article ID: 3 Pages: 25–52
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.3

31 May 2017 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

The mental health of youth and young adults during the transition to adulthood in Egypt

Jenny Liu, Sepideh Modrek, Maia Sieverding

Volume: 36 Article ID: 56 Pages: 1721–1758
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.36.56

06 April 2017 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

How kinship systems and welfare regimes shape leaving home: A comparative study of the United States, Germany, Taiwan, and China

Bernhard Nauck, Nicolai Gröpler, Chin-Chun Yi

Volume: 36 Article ID: 38 Pages: 1109–1148
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.36.38

05 April 2017 | descriptive finding Editor's Choice

The population-level impact of public-sector antiretroviral therapy rollout on adult mortality in rural Malawi

Collin Payne, Hans-Peter Kohler

Volume: 36 Article ID: 37 Pages: 1081–1108
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.36.37

16 March 2017 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

Measuring male fertility rates in developing countries with Demographic and Health Surveys: An assessment of three methods

Bruno Schoumaker

Volume: 36 Article ID: 28 Pages: 803–850
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.36.28

21 December 2016 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

Fertility expectations and residential mobility in Britain

John Ermisch, Fiona Steele

Volume: 35 Article ID: 54 Pages: 1561–1584
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2016.35.54

01 September 2016 | research article Editor's Choice

Are daughters’ childbearing intentions related to their mothers’ socio-economic status?

Maria Rita Testa, Valeria Bordone, Beata Osiewalska, Vegard Skirbekk

Volume: 35 Article ID: 21 Pages: 581–616
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2016.35.21

24 August 2016 | descriptive finding Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

Fifty years of change updated: Cross-national gender convergence in housework

Evrim Altintas, Oriel Sullivan

Volume: 35 Article ID: 16 Pages: 455–470
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2016.35.16

10 August 2016 | research article Editor's Choice

Uncertain lives: Insights into the role of job precariousness in union formation in Italy

Daniele Vignoli, Valentina Tocchioni, Silvana Salvini

Volume: 35 Article ID: 10 Pages: 253–282
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2016.35.10

17 May 2016 | research article Editor's Choice

The contributions of childbearing within marriage and within consensual union to fertility in Latin America, 1980-2010

Benoît Laplante, Teresa Castro Martín, Clara Cortina, Ana Laura Fostik

Volume: 34 Article ID: 29 Pages: 827–844
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2016.34.29

23 March 2016 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

Diverging patterns of fertility decline in Uruguay

Mathías Nathan, Ignacio Pardo, Wanda Cabella

Volume: 34 Article ID: 20 Pages: 563–586
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2016.34.20

12 February 2016 | research article Editor's Choice

Childhood socioeconomic status, adult socioeconomic status, and old-age health trajectories: Connecting early, middle, and late life

Zachary Zimmer, Heidi Hanson, Ken Smith

Volume: 34 Article ID: 10 Pages: 285–320
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2016.34.10

08 January 2016 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

The relationship between unemployment and fertility in Italy: A time-series analysis

Alberto Cazzola, Lucia Pasquini, Aurora Angeli

Volume: 34 Article ID: 1 Pages: 1–38
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2016.34.1

09 December 2015 | descriptive finding Editor's Choice

Unintended pregnancy and the changing demography of American women, 1987-2008

Athena Tapales, Lawrence Finer

Volume: 33 Article ID: 45 Pages: 1257–1270
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.33.45

18 September 2015 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

Does waiting pay off for couples? Partnership duration prior to household formation and union stability

Christine Schnor

Volume: 33 Article ID: 22 Pages: 611–652
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.33.22

02 September 2015 | research article Editor's Choice

Sexual networks, partnership mixing, and the female-to-male ratio of HIV infections in generalized epidemics: An agent-based simulation study

Georges Reniers, Benjamin Armbruster, Aaron Lucas

Volume: 33 Article ID: 15 Pages: 425–450
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.33.15

16 July 2015 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

For the times they are a changin': The respect for religious precepts through the analysis of the seasonality of marriages. Italy, 1862-2012.

Gabriele Ruiu, Marco Breschi

Volume: 33 Article ID: 7 Pages: 179–210
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.33.7

30 April 2015 | research article Editor's Choice

What is your couple type? Gender ideology, housework sharing, and babies

Arnstein Aassve, Giulia Fuochi, Letizia Mencarini, Daria Mendola

Volume: 32 Article ID: 30 Pages: 835–858
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.32.30

19 September 2014 | descriptive finding Editor's Choice

Race, color, and income inequality across the Americas

Stanley R. Bailey, Aliya Saperstein, Andrew Penner

Volume: 31 Article ID: 24 Pages: 735–756
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.31.24

02 July 2014 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

Factors responsible for mortality variation in the United States: A latent variable analysis

Christopher Tencza, Andrew C. Stokes, Samuel H. Preston

Volume: 31 Article ID: 2 Pages: 27–70
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.31.2

13 December 2013 | research article Editor's Choice Author has provided data and code for replicating results

Nonresident Fathers and Formal Child Support: Evidence from the CPS, NSFG, and SIPP

J. Bart Stykes, Wendy Manning, Susan L. Brown

Volume: 29 Article ID: 46 Pages: 1299–1330
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.46

12 November 2013 | descriptive finding Editor's Choice

Youth prospects in a time of economic recession

Arnstein Aassve, Elena Cottini, Agnese Vitali

Volume: 29 Article ID: 36 Pages: 949–962
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.36

26 September 2013 | research article Editor's Choice

Validation of spatially allocated small area estimates for 1880 Census demography

Matt Ruther, Galen Maclaurin, Stefan Leyk, Barbara Buttenfield, Nicholas Nagle

Volume: 29 Article ID: 22 Pages: 579–616
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.22

24 September 2013 | research article Editor's Choice

The fragility of the future and the tug of the past: Longevity in Latin America and the Caribbean

Alberto Palloni, Laeticia Souza

Volume: 29 Article ID: 21 Pages: 543–578
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.21

03 September 2013 | reflection Editor's Choice

Family dynamics and housing: Conceptual issues and empirical findings

Clara H. Mulder

Volume: 29 Article ID: 14 Pages: 355–378
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.14

16 August 2013 | research article Editor's Choice

Intergenerational transfers and European families: Does the number of siblings matter?

Tom Emery

Volume: 29 Article ID: 10 Pages: 247–274
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.10