For the 12th Summer Seminar on Population

Workshop 1 – Introduction to Demography

Date : June 23 (Mon) - June 27 (Fri), 25-hour course

Venue : Statistics Human Resources
Development Institute, Daejeon

Lecturer

Tim Riffe, Ph.D.
(Ikerbasque Distinguished Researcher, Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of the Basque Country)

Introduction

This course introduces participants to the fundamental demographic thinking, practice, and methods. participants will learn to “think like a demographer”. We will cover concepts including age, time, intensity, change, composition, comparison, and projection. This is also a hands-on course, no programming experience required, but please come ready to type along!

Participants Requirements

  • Able to follow a graduate-level course in demography, statistics, economics, sociology, or related quantitative fields.
  • Motivation to learn demographic methods and data analysis.
  • Experience with statistical software (R preferred).
  • Laptop with the latest versions of R and R Studio installed

Key Features

  • Key concepts of
    demographic thinking
  • Key methods of
    demographic practice
  • Reproducible workflows in R

Sessions

  • Session 1 (Mon): Basic demographic data and concepts [stocks, flows] [age, period, cohort]
  • Session 2 (Tue): Mortality and fertility [life table] [TFR] [trends] [inequality]
  • Session 3 (Wed): Population structure [aging] [heterogeneity]
  • Session 4 (Thu): Population growth [balance equation] [Leslie matrix] [stability]
  • Session 5 (Fri): Projection [Lee-Carter model]

Comments from Previous Participants

The lectures were well designed.
We also recieved backend supoort in the form of cloud codes and supplementary materials

< Public Health / PhD Student >

Writing the code together enhances understanding of the material,
while the lecturer effectively clarifies the code

< Population Division / Government Officer >

The workshop was very well organised and completed in a very strict time frame.
All the meterials are really helpful for my academic career and the lectures were awesome

< Demography / Masters Student >


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