Bernardo Lanza Queiroz

Bernardo Lanza Queiroz

@blqueiroz.bsky.social

Demographer interested in Economics, Population Aging, Mortality and Demographic Methods. Professor and researcher at UFMG/Brazil - runner docentes.face.ufmg.br/lanza/

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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz
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new paper in REBEP www.scielo.br/j/rbepop/a/x... Haddad & Pero evaluate whether a glass ceiling effect exists for women and Black workers in Brazilian managerial and directorship positions across earnings quintiles, while examining how domestic care contribute to the wage disparities.

scielo.brWomen in charge? Hierarchical segregation and gender disparities in the Brazilian labor marketAbstract The ‘glass ceiling’ is well-established finding in the empirical literature on labor...
Bernardo Lanza Queiroz
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recent paper publish in the Brazilian Journal of Population Studies on small areas population forecasting. www.scielo.br/j/rbepop/a/7... In this paper, Freire and colleagues quantify uncertainty in subnational population projections by integrating a Random Walk with Drift into the AiBi method.

scielo.brPopulation projections in small areas combining the forecast error of a time series method with the linear growth trend method (AiBi)Abstract The 2022 Brazilian Demographic Census underscores an advanced stage of demographic...
Bernardo Lanza Queiroz
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Tracking a 2008 student cohort for 11 years, we found that by 2018, over 27% had dropped out, and age-grade discrepancy peaked at 33.1% in 2015. Only 44.5% reached the 3rd year of high school, showing how retention heavily conditions progress.

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IPUMS
@ipums.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who submitted their #poweredbyIPUMS work from 2025 for our annual research awards competition. 🏆 We are thrilled to announce this year's winners! 🎉 www.ipums.org/impact/ipums...

ipums.orgIPUMS Research Awards | IPUMSThe IPUMS Research Awards competition honors outstanding research using IPUMS data to advance or deepen our understanding of social and demographic processes. We look for papers that use innovative ap...
Bernardo Lanza Queiroz
@blqueiroz.bsky.social

great paper by Silvio C. Patricio www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... His study shows no evidence that the individual rate of aging has changed. Instead, it remains stable, suggesting that gains in life expectancy are more consistent with a later onset of senescence than with a slowing of its tempo.

pnas.orgThe rhythm of aging: Stability and drift in the individual rate of senescence | PNASHuman aging is marked by a steady rise in the risk of dying with age–a process demographers call senescence. Over the past century, life expectancy...
Bernardo Lanza Queiroz
@blqueiroz.bsky.social

Last week, we received Vegard Skirbekk, Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the University of Oslo, at UFMG. Vegard delivered two lectures focusing on population ageing and health. He also interacted with students in Demography and Public Health. Pictures: Lavinia Brandão - IEAT/UFMG

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AEA Journals
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Forthcoming in the AER: "The Gender Pay Gap: Micro Sources and Macro Consequences" by Iacopo Morchio and Christian Moser.

aeaweb.orgThe Gender Pay Gap: Micro Sources and Macro Consequences(Forthcoming Article) - Using linked employer-employee data from Brazil, we document a significant gender pay gap, which is largely attributed to women working at lower-paying employers. To interpret this fact, we develop an equilibrium search model with endogenous firm pay, amenities, and hiring. We provide a constructive proof of identification of all model parameters. The estimated model suggests that amenities are important for both men and women, and that compensating differentials account for half of the gender pay gap. Equal-treatment policies partly close gender gaps but are not outputor welfare-improving.

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Philip N Cohen
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Low birth rates have modest long run negative effects, after good effects for a few decades, and raising birthrates exacerbates dependency. A giant, apparently permanent, disconnect between expert opinion (e.g., below) versus manufactured panic hype on this issue pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...

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Rita Hamad
@ritahamad.bsky.social

For anyone interested in demography methods, applications are now open for the @berkeleypopcenter.bsky.social workshop. populationsciences.berkeley.edu/population-c... I attended as a student once upon a time. It is a fabulous experience! @harvardpopcenter.bsky.social @popassocamerica.bsky.social

populationsciences.berkeley.eduAnnual Workshop on Formal Demography - Population SciencesThe 12th Annual Workshop on Formal Demography will be held in person at UC Berkeley from June 1 – 5, 2026, with funding from Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Develop...
Bernardo Lanza Queiroz
@blqueiroz.bsky.social

COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in maternal mortality, with a recorded ratio of 127 deaths per 100,000 live births. Paper analyzed how the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced the magnitude and distribution of social inequalities related to maternal mortality in the Dominican Republic

Bernardo Lanza Queiroz
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This is a very interesting and important paper published in the Brazilian Journal of Population Studies Developing a synthetic Brazilian population derived from the 2010 Census Souza Junior, Cleônidas Tavares e colegas www.scielo.br/j/rbepop/a/B...

scielo.brDesenvolvendo uma população brasileira sintética derivada do Censo Demográfico de 2010Resumo O Censo brasileiro de 2010 contém uma riqueza de informações que podem permitir pesquisas...
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Bernardo Lanza Queiroz
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The data composition strategies of the contingency tables and the microdata are different and, when comparing samples of both data, we find that the race variable in the microdata ignores the presence of minorities in some municipalities.

Bernardo Lanza Queiroz
@blqueiroz.bsky.social

This suggests that synthetic populations based on the 2010 Census should be created using the contingency tables. Our evaluation shows that the so created synthetic population maintains the values and proportions of the contingency tables and presents totals close to those of the microdata.

Bernardo Lanza Queiroz
@blqueiroz.bsky.social

This is a very interesting and important paper published in the Brazilian Journal of Population Studies Developing a synthetic Brazilian population derived from the 2010 Census Souza Junior, Cleônidas Tavares e colegas www.scielo.br/j/rbepop/a/B...

scielo.brDesenvolvendo uma população brasileira sintética derivada do Censo Demográfico de 2010Resumo O Censo brasileiro de 2010 contém uma riqueza de informações que podem permitir pesquisas...
Bernardo Lanza Queiroz
@blqueiroz.bsky.social

The 2010 Brazilian Census contains a wealth of information that could enable research and inform policies in health, education, the economy, and other sectors. The census provides publicly available information in two forms.

Bernardo Lanza Queiroz
@blqueiroz.bsky.social

SeconFirstly, contingency tables are available at the municipal level, for strata defined by race, gender, and education and microdata with personal information. To preserve individual anonymity, the census collapsed some variables into broader categories and removed personally identifiable data.

Bernardo Lanza Queiroz
@blqueiroz.bsky.social

Twenty years ago, I defended my dissertation and graduated in Demography from UC Berkeley. My advisor, Ron Lee, is in the picture with Ken Wachter, Gene Hammel, John Wilmoth, Jenna Johnson-Hanks, and Mike Hout. Event was at the old demography house - 2232 Piedmont.

Bernardo Lanza Queiroz
@blqueiroz.bsky.social

In the dissertation, I analyzed the evolution and determinants of Brazilian worker retirement (1960–2000) using Censuses and Household surveys. Public pension systems are crucial for elderly well-being, making reform of the Brazilian public pension system essential.

Bernardo Lanza Queiroz
@blqueiroz.bsky.social

New pre-print! Brazil Data Commons arxiv.org/abs/2511.11755 Collaborative work led by Isadora Cristina with Ramon Gonze, Jônatas Santos, Julio Reis, Mário Alvim, and Fabrício Benevenuto. Brazil Data Commons: A Platform for Unifying and Integrating Brazil's Public Data

arxiv.orgBrazil Data Commons: A Platform for Unifying and Integrating Brazil's Public DataThe fragmentation of public data in Brazil, coupled with inconsistent standards and limited interoperability, hinders effective research, evidence-based policymaking and access to data-driven insights...
Bernardo Lanza Queiroz
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Through user-friendly interfaces, straightforward query mechanisms and flexible data access options, the platform democratizes data use and enables researchers, policy makers, and the public to gain meaningful insights and make informed decisions.

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ICPSR
@icpsr.bsky.social

New insights on maternal mortality from historical demographer and former ICPSR Director George Alter.

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With a new measure to understand causes of maternal mortality, historical demographer George Alter finds infectious disease & nutrition improvements likely impacted falling maternal mortality more than shifting obstetrical practices. Just out in Population Studies: psc.isr.umich.edu/news/new-ins...

psc.isr.umich.eduNew Insights on Historic Causes of Maternal DeathsIn historical populations, female death rates usually exceeded male death rates during the reproductive ages. The most obvious cause of this difference is deaths resulting from childbirth. Parish regi...

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MC Compans
@mccompans.bsky.social

🎉 New research out with @fertdem.bsky.social and @vegardskirbekk.bsky.social ! 💡 Time to ART birth decreased since the 2000s, and is shorter for those in their late 30s — likely reflecting improved treatment efficiency and faster access to care. 👉 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41152834/

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govTime to birth for spontaneous and ART births among infertile groups - PubMedWhile assisted reproductive technologies enable individuals facing infertility issues to achieve a live birth, they require more time to succeed. However, since the 2000s, time to ART births has decreased, with the shortest observed among those initiating conception attempts in their late thirties. …