When: Friday, November 15th, 2024 (12:30-1:30PM)

Where: 360 Parrington Hall and on Zoom (register here)

Sign-up: Meet 1:1 with Dr. Wilde (sign-up sheet here!)

On November 15th, Josh Wilde from the University of Oxford and co-editor of Population and Development Review, will examine the aggregate effects of climate change on fertility. Interest in the effect of climate change on major demographic processes is burgeoning. While our understanding of the linkages between climate, mortality, and migration are relatively well developed, the effects of rising temperatures on human fertility rates are not. In this lecture, Dr. Wilde will discuss this research area, its history and development, and how he and his co-authors are filling knowledge gaps in this field. He will outline what is known about the mechanisms which drive the link between temperature and birthrates. Finally, he will end by describing where our understanding is still limited, providing a roadmap for future researchers to follow.

This seminar is co-sponsored by the Population Health Initiative. In addition, there are opportunities to meet with Dr. Wilde throughout the day. Sign up here!

Joshua Wilde is a Senior Researcher in the Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford, and a Research Scientist in the Population Research Center at Portland State University. His focus is on four major research area: 1) macroeconomic effects of demographic change, particularly the Demographic Dividend, 2) climate change and fertility, 3) health shocks on fertility and prenatal mortality, and 4) gender discrimination and birth outcomes. He earned his PhD in economics from Brown University in 2011.

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