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3.00 Credits
Madden. Drawing from sociology, economics and demography, this course examines the causes and effects of gender differences in labor force participation, earnings and occupation in the United States and in the rest of the developed and developing world. Differences by race and ethnicity are also considered. Theories of labor supply, marriage, human capital and discrimination are explored as explanations for the observed trends. Finally, the course reviews current labor market policies and uses the theories of labor supply, marriage, human capital and discrimination to evaluate their effects on women and men.
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3.00 Credits
Jacobs. This course will study social stratification primarily in contemporary societies. We will examine both the distribution of social rewards as well as process for the allocation of these rewards. Stratification theory and research on social mobility will be considered. Topics include the influence of education, race and gender, and structural and organizational factors on individual success. Acquaintance with stratification theory and quantitative methods would be helpful but not required.
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3.00 Credits
Bosk. Health and illness, and medical care, education, and research are examined in a social, cultural and cross-cultural perspective, with special attention to present-day American society. The course is developed around lectures and class discussion.
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3.00 Credits
Staff. The aim of the course is to present a view of how western populations in the past were coping with demographic issues of survival, reproduction, and social organization. The focus of the course will be on demographic mechanisms rather than on methodology; on the transmission of ideas on disease and reproduction rather than on quantitative estimates of mortality and fertility. 1.How do we know: A discussion of sources 2.Mortality: Homeostatic mechanisms 3.Epidemiology, then and now 4.The Mortality transition 5.Family and marriage 6.Pre-industrial fertility control 7.Ideology and technology in family limitation 8.Marital, pre- and extra- 9.The fertility transition
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3.00 Credits
Staff. This is a class on methodology used in social research. We shall study the history, logic and design of social research. Several classes will include presentations by other members of the standing faculty. Discussions will be based in part on student responses to weekly assignments and critiques of published research. Students will discuss their assignments in class. Attendance is mandatory. There will be no grades of Incomplete.
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3.00 Credits
Elo, Smith, Preston. The course is designed to introduce students to basic concepts of demographic measurement and modeling used to study changes in population size and composition. The course covers basic measures of mortality, fertility and migration; life table construction; multiple decrement life tables; stable populations; population projections; and age patterns of vital events. Students will learn to apply demographic methods through a series of weekly problem sets.
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3.00 Credits
Advanced Special Topics
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2.00 Credits
Elo, Ewbank, Kohler, Preston, Soldo. Population Processes (PP) I is part of a two-course sequence designed to introduce students to the core areas of demography (fertility, mortality, migration, and population aging) and recent developments in the field. PP I is designed as a survey course to introduce students to a broad set of issues in health and mortality, and individual and population aging. The course covers topics in demographic and social perspectives on health and mortality in developed and developing countries and topics in population aging, such as global trends in disease, disability, and aging, biologic and social aspects of aging, and health inequalities at older ages. The course format consists of lectures and class discussions. The tow course sequence is required of Ph.D. students in Demography. Others interested in enrolling in only one of the courses may do so with the permission of the Chair of the Graduate Group in Demography.
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2.00 Credits
Kohler, Smith. Population Processes (PP) II is a part of a two-course sequence designed to introduce students to the core areas of demography (fertility, mortality, migration, and population aging) and recent developments in the field. PP II focuses on biological, social, and demographic factors explaining levels, trends, and differentials in human fertility transition with an emphasis on the historical and current course of fertility transition in developed and developing countries. In addition the course covers topics in family demography. The course format consists of lectures and class discussions. The two course sequence is required of Ph.D. students in Demography. Others interested in enrolling in only one of the courses may do so with the permission of the Chair of the Graduate Group in Demography.
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2.00 Credits
Harknett. This two semester course will engage each graduate student in an analysis project with qualitative and quantitative components, using a linked qualitative longitudinal data set. Students will use survey data from the baseline and 12 month wave of the Fragile Families study (described at http://crcw.princeton.edu/fragilefamilies/), a national survey of unwed and married parents who have just had a child (with unmarried parents over sampled) They will also use transcripts and coded data from the TLC3 study, which involved qualitative couple and individual interviews conducted with a subset of 75 of the couples in the FF survey in 3 waves: about 3 months after the birth and then again 12 and 24 months after the birth. Most of these are low-income, unmarried, cohabiting parents. The goal of the course is for each student to use these two data sets, and the analytic techniques and literature covered in the course, to write a paper that can be submitted for publication. The spring will also include lots of tips on how to construct a publishable paper. Students should only enroll in this course if they plan to take the spring sequel course as well.
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