Demography papers

Pofolia’s corpus holds 113 papers from Demography (2012–2026), each with a short summary. Below, the 20 most-cited, then the most recently added.

At a glance

• Most cited: Older Adults' Reasons for Using Technology while Aging in Place (2015, 19,754 citations).
• The 20 papers listed have 69,650 citations between them.
• 10 of the 11 with a known journal quartile appeared in a Q1 journal.
• 11 have a free full text (open access).
• Most frequent journals: The Lancet, International Journal of Epidemiology, Journal of Economic Literature.
• Published between 2012 and 2020.

Most cited

Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”. How to read the signals

• Older Adults' Reasons for Using Technology while Aging in Place

  Gerontology · 2015 · Q2 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 6146.44 · 19,754 citations · Open access

  Older adults' technology use for aging in place is shaped by six key themes: independent living challenges, behavioral options, personal views on technology, social network influence, organizational impact, and the physical environment.

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• Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

  The Lancet · 2016 · FWCI 2525.60 · 6,709 citations · Open access

  Global life expectancy at birth rose by 10.1 years between 1980 and 2015, reaching 71.8 years, driven by significant declines in deaths from communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional conditions.

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• The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: An Empirical Investigation: Reply

  American Economic Review · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 23.00 · FWCI 1808.51 · 6,146 citations · Open access

  This reply argues that criticisms of the 2001 Acemoglu, Johnson, and Robinson paper on colonial origins of development are not robust, as they rely on dropping significant data and inconsistent coding.

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• Unobservable Selection and Coefficient Stability: Theory and Evidence

  Journal of Business and Economic Statistics · 2016 · Q1 · SJR 3.00 · FWCI 622.24 · 5,081 citations

  A new theoretical framework explicitly links coefficient stability to unobservable selection bias, providing a formal method to bound potential omitted variable bias.

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• Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

  The Lancet · 2018 · FWCI 1628.93 · 4,200 citations · Open access

  Globally, life expectancy at birth rose by 7.4 years between 1990 and 2017, but healthy life expectancy (HALE) increased by only 6.3 years, meaning more years are being lived in poor health. The proportion of additional years lived in poor health varied dramatically by country, from less than 20% to 100%.

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• Forecasting life expectancy, years of life lost, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 250 causes of death: reference and alternative scenarios for 2016–40 for 195 countries and territories

  The Lancet · 2018 · FWCI 624.05 · 2,992 citations · Open access

  A novel modeling platform forecasts global life expectancy to increase by 4.4 years for men and women by 2040, but with significant disparities persisting between high and low-income countries.

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• World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision

  2019 · FWCI 222.91 · 2,728 citations

  The global urban population has reached an all-time high, with projections indicating that two-thirds of the world's population will live in urban areas by 2050.

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• Data Resource Profile: The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2013 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 212.69 · 2,325 citations · Open access

  The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) is a comprehensive panel database offering microdata on health, socio-economic status, and social networks for individuals over 50 across the EU and Israel.

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• Cohort Profile: the Health and Retirement Study (HRS)

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2014 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 174.73 · 2,242 citations · Open access

  The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is a major US longitudinal survey tracking over 37,000 individuals aged 50+ since 1992, collecting data on health, economics, and family to understand aging.

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• Temperature Shocks and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century

  American Economic Journal Macroeconomics · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 12.00 · FWCI 205.34 · 2,231 citations

  Higher temperatures significantly reduce economic growth in poorer countries, potentially impacting growth rates and not just output levels.

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• World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights

  Statistical papers - United Nations. Series A, Population and vital statistics report · 2019 · FWCI 218.52 · 1,881 citations

  The 2019 revision of World Population Prospects provides updated global, regional, and national population estimates from 1950 and projections to 2100, incorporating new census and survey data.

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• On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough*

  The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2013 · Q1 · SJR 33.00 · FWCI 368.12 · 1,862 citations

  Societies that historically adopted plough agriculture exhibit less equal gender norms today, even after controlling for ethnicity and country of residence.

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• Global Evidence on Economic Preferences*

  The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2018 · Q1 · SJR 33.00 · FWCI 350.04 · 1,658 citations

  The Global Preference Survey (GPS) reveals substantial, even larger within-country, heterogeneity in economic preferences (time, risk, reciprocity, altruism, trust) across 80,000 people in 76 countries.

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• Endogenous Preferences: The Cultural Consequences of Markets and Other Economic Institutions

  Journal of Economic Literature · 2016 · Q1 · SJR 16.00 · FWCI 328.25 · 1,615 citations

  Economic institutions, such as markets, significantly shape human preferences, values, and psychological dispositions, influencing individual behavior and development.

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• Fertility, mortality, migration, and population scenarios for 195 countries and territories from 2017 to 2100: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study

  The Lancet · 2020 · FWCI 368.55 · 1,488 citations · Open access

  Global population is projected to peak at 9.73 billion in 2064 and decline to 8.79 billion by 2100, driven by falling fertility rates below replacement level in most countries.

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• Culture and Institutions

  Journal of Economic Literature · 2015 · Q1 · SJR 16.00 · FWCI 300.03 · 1,458 citations · Open access

  This paper reviews empirical, theoretical, and historical work to assess the two-way causal relationship between culture and institutions.

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• World population stabilization unlikely this century

  Science · 2014 · Q1 · SJR 10.00 · FWCI 438.57 · 1,433 citations

  Contrary to previous literature, world population is unlikely to stop growing this century, with an 80% probability of reaching 9.6 to 12.3 billion by 2100.

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• Ökonomisches Kapital, kulturelles Kapital, soziales Kapital

  VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften eBooks · 2012 · FWCI 560.80 · 1,378 citations

  This paper reintroduces the concept of capital and capital accumulation to understand society as accumulated history, not just transient equilibria.

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• Future life expectancy in 35 industrialised countries: projections with a Bayesian model ensemble

  The Lancet · 2017 · FWCI 472.22 · 1,253 citations · Open access

  A Bayesian model ensemble projects life expectancy to increase in all 35 industrialised countries by 2030, with a >50% chance of national female life expectancy exceeding 90 years.

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• Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

  The Lancet · 2018 · FWCI 472.13 · 1,216 citations · Open access

  Global life expectancy rose from 48.1 years (men) and 52.9 years (women) in 1950 to 70.5 years (men) and 75.6 years (women) in 2017, with under-5 mortality dropping from 216 to 38.9 deaths per 1000 livebirths, though adult male mortality has stagnated or increased in some countries.

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Recently added

• A Replication Study Testing the Construct Validity and Internal Consistency Reliability of the Francis Burnout Inventory Revised Among Catholic Priests in Italy

  Pastoral Psychology · 2026 · Q1

  A replication study of 264 Italian Catholic priests confirms the Francis Burnout Inventory Revised (FBIR) accurately measures how job satisfaction mitigates emotional exhaustion's impact on purpose in life.

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• Work ability configurations and conditional HR decision premises: a programme-oriented framework for age management

  Management Decision · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00

  A new framework, the Cyclical Meaning Pattern of Abilities (CMPA), conceptualizes how observed work ability configurations among older workers can inform HR decisions for age management.

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• Relationship Breaker? Unplanned Births and Relationship Dissolution

  European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00

  Couples experiencing an unplanned birth have a 19% higher predicted probability of relationship dissolution by the time their child is five years old, compared to those with planned pregnancies.

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• The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Indian Economy: Prospects and Challenges

  Science Technology and Society · 2026 · Q1

  Artificial intelligence (AI) positively impacts India's economic growth in the long run and improves its Human Development Index (HDI) compared to China, Germany, and the US, though it may shift demand towards AI-related jobs.

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• Eventful migration and intercultural self-formation: Ethical selves among Indonesian returnee migrant workers

  International Journal of Intercultural Relations · 2026 · Q1

  Intercultural encounters during overseas work became enduring sources of ethical self-formation for 24 Indonesian female migrant workers, rather than just sites for adaptation.

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• From a port city to a tourist city: dispossession of the public spaces in central Santa Cruz de Tenerife

  International Planning Studies · 2026 · Q2

  Interventions on Santa Cruz de Tenerife's waterfront have reconfigured public spaces, increasing terraces and shops, restricting spontaneous use, and displacing traditional groups like port workers in favor of tourists and middle-class residents.

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• Untangling Employment, Automation Exposure and Aging: Evidence from a State and Industry Level Data

  Journal of Aging & Social Policy · 2026 · Q1

  Automation exposure and an aging workforce significantly reduce employment growth in the US, with wage impacts varying over time.

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• Beyond belief: how religiosity shapes SME innovation

  Managerial Finance · 2026 · Q2

  Societal religiosity positively correlates with SME innovation across 13 nations, driven by increased social trust and internal governance, particularly in countries with weaker formal institutions.

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