2008 Summer Methodology Workshop
15th Annual Demography Graduate Student Methodology Workshop
- Age-Period-Cohort Models -
Age, Period, and Cohort models provide demographers a window into the intersection of historical and biographical time. For quantitative researchers, APC models are central for the analysis of individual and social change. However, modeling age, period, and cohort effects has provided a lasting challenge for demographers. Traditional analyses have yielded unidentified models, and have been unable to disentangle the unique effects of each component. This workshop revisits this classic topic, and examines the theoretical and methodological issues surrounding age, period, and cohort models, including a presentation of cutting-edge new research by Professors Christopher Winship, Ph.D (Harvard), Kenneth Land, Ph.D (Duke), and Glenn Firebaugh, Ph.D. (Penn State).
June 16, 2008
The Nittany Lion Inn, The Pennsylvania State University
Watch the Video!
Video of Firebaugh & Land presentationsVideo Winship & Alwin presentations
Workshop Speakers
Glenn Firebaugh
Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography; College of the Liberal Arts Research Professor, Pennsylvania State University
(http://www.sociology.psu.edu/people/faculty/firebaugh.shtml)
Kenneth C. Land
John Franklin Crowell Professor of Demographic Studies and Sociology, Duke University
(http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Sociology/faculty/kland)
Christopher Winship
Diker-Tishman Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies, Harvard University.
(http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/soc/faculty/winship/index.html)
Discussant:
Duane F. Alwin
McCourtney Professor of Sociology and Demography and Director of Center on Population Health and Aging, Pennsylvania State University
(http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/d/f/dfa2/)
Workshop Sessions
| 8:00 a.m. |
Registration |
|
8:30 a.m. |
Opening and Welcome Dr. Nancy Landale, Director of Population Research Institute and Professor of Sociology and Demography at The Pennsylvania State University |
| 8:35 a.m. |
Session One – Introduction to Age-Period-Cohort Models Dr. Glenn Firebaugh, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography and College of the Liberal Arts Research Professor at The Pennsylvania State University |
| 9:10 a.m. |
Session Two – A Mechanism-Based Approach to the Identification of Age-Period-Cohort Models Dr. Christopher Winship, Diker-Tishman Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies at Harvard University An Application of the Model - Van Tran |
| 10:25 a.m. | Refreshments |
| 10:40 a.m. |
Session Three – Disentangling Age-Period-Cohort Effects: New Models, Methods, and Empirical Applications Dr. Kenneth Land, John Franklin Crowell Professor of Demographic Studies and Sociology at Duke University |
| 12:00 p.m. |
Session Four – Comments on the State of the Art Dr. Duane Alwin, McCourtney Professor of Sociology and Human Development at The Pennsylvania State University |
|
12:30 p.m. |
Lunch |
* All sessions will be held in the Assembly Room; lunch will be in the Break Boardroom Rotunda.
Introductions and Handouts of Sessions
Session Two - A Mechanism-Based Approach to the Identification of Age-Period-Cohort Models
Session Three - Disentangling Age-Period-Cohort Effects: New Models, Methods, and Empirical Applications
The PRI Graduate Student Workshop Committee
(In alphabetical order of last names)
Elizabeth Baker, Jenn Buher-Kane, Kristin Burnett, Vivien W. Chen, Cassandra Dorius, Matthew Hall, Jacob Hibel, Jason Houle, and Krissy Zeiser.
Sponsor
The Population Research Institute at The Pennsylvania State University
