Paul Puschmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 212341 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Puschmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul |
| FAMILY NAME | Puschmann |
| SIGNATURE | PUSCHMANN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Radboud University Nijmegen |
| ORCID | 0009-0003-6851-0728 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Within Families, Across Borders
U.S. immigrants born in 1850-1890 had shorter lifespans than U.S.-born Whites. This mortality penalty was concentrated among specific origin groups. Migrants generally outlived origin populations and nonmigrant siblings. Migration-mortality patterns varied by origin, reflecting both origin and destination contexts.
Tracing the missing pieces of the puzzle
Recent public health crises, such as the SARS and Zika outbreaks and the COVID-19 pandemic, have reinvigorated research into historical health developments, particularly the factors that have driven dramatic increases in life expectancy over the past two centuries. In this context, the fight against infectious diseases has received particular attention. Until recently, however, historical demographers, family historians, and historians of medicin…
Introduction
Over the past two centuries, global health has undergone a revolutionary transformation, with life expectancy more than doubling. While the decline in the burden of infant and childhood mortality has contributed significantly to this improvement, all age groups have experienced remarkable improvements in health and longevity. Yet this health revolution has been uneven and remains incomplete. This introductory article discusses key theoretical fra…
Does the Healthy Migrant Effect Extend to the Next Generation? Infant Mortality and Parental Migration Status in the Antwerp District, 1846–1906 cohorts
This study examines whether the healthy migrant effect extends to the next generation by analyzing infant mortality by parental migration status in the Antwerp district for cohorts born between1846–1906. During this period, the region experienced large-scale migration from within Belgium and neighboring countries. Using longitudinal data from the Antwerp COR*-database, I conduct survival analysis to examine whether and how parental migration stat…
Paul van de Laar en Peter Scholten, De Echte Rotterdammer komt van buiten. Rotterdam migratiestad 1600-2022
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Faster extraction of matrimonial advertisements from digital archives using a signal processing pipeline
Contains fulltext : 312812.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
The quest for a partner in the past and today
Altres ajuts: HiDO - Scientific Network for Historical Demography (Research Foundation Flanders, Application number [W001821N]
From pragmatism to passion
Contains fulltext : 305657.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
Exploring familial factors in the migrant mortality advantage among domestic migrants in later life
Many historical and contemporary studies have shown that migrants enjoy survival advantages over non-migrants, even if they originate from higher mortality regimes and have a lower socio-economic and educational status compared to non-migrants in the destination area. This so-called migrant mortality advantage or healthy migrant effect is explained in various ways. One of the main explanations refers to selection effects in the area of origin in …
Conceived in Sin
This article explores the causes of the rise in extra-marital fertility in the Antwerp district between 1820 and 1920. The Antwerp COR*-database is used to compare the reproductive life courses and characteristics of unmarried mothers, women who experienced bridal pregnancies, as well as women who conceived exclusively within marriage. The authors conclude that illegitimacy was mainly a phenomenon among young urban working class women, and that i…
Tying the knot in language-divided Belgium. A research into marriage partner selection in Flemish municipalities along the language border with Wallonia, 1798–1938
In nineteenth-century Europe, local and regional marriage markets turned into national marriage markets as a result of modernisation. However, the question is whether this applied also to Belgium, a nation that became increasingly divided over a language dispute between French-speaking Walloons and Dutch-speaking Flemings. To answer this question, this study examines trends and determinants of mixed marriages in municipalities in which Flemings a…
Historical Life Courses and Family Reconstitutions. The Scientific Impact of the Antwerp COR*-Database
The Antwerp COR*-database is a longitudinal micro-level database, which covers all entries from individuals whose last names started with the letters COR (and individuals who shared at some moment in time a household with a COR*-person) from the population registers and the vital registration of births, marriages and deaths for the 19th- and early-20th-century Antwerp district in Flanders, the northern Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. As such the …
Measuring Migration Status Based on the Place of Marriage Overestimates the Share of Male Migrants in Historical Populations. Evidence From Dutch Marriage Certificates
Thanks to the construction of large databases such as LINKS and GENLIAS based on Dutch civil certificates, our knowledge of individual demographic behavior in the past has improved significantly. However, the use of such research infrastructures also introduces some potential pitfalls, as these databases do not contain all information available from the original sources. For instance, variables that are available on the original source but lackin…
Effects of Individual Mortality Experience on Out-of-Wedlock Fertility in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Krummhörn, Germany
Life history theory predicts that exposure to high mortality in early childhood leads to faster and riskier reproductive strategies. Individuals who grew up in a high mortality regime will not overly wait until they find a suitable partner and form a stable union because premature death would prevent them from reproducing. Cox proportional hazard models were used to determine whether women who experienced sibling death during early childhood (0-5…
Multiple languages, multiple identities? Children's language characteristics and their ethnic and national identification
An increasing number of ethnolinguistic minority children in European cities grow up multilingual, being proficient in more than one language. Current public and political debates often insinuate that these children's language behaviour is a reflection of their identification with and integration in society. Though some empirical studies have corroborated this idea, others have contested it, suggesting that a more detailed analysis of the identit…
Mortality Clustering in the Family. Fast Life History Trajectories and the Intergenerational Transfer of Infant Death in Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century Antwerp, Belgium
In this article, we investigate to what degree infant mortality risk was transferred from grandmothers to mothers in the Antwerp district, Belgium, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. We also investigate some of the determinants of infant mortality and explore the role of the family - paternal factors (presence, age, and social class), mother’s childcare experience, and infant household location - in the survival of infants. T…
Mikołaj Szołtysek, Rethinking East-Central Europe
Mikołaj Szołtysek, Rethinking East-Central Europe: family systems and co-residence in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Volume 1: Contexts and analyses and Volume 2: Data quality assessments, documentation and bibliography (Bern: Peter Lang, 2015). Pages xxx + 1066, including figures 130 + tables 83 + maps 7. £107 paperback and ebook. - Volume 33 Issue 1
Salmon Bias or Red Herring
The purpose of this research is to empirically test the salmon bias hypothesis, which states that the "healthy migrant" effect-referring to a situation in which migrants enjoy lower mortality risks than natives-is caused by selective return-migration of the weak, sick, and elderly. Using a unique longitudinal micro-level database-the Historical Sample of the Netherlands-we tracked the life courses of internal migrants after they had left the city…
Paths of Acculturation and Social Inclusion. Migration, Marriage Opportunities and Assortative Mating by Geographic Origin in Antwerp, 1846–1920
Partner choice and marriage are used as indicators of paths of acculturation and social inclusion among migrants who moved as singles to Antwerp. Whereas scholars previously studied either the timing and intensity of marriage among migrants or the degree to which migrants married natives, we utilise a model which combines both approaches, linking four different meeting and mating outcomes to four acculturation trajectories. The event history anal…
Household and family during urbanization and industrialization
n Contains fulltext :\n 178091pub.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access)\n
Rivalry, solidarity, and longevity among siblings
Family composition and household dynamics, both in early and in later life, influence individual health and longevity. Both positive and negative effects can be expected in terms of sibling size and composition. On one hand, siblings compete with each other, which may lead to resource dilution and increased adult mortality risks. On the other hand, siblings protect and care for each other, which may have a positive impact on longevity
Access to marriage and reproduction among migrants in Antwerp and Stockholm. A longitudinal approach to processes of social inclusion and exclusion, 1846–1926
A longitudinal approach is used to describe and explain processes of social inclusion and exclusion among different groups of migrants in Antwerp and Stockholm (1846–1926), in terms of access to marriage and reproduction. In this way we want to get a better idea about the factors which facilitated or hampered the social inclusion of migrants upon arrival in two different Western European port cities. The results of the discrete time event history…
How unique is the Western European marriage pattern? A comparison of nuptiality in historical Europe and the contemporary Arab world
In this article a comparison is drawn between the historical Western European marriage pattern (WEMP), and more recent trends in nuptiality in Arab countries. This comparison makes clear that marriage behavior in the present-day Arab world shows striking similarities to nuptiality patterns which have been described by Hajnal and adherents as typically Western European. Due to a combination of economic hardship, ever growing costs in the marriage …
Building Bridges. Scholars, History and Historical Demography. A Festschrift in Honor of Professor Theo Engelen
Access to marriage and reproduction among migrants in Antwerp and Stockholm. A longitudinal approach to processes of social inclusion and exclusion, 1846–1926
A longitudinal approach is used to describe and explain processes of social inclusion and exclusion among different groups of migrants in Antwerp and Stockholm (1846–1926), in terms of access to marriage and reproduction. In this way we want to get a better idea about the factors which facilitated or hampered the social inclusion of migrants upon arrival in two different Western European port cities. The results of the discrete time event history…
Salmon Bias or Red Herring
The purpose of this research is to empirically test the salmon bias hypothesis, which states that the "healthy migrant" effect-referring to a situation in which migrants enjoy lower mortality risks than natives-is caused by selective return-migration of the weak, sick, and elderly. Using a unique longitudinal micro-level database-the Historical Sample of the Netherlands-we tracked the life courses of internal migrants after they had left the city…
How unique is the Western European marriage pattern? A comparison of nuptiality in historical Europe and the contemporary Arab world
In this article a comparison is drawn between the historical Western European marriage pattern (WEMP), and more recent trends in nuptiality in Arab countries. This comparison makes clear that marriage behavior in the present-day Arab world shows striking similarities to nuptiality patterns which have been described by Hajnal and adherents as typically Western European. Due to a combination of economic hardship, ever growing costs in the marriage …
Household and family during urbanization and industrialization
n Contains fulltext :\n 178091pub.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access)\n
Rivalry, solidarity, and longevity among siblings
Family composition and household dynamics, both in early and in later life, influence individual health and longevity. Both positive and negative effects can be expected in terms of sibling size and composition. On one hand, siblings compete with each other, which may lead to resource dilution and increased adult mortality risks. On the other hand, siblings protect and care for each other, which may have a positive impact on longevity
From pragmatism to passion
Contains fulltext : 305657.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
The quest for a partner in the past and today
Altres ajuts: HiDO - Scientific Network for Historical Demography (Research Foundation Flanders, Application number [W001821N]
How unique is the Western European marriage pattern? A comparison of nuptiality in historical Europe and the contemporary Arab world
In this article a comparison is drawn between the historical Western European marriage pattern (WEMP), and more recent trends in nuptiality in Arab countries. This comparison makes clear that marriage behavior in the present-day Arab world shows striking similarities to nuptiality patterns which have been described by Hajnal and adherents as typically Western European. Due to a combination of economic hardship, ever growing costs in the marriage …
Access to marriage and reproduction among migrants in Antwerp and Stockholm. A longitudinal approach to processes of social inclusion and exclusion, 1846–1926
A longitudinal approach is used to describe and explain processes of social inclusion and exclusion among different groups of migrants in Antwerp and Stockholm (1846–1926), in terms of access to marriage and reproduction. In this way we want to get a better idea about the factors which facilitated or hampered the social inclusion of migrants upon arrival in two different Western European port cities. The results of the discrete time event history…
Household and family during urbanization and industrialization
n Contains fulltext :\n 178091pub.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access)\n
Rivalry, solidarity, and longevity among siblings
Family composition and household dynamics, both in early and in later life, influence individual health and longevity. Both positive and negative effects can be expected in terms of sibling size and composition. On one hand, siblings compete with each other, which may lead to resource dilution and increased adult mortality risks. On the other hand, siblings protect and care for each other, which may have a positive impact on longevity
Paths of Acculturation and Social Inclusion. Migration, Marriage Opportunities and Assortative Mating by Geographic Origin in Antwerp, 1846–1920
Partner choice and marriage are used as indicators of paths of acculturation and social inclusion among migrants who moved as singles to Antwerp. Whereas scholars previously studied either the timing and intensity of marriage among migrants or the degree to which migrants married natives, we utilise a model which combines both approaches, linking four different meeting and mating outcomes to four acculturation trajectories. The event history anal…
Salmon Bias or Red Herring
The purpose of this research is to empirically test the salmon bias hypothesis, which states that the "healthy migrant" effect-referring to a situation in which migrants enjoy lower mortality risks than natives-is caused by selective return-migration of the weak, sick, and elderly. Using a unique longitudinal micro-level database-the Historical Sample of the Netherlands-we tracked the life courses of internal migrants after they had left the city…
Mortality Clustering in the Family. Fast Life History Trajectories and the Intergenerational Transfer of Infant Death in Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century Antwerp, Belgium
In this article, we investigate to what degree infant mortality risk was transferred from grandmothers to mothers in the Antwerp district, Belgium, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. We also investigate some of the determinants of infant mortality and explore the role of the family - paternal factors (presence, age, and social class), mother’s childcare experience, and infant household location - in the survival of infants. T…
Mikołaj Szołtysek, Rethinking East-Central Europe
Mikołaj Szołtysek, Rethinking East-Central Europe: family systems and co-residence in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Volume 1: Contexts and analyses and Volume 2: Data quality assessments, documentation and bibliography (Bern: Peter Lang, 2015). Pages xxx + 1066, including figures 130 + tables 83 + maps 7. £107 paperback and ebook. - Volume 33 Issue 1
Multiple languages, multiple identities? Children's language characteristics and their ethnic and national identification
An increasing number of ethnolinguistic minority children in European cities grow up multilingual, being proficient in more than one language. Current public and political debates often insinuate that these children's language behaviour is a reflection of their identification with and integration in society. Though some empirical studies have corroborated this idea, others have contested it, suggesting that a more detailed analysis of the identit…
Effects of Individual Mortality Experience on Out-of-Wedlock Fertility in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Krummhörn, Germany
Life history theory predicts that exposure to high mortality in early childhood leads to faster and riskier reproductive strategies. Individuals who grew up in a high mortality regime will not overly wait until they find a suitable partner and form a stable union because premature death would prevent them from reproducing. Cox proportional hazard models were used to determine whether women who experienced sibling death during early childhood (0-5…
Measuring Migration Status Based on the Place of Marriage Overestimates the Share of Male Migrants in Historical Populations. Evidence From Dutch Marriage Certificates
Thanks to the construction of large databases such as LINKS and GENLIAS based on Dutch civil certificates, our knowledge of individual demographic behavior in the past has improved significantly. However, the use of such research infrastructures also introduces some potential pitfalls, as these databases do not contain all information available from the original sources. For instance, variables that are available on the original source but lackin…
Historical Life Courses and Family Reconstitutions. The Scientific Impact of the Antwerp COR*-Database
The Antwerp COR*-database is a longitudinal micro-level database, which covers all entries from individuals whose last names started with the letters COR (and individuals who shared at some moment in time a household with a COR*-person) from the population registers and the vital registration of births, marriages and deaths for the 19th- and early-20th-century Antwerp district in Flanders, the northern Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. As such the …
Exploring familial factors in the migrant mortality advantage among domestic migrants in later life
Many historical and contemporary studies have shown that migrants enjoy survival advantages over non-migrants, even if they originate from higher mortality regimes and have a lower socio-economic and educational status compared to non-migrants in the destination area. This so-called migrant mortality advantage or healthy migrant effect is explained in various ways. One of the main explanations refers to selection effects in the area of origin in …
Conceived in Sin
This article explores the causes of the rise in extra-marital fertility in the Antwerp district between 1820 and 1920. The Antwerp COR*-database is used to compare the reproductive life courses and characteristics of unmarried mothers, women who experienced bridal pregnancies, as well as women who conceived exclusively within marriage. The authors conclude that illegitimacy was mainly a phenomenon among young urban working class women, and that i…
Tying the knot in language-divided Belgium. A research into marriage partner selection in Flemish municipalities along the language border with Wallonia, 1798–1938
In nineteenth-century Europe, local and regional marriage markets turned into national marriage markets as a result of modernisation. However, the question is whether this applied also to Belgium, a nation that became increasingly divided over a language dispute between French-speaking Walloons and Dutch-speaking Flemings. To answer this question, this study examines trends and determinants of mixed marriages in municipalities in which Flemings a…
Building Bridges. Scholars, History and Historical Demography. A Festschrift in Honor of Professor Theo Engelen
Paul van de Laar en Peter Scholten, De Echte Rotterdammer komt van buiten. Rotterdam migratiestad 1600-2022
Item does not contain fulltext
Faster extraction of matrimonial advertisements from digital archives using a signal processing pipeline
Contains fulltext : 312812.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
The quest for a partner in the past and today
Altres ajuts: HiDO - Scientific Network for Historical Demography (Research Foundation Flanders, Application number [W001821N]
From pragmatism to passion
Contains fulltext : 305657.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
Introduction
Over the past two centuries, global health has undergone a revolutionary transformation, with life expectancy more than doubling. While the decline in the burden of infant and childhood mortality has contributed significantly to this improvement, all age groups have experienced remarkable improvements in health and longevity. Yet this health revolution has been uneven and remains incomplete. This introductory article discusses key theoretical fra…
Does the Healthy Migrant Effect Extend to the Next Generation? Infant Mortality and Parental Migration Status in the Antwerp District, 1846–1906 cohorts
This study examines whether the healthy migrant effect extends to the next generation by analyzing infant mortality by parental migration status in the Antwerp district for cohorts born between1846–1906. During this period, the region experienced large-scale migration from within Belgium and neighboring countries. Using longitudinal data from the Antwerp COR*-database, I conduct survival analysis to examine whether and how parental migration stat…
Within Families, Across Borders
U.S. immigrants born in 1850-1890 had shorter lifespans than U.S.-born Whites. This mortality penalty was concentrated among specific origin groups. Migrants generally outlived origin populations and nonmigrant siblings. Migration-mortality patterns varied by origin, reflecting both origin and destination contexts.
Tracing the missing pieces of the puzzle
Recent public health crises, such as the SARS and Zika outbreaks and the COVID-19 pandemic, have reinvigorated research into historical health developments, particularly the factors that have driven dramatic increases in life expectancy over the past two centuries. In this context, the fight against infectious diseases has received particular attention. Until recently, however, historical demographers, family historians, and historians of medicin…
Sociology (18 works) · Demography (13 works) · Population (11 works) · Economics (10 works) · Geography (10 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (6 works) · Political science (6 works)