Thursday, June 13 / 9:00 - 10:30 G.02

Session 8
Harnessing the Power of Genealogical Data: Opportunities and Challenges

Chair: Lionel Kesztenbaum, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

1. Analyzing Biases in Genealogies Using Demographic MicrosimulationLiliana P. Calderón-Bernal , Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Diego Alburez-Gutierrez, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Emilio Zagheni, Max Planck Institute for demographic Research.

2. Propinquity and Family Dynamics of Kin Living Abroad: Historical Insights from Online GenealogiesAndrea Colasurdo , Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Diego Alburez-Gutierrez, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.

3. Leaving for Life: Using Online Crowd-Sourced Genealogies to Estimate the Migrant Mortality Advantage for the United Kingdom and Ireland during the 18th and 19th CenturiesElena Pojman, The Pennsylvania State University; Duke Mwedzi, Cornell University; Orlando Olaya Bucaro , International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis; Stephanie Zhang, UCLA; Michael Chong, University of Toronto; Monica Alexander, University of Toronto; Diego Alburez-Gutierrez, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.

4. The Healthy Migrant Hypothesis in the USA at the Turn of the 20th Century: Investigating Origin and Destination Effects Using Crowdsourced Online GenealogiesSaverio Minardi , University of Bologna; Nicola Barban, University of Bologna; Paul Puschmann, Radboud University Nijmegen.

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