Demographic challenges for the 21st century : a state of the art in demography : conference organized as a tribute to the continuing endeavours of Prof. Dr. Em. Ron Lesthaeghe in the field of demography / / Johan Surkyn, Patrick Deboosere & Jan Van Bavel (eds.) ; with contributions by Frans Willekens ; cover design, Koloriet, Sterrebeek
| Demographic challenges for the 21st century : a state of the art in demography : conference organized as a tribute to the continuing endeavours of Prof. Dr. Em. Ron Lesthaeghe in the field of demography / / Johan Surkyn, Patrick Deboosere & Jan Van Bavel (eds.) ; with contributions by Frans Willekens ; cover design, Koloriet, Sterrebeek |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Brussels, Belgium : , : VUBPress, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SurkynJ
DebooserePatrick BavelJan Van WillekensFrans KolorietSterrebeek |
| Soggetto topico | Demography |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front -- Contents -- 01 -- 02 -- 03 -- 04 -- 05 -- 06 -- 07 -- 08. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464658303321 |
| Brussels, Belgium : , : VUBPress, , 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Demographic challenges for the 21st century : a state of the art in demography : conference organized as a tribute to the continuing endeavours of Prof. Dr. Em. Ron Lesthaeghe in the field of demography / / Johan Surkyn, Patrick Deboosere & Jan Van Bavel (eds.) ; with contributions by Frans Willekens ; cover design, Koloriet, Sterrebeek
| Demographic challenges for the 21st century : a state of the art in demography : conference organized as a tribute to the continuing endeavours of Prof. Dr. Em. Ron Lesthaeghe in the field of demography / / Johan Surkyn, Patrick Deboosere & Jan Van Bavel (eds.) ; with contributions by Frans Willekens ; cover design, Koloriet, Sterrebeek |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Brussels, Belgium : , : VUBPress, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SurkynJ
DebooserePatrick BavelJan Van WillekensFrans KolorietSterrebeek |
| Soggetto topico | Demography |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front -- Contents -- 01 -- 02 -- 03 -- 04 -- 05 -- 06 -- 07 -- 08. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788944103321 |
| Brussels, Belgium : , : VUBPress, , 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Demographic challenges for the 21st century : a state of the art in demography : conference organized as a tribute to the continuing endeavours of Prof. Dr. Em. Ron Lesthaeghe in the field of demography / / Johan Surkyn, Patrick Deboosere & Jan Van Bavel (eds.) ; with contributions by Frans Willekens ; cover design, Koloriet, Sterrebeek
| Demographic challenges for the 21st century : a state of the art in demography : conference organized as a tribute to the continuing endeavours of Prof. Dr. Em. Ron Lesthaeghe in the field of demography / / Johan Surkyn, Patrick Deboosere & Jan Van Bavel (eds.) ; with contributions by Frans Willekens ; cover design, Koloriet, Sterrebeek |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Brussels, Belgium : , : VUBPress, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (254 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
SurkynJ
DebooserePatrick BavelJan Van WillekensFrans KolorietSterrebeek |
| Soggetto topico | Demography |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front -- Contents -- 01 -- 02 -- 03 -- 04 -- 05 -- 06 -- 07 -- 08. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819366103321 |
| Brussels, Belgium : , : VUBPress, , 2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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International migration in Europe [[electronic resource] ] : data, models and estimates / / edited by James Raymer and Frans Willekens
| International migration in Europe [[electronic resource] ] : data, models and estimates / / edited by James Raymer and Frans Willekens |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (405 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.8094 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RaymerJames <1972->
WillekensFrans |
| Soggetto topico | Bayesian statistical decision theory |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-31982-1
9786611319823 0-470-98555-0 0-470-98554-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
International Migration in Europe; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction and outline; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Outline; 1.2.1 Definitions; 1.2.2 Frequentist and Bayesian approaches; 1.2.3 Structure of the book; References; Part I Data Issues; 2 Counting foreign-born and expatriates in OECD countries: a new perspective; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A new database on immigrant populations; 2.3 Immigrant populations in OECD countries; 2.3.1 The foreign and foreign-born populations; 2.3.2 The geographic origin of immigrants; 2.3.3 The educational attainment of immigrant populations
2.4 Expatriates of OECD member countries residing in other member countries2.4.1 The extent of expatriation in OECD countries; 2.4.2 The educational attainment of expatriates; 2.5 Highly skilled expatriates from non-member countries in OECD countries; 2.5.1 Introduction; 2.5.2 Results; 2.6 Summary and conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Comparability of statistics on international migration flows in the European Union; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Empirical observations; 3.2.1 Double entry matrices; 3.2.2 Evolution of migration flows over time; 3.3 Data sources and definitions 3.3.1 Primary data sources3.3.2 Definitions; 3.4 Secondary data sources and data availability; 3.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 4 Evolution of international migration statistics in selected Central European countries; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Data sources and availability of statistics on international migration flows; 4.3 Definition of international migration in official flow statistics; 4.4 Trends in international migration flows; 4.5 Impact of migration definition on recorded volume of international migration flows; 4.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References 5 Foreign migrants in Southern European countries: evaluation of recent data5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Overview of statistical sources; 5.2.1 Italy; 5.2.2 Spain; 5.2.3 Portugal; 5.2.4 Greece; 5.3 The evolution of foreign populations; 5.3.1 Italy; 5.3.2 Spain; 5.3.3 Portugal; 5.3.4 Greece; 5.4 Regularisation programmes; 5.5 Estimates of irregular migrants in Italy, Spain and Greece; 5.5.1 Italy; 5.5.2 Spain; 5.5.3 Greece; 5.6 Final remarks; References; Part II Models; 6 Models of migration: observations and judgements; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Data types and data structure 6.3 Probability models: generalities6.4 Probability models of migration; 6.4.1 State probabilities; 6.4.2 Transition probabilities; 6.4.3 Transition rates; 6.4.4 From transition probabilities to transition rates; 6.5 Incomplete data; 6.5.1 Adding statistical data; 6.5.2 Adding judgemental data; 6.6 Conclusion; References; 7 Bayesian estimation of migration flows; 7.1 Introduction; 7.1.1 Using log-linear models to explain migration flows; 7.1.2 Quasi-independence; 7.1.3 A brief overview of Raymer's approach; 7.2 A modelling framework; 7.2.1 The initial model; 7.2.2 The model 7.2.3 Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910145736403321 |
| Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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International migration in Europe [[electronic resource] ] : data, models and estimates / / edited by James Raymer and Frans Willekens
| International migration in Europe [[electronic resource] ] : data, models and estimates / / edited by James Raymer and Frans Willekens |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (405 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.8094 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RaymerJames <1972->
WillekensFrans |
| Soggetto topico | Bayesian statistical decision theory |
| ISBN |
1-281-31982-1
9786611319823 0-470-98555-0 0-470-98554-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
International Migration in Europe; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction and outline; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Outline; 1.2.1 Definitions; 1.2.2 Frequentist and Bayesian approaches; 1.2.3 Structure of the book; References; Part I Data Issues; 2 Counting foreign-born and expatriates in OECD countries: a new perspective; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A new database on immigrant populations; 2.3 Immigrant populations in OECD countries; 2.3.1 The foreign and foreign-born populations; 2.3.2 The geographic origin of immigrants; 2.3.3 The educational attainment of immigrant populations
2.4 Expatriates of OECD member countries residing in other member countries2.4.1 The extent of expatriation in OECD countries; 2.4.2 The educational attainment of expatriates; 2.5 Highly skilled expatriates from non-member countries in OECD countries; 2.5.1 Introduction; 2.5.2 Results; 2.6 Summary and conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Comparability of statistics on international migration flows in the European Union; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Empirical observations; 3.2.1 Double entry matrices; 3.2.2 Evolution of migration flows over time; 3.3 Data sources and definitions 3.3.1 Primary data sources3.3.2 Definitions; 3.4 Secondary data sources and data availability; 3.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 4 Evolution of international migration statistics in selected Central European countries; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Data sources and availability of statistics on international migration flows; 4.3 Definition of international migration in official flow statistics; 4.4 Trends in international migration flows; 4.5 Impact of migration definition on recorded volume of international migration flows; 4.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References 5 Foreign migrants in Southern European countries: evaluation of recent data5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Overview of statistical sources; 5.2.1 Italy; 5.2.2 Spain; 5.2.3 Portugal; 5.2.4 Greece; 5.3 The evolution of foreign populations; 5.3.1 Italy; 5.3.2 Spain; 5.3.3 Portugal; 5.3.4 Greece; 5.4 Regularisation programmes; 5.5 Estimates of irregular migrants in Italy, Spain and Greece; 5.5.1 Italy; 5.5.2 Spain; 5.5.3 Greece; 5.6 Final remarks; References; Part II Models; 6 Models of migration: observations and judgements; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Data types and data structure 6.3 Probability models: generalities6.4 Probability models of migration; 6.4.1 State probabilities; 6.4.2 Transition probabilities; 6.4.3 Transition rates; 6.4.4 From transition probabilities to transition rates; 6.5 Incomplete data; 6.5.1 Adding statistical data; 6.5.2 Adding judgemental data; 6.6 Conclusion; References; 7 Bayesian estimation of migration flows; 7.1 Introduction; 7.1.1 Using log-linear models to explain migration flows; 7.1.2 Quasi-independence; 7.1.3 A brief overview of Raymer's approach; 7.2 A modelling framework; 7.2.1 The initial model; 7.2.2 The model 7.2.3 Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830842703321 |
| Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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International migration in Europe : data, models and estimates / / edited by James Raymer and Frans Willekens
| International migration in Europe : data, models and estimates / / edited by James Raymer and Frans Willekens |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (405 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.8094 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
RaymerJames <1972->
WillekensFrans |
| Soggetto topico | Bayesian statistical decision theory |
| ISBN |
9786611319823
9781281319821 1281319821 9780470985557 0470985550 9780470985540 0470985542 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
International Migration in Europe; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction and outline; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Outline; 1.2.1 Definitions; 1.2.2 Frequentist and Bayesian approaches; 1.2.3 Structure of the book; References; Part I Data Issues; 2 Counting foreign-born and expatriates in OECD countries: a new perspective; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A new database on immigrant populations; 2.3 Immigrant populations in OECD countries; 2.3.1 The foreign and foreign-born populations; 2.3.2 The geographic origin of immigrants; 2.3.3 The educational attainment of immigrant populations
2.4 Expatriates of OECD member countries residing in other member countries2.4.1 The extent of expatriation in OECD countries; 2.4.2 The educational attainment of expatriates; 2.5 Highly skilled expatriates from non-member countries in OECD countries; 2.5.1 Introduction; 2.5.2 Results; 2.6 Summary and conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 3 Comparability of statistics on international migration flows in the European Union; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Empirical observations; 3.2.1 Double entry matrices; 3.2.2 Evolution of migration flows over time; 3.3 Data sources and definitions 3.3.1 Primary data sources3.3.2 Definitions; 3.4 Secondary data sources and data availability; 3.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 4 Evolution of international migration statistics in selected Central European countries; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Data sources and availability of statistics on international migration flows; 4.3 Definition of international migration in official flow statistics; 4.4 Trends in international migration flows; 4.5 Impact of migration definition on recorded volume of international migration flows; 4.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References 5 Foreign migrants in Southern European countries: evaluation of recent data5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Overview of statistical sources; 5.2.1 Italy; 5.2.2 Spain; 5.2.3 Portugal; 5.2.4 Greece; 5.3 The evolution of foreign populations; 5.3.1 Italy; 5.3.2 Spain; 5.3.3 Portugal; 5.3.4 Greece; 5.4 Regularisation programmes; 5.5 Estimates of irregular migrants in Italy, Spain and Greece; 5.5.1 Italy; 5.5.2 Spain; 5.5.3 Greece; 5.6 Final remarks; References; Part II Models; 6 Models of migration: observations and judgements; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Data types and data structure 6.3 Probability models: generalities6.4 Probability models of migration; 6.4.1 State probabilities; 6.4.2 Transition probabilities; 6.4.3 Transition rates; 6.4.4 From transition probabilities to transition rates; 6.5 Incomplete data; 6.5.1 Adding statistical data; 6.5.2 Adding judgemental data; 6.6 Conclusion; References; 7 Bayesian estimation of migration flows; 7.1 Introduction; 7.1.1 Using log-linear models to explain migration flows; 7.1.2 Quasi-independence; 7.1.3 A brief overview of Raymer's approach; 7.2 A modelling framework; 7.2.1 The initial model; 7.2.2 The model 7.2.3 Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911020135203321 |
| Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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