10th Annual Berkeley Workshop in Formal Demography 2024
June 3-7
The 10th Annual Workshop on Formal Demography will be held in person from June 3-7, 2024, with funding from Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R25HD083136) and co-sponsored by the Berkeley Population Center.
About
This year’s workshop will cover classic topics in formal demography including the analysis of fertility and mortality as well as population dynamics. In addition, this year’s special emphasis topic will be on the demography of immigration, which encompasses the influence of migration on population growth and age-structure as well as the fertility and mortality of immigrant populations.
Agenda
Link to the dynamic agenda for the week
Workshop Materials
For instruction we will use R and RStudio running on Jupyterhub. All workshop R materials are available and executable by clicking on the blue Datahub icon below. Log-in information for workshop participants will be received via email. If you did not receive this information or need assistance logging in please contact demographyit@berkeley.edu.
If you are new to R or would like a refresher, we recommend these resources to help brush up on the basics:
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A (very) short introduction to R: A fairly complete, and not that short, overview of the R language. Note that Rstudio has changed a lot recently so don’t pay too much attention to their description of R studio. But otherwise a very good overview, especially for those with a bit of programming experience. Even beginners may find this useful to skim, particularly after having tried the first few labs.
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Google Intro to R video series: For those who prefer videos, this is a great series. Just note that they do not use Rstudio, so you’ll need to modify a few of the commands.
Discussion
For workshop discussion about formal demography topics and the exercises we will use a dedicated Slack workspace. If you are registered for the workshop and cannot access the workspace please contact demographyit@berkeley.edu.
