José H C Monteiro da Silva
@josehcms.bsky.social
Demographer
PhD Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania
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PhD Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania
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The Graduate Group in Demography at the University of Pennsylvania is now accepting applications for its PhD program in Demography. We look forward to recruiting a strong and diverse cohort for Fall 2026!
➡️ Applications are due December 15, 2025 ⬅️
Learn More:
➡️ Applications are due December 15, 2025 ⬅️
Learn More:
Prospective Students | Graduate Group in Demography
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September 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Graduate Group in Demography at the University of Pennsylvania is now accepting applications for its PhD program in Demography. We look forward to recruiting a strong and diverse cohort for Fall 2026!
➡️ Applications are due December 15, 2025 ⬅️
Learn More:
➡️ Applications are due December 15, 2025 ⬅️
Learn More:
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It's fabulous to welcome our students and alumni back to @mpidr.bsky.social for the 6th IMPRS-PHDS Graduate Workshop! We are looking forward to two days of research updates and networking as well as mini-workshops on science communication and mastering Q&A sessions!
June 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
It's fabulous to welcome our students and alumni back to @mpidr.bsky.social for the 6th IMPRS-PHDS Graduate Workshop! We are looking forward to two days of research updates and networking as well as mini-workshops on science communication and mastering Q&A sessions!
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Congrats to our our student @josehcms.bsky.social
winner of Farriss Grad Student Paper Award from Penn's Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies
Using Census to Estimate Mortality Differentials: an Application to Rural-urban Adult Mortality in Colombia in 2018
READ IT HERE:
bit.ly/4m6arAg
winner of Farriss Grad Student Paper Award from Penn's Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies
Using Census to Estimate Mortality Differentials: an Application to Rural-urban Adult Mortality in Colombia in 2018
READ IT HERE:
bit.ly/4m6arAg
June 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Congrats to our our student @josehcms.bsky.social
winner of Farriss Grad Student Paper Award from Penn's Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies
Using Census to Estimate Mortality Differentials: an Application to Rural-urban Adult Mortality in Colombia in 2018
READ IT HERE:
bit.ly/4m6arAg
winner of Farriss Grad Student Paper Award from Penn's Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies
Using Census to Estimate Mortality Differentials: an Application to Rural-urban Adult Mortality in Colombia in 2018
READ IT HERE:
bit.ly/4m6arAg
Reposted by José H C Monteiro da Silva
🚨 New article out in Social Science & Medicine!
Irma Elo and I take a deeper look at trends in life expectancy for foreign-born and native-born populations in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Irma Elo and I take a deeper look at trends in life expectancy for foreign-born and native-born populations in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
US-Born and Foreign-born Life Expectancy by Race and Hispanic Origin before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
Interdisciplinary health scholarship has long documented the lower mortality of the foreign-born compared to the US-born populations. In this study, w…
www.sciencedirect.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🚨 New article out in Social Science & Medicine!
Irma Elo and I take a deeper look at trends in life expectancy for foreign-born and native-born populations in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Irma Elo and I take a deeper look at trends in life expectancy for foreign-born and native-born populations in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Have never traveled to a country outside their own
India 95%
Indonesia 92%
Nigeria 90%
Brazil 87%
Mexico 79%
S Africa 77%
Japan 34%
Poland 32%
US 23%
S Korea 21%
Greece 21%
Spain 15%
Italy 14%
Australia 10%
France 10%
UK 4%
Germany 3%
India 95%
Indonesia 92%
Nigeria 90%
Brazil 87%
Mexico 79%
S Africa 77%
Japan 34%
Poland 32%
US 23%
S Korea 21%
Greece 21%
Spain 15%
Italy 14%
Australia 10%
France 10%
UK 4%
Germany 3%
Attitudes on an Interconnected World
How close do people feel to others around the world? How much do they want their countries involved in international affairs? A recent 24-nation survey explores these questions.
www.pewresearch.org
October 29, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Have never traveled to a country outside their own
India 95%
Indonesia 92%
Nigeria 90%
Brazil 87%
Mexico 79%
S Africa 77%
Japan 34%
Poland 32%
US 23%
S Korea 21%
Greece 21%
Spain 15%
Italy 14%
Australia 10%
France 10%
UK 4%
Germany 3%
India 95%
Indonesia 92%
Nigeria 90%
Brazil 87%
Mexico 79%
S Africa 77%
Japan 34%
Poland 32%
US 23%
S Korea 21%
Greece 21%
Spain 15%
Italy 14%
Australia 10%
France 10%
UK 4%
Germany 3%
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My dissertation "The Demography of Shocks: Migration and Mortality under the Influence of Environmental and Epidemiological Shocks" is now publicly available! repository.upenn.edu/entities/pub...
The Demography of Shocks: Migration and Mortality under the Influence of Environmental and Epidemiological Shocks
This dissertation makes three scientific contributions to the understanding of how human populations react to environmental and epidemiological shocks. The first chapter investigates the impact of tro...
repository.upenn.edu
September 1, 2024 at 4:27 PM
My dissertation "The Demography of Shocks: Migration and Mortality under the Influence of Environmental and Epidemiological Shocks" is now publicly available! repository.upenn.edu/entities/pub...
Reposted by José H C Monteiro da Silva
New paper led by @cschmert.bsky.social with Marcos Gonzaga
www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
The paper analyzes data errors and their interactions in a single, coherent framework in which all of the major data problems coexist and interact.
www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
The paper analyzes data errors and their interactions in a single, coherent framework in which all of the major data problems coexist and interact.
Demographic Research - Data errors in mortality estimation: Formal demographic analysis of under-registration, under-enumeration, and age misreporting (Volume 51 - Article 9 | Pages 229–266)
Volume 51 - Article 9 | Pages 229–266
www.demographic-research.org
August 6, 2024 at 6:55 PM
New paper led by @cschmert.bsky.social with Marcos Gonzaga
www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
The paper analyzes data errors and their interactions in a single, coherent framework in which all of the major data problems coexist and interact.
www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
The paper analyzes data errors and their interactions in a single, coherent framework in which all of the major data problems coexist and interact.
Reposted by José H C Monteiro da Silva
In this paper, led by Marcos Gonzaga we estimated and forescated age and sex specific mortality rates for all Brazilian cities.
pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Estimation and probabilistic projection of age- and sex-specific mortality rates across Brazilian municipalities between 2010 and 2030 - Population Health Metrics
Background Mortality rate estimation in small areas can be difficult due the low number of events/exposure (i.e. stochastic error). If the death records are not completed, it adds a systematic uncerta...
pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com
May 27, 2024 at 10:58 AM
In this paper, led by Marcos Gonzaga we estimated and forescated age and sex specific mortality rates for all Brazilian cities.
pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
pophealthmetrics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....