*New* CSDE Computational Demography Working Group (CDWG) Hosts Xinguang Fan on Fertility Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic (01/10/2024)
Posted: 1/5/2024 ()
On January 10 from 3:00-4:00 pm, Dr. Xinguang Fan will join CDWG to present his research. Xinguang Fan is an assistant professor at Department of Sociology, Peking University in China and also a regional affiliate at CSDE, UW. His academic interest lies in the field of demography, social inequality, and quantitative methods with a particular focus on the fertility transition from a network perspective. His work has appeared in Social Science Research, Demographic Research and other academic journals.
Fertility Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Perspective of Reproductive Process
The COVID-19 pandemic has potential large-scale impacts on populations. Yet, recent theories and empirical analyses fall short in fully articulating the extent and nature of the pandemic’s influence on birth rates at the aggregate level. This study advances our comprehension of fertility dynamics amid the pandemic by examining the reproductive process. The effects of the pandemic on conceptions and pregnancy ends may exhibit considerable variability, which, in turn, could dictate the observed patterns in birth rates during the pandemic. Employing a detailed dataset including information on conceptions, pregnancy terminations, and births, the research dissects the nuances of fertility behavior in response to the pandemic. A simulation practice based on a model of reproductive process illustrates the dynamic impacts of the pandemic on fertility. These findings underscore the importance of considering the reproductive process when studying fertility responses to catastrophic events.
CDWG Will be Hybrid in Winter Quarter 2024. Zoom Registration is here: Link
Room: Raitt 223 – The Demography lab