Hampton Gaddy
Biographic Data
| ID | 301134 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hampton Gaddy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hampton |
| FAMILY NAME | Gaddy |
| SIGNATURE | GADDY H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6397-4679 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
We Are Our Memory
Populations have demographic connections to the past: people who were exposed to the past may still be alive or may at least have living kin. Denton and Spencer and Alburez‐Gutierrez have recently articulated the concept of “demographic memory” to refer to the way in which the memory of single events lingers in populations through their age or kinship structure. This article works to clarify, expand, and further demonstrate the usefulness of this…
Can we estimate crisis death tolls by subtracting total population estimates? A critical review and appraisal
BACKGROUND In the absence of high-quality data, the death tolls of epidemics, conflicts, and disasters are often estimated using ad hoc methods. One understudied class of methods, which we term the growth rate discontinuity method (GRDM), estimates death tolls by projecting pre-crisis and post-crisis total population estimates using crude growth rates and then subtracting the results. Despite, or perhaps due to, its simplicity, this method is the…
Did the 1918 influenza pandemic cause a 1920 baby boom? Demographic evidence from neutral Europe
In 1919-20, the European countries that were neutral in the First World War saw a small baby bust followed by a small baby boom. The sparse literature on this topic attributes the 1919 bust to individuals postponing conceptions during the peak of the 1918-20 influenza pandemic and the 1920 boom to recuperation of those conceptions. Using data from six large neutral countries of Europe, we present novel evidence contradicting that narrative. In fa…
Social distancing and influenza mortality in 1918 did not increase suicide rates in the United States
Recent research has suggested that the social distancing mandates introduced in the United States during the main waves of the 1918-20 influenza pandemic caused an increase in suicide rates. However, that finding relies on poor-quality, temporally mismatched data and has signs of omitted variable bias. Similarly, a long-standing finding that American suicide rates in 1918-20 were also boosted by the influenza mortality of the time has gone unques…
A decade of TFR declines suggests no relationship between development and sub-replacement fertility rebounds
Human development is historically associated with fertility declines. However, demographic paradigms disagree about whether that relationship should hold at very high levels of development. Using data through the late 2000s, Myrskylä, Kohler, and Billari (
Brexit and the geography of depression
Using local knowledge in emerging infectious disease research
Using local knowledge in emerging infectious disease research
A decade of TFR declines suggests no relationship between development and sub-replacement fertility rebounds
Human development is historically associated with fertility declines. However, demographic paradigms disagree about whether that relationship should hold at very high levels of development. Using data through the late 2000s, Myrskylä, Kohler, and Billari (
Did the 1918 influenza pandemic cause a 1920 baby boom? Demographic evidence from neutral Europe
In 1919-20, the European countries that were neutral in the First World War saw a small baby bust followed by a small baby boom. The sparse literature on this topic attributes the 1919 bust to individuals postponing conceptions during the peak of the 1918-20 influenza pandemic and the 1920 boom to recuperation of those conceptions. Using data from six large neutral countries of Europe, we present novel evidence contradicting that narrative. In fa…
Brexit and the geography of depression
Using local knowledge in emerging infectious disease research
Social distancing and influenza mortality in 1918 did not increase suicide rates in the United States
Recent research has suggested that the social distancing mandates introduced in the United States during the main waves of the 1918-20 influenza pandemic caused an increase in suicide rates. However, that finding relies on poor-quality, temporally mismatched data and has signs of omitted variable bias. Similarly, a long-standing finding that American suicide rates in 1918-20 were also boosted by the influenza mortality of the time has gone unques…
A decade of TFR declines suggests no relationship between development and sub-replacement fertility rebounds
Human development is historically associated with fertility declines. However, demographic paradigms disagree about whether that relationship should hold at very high levels of development. Using data through the late 2000s, Myrskylä, Kohler, and Billari (
Did the 1918 influenza pandemic cause a 1920 baby boom? Demographic evidence from neutral Europe
In 1919-20, the European countries that were neutral in the First World War saw a small baby bust followed by a small baby boom. The sparse literature on this topic attributes the 1919 bust to individuals postponing conceptions during the peak of the 1918-20 influenza pandemic and the 1920 boom to recuperation of those conceptions. Using data from six large neutral countries of Europe, we present novel evidence contradicting that narrative. In fa…
Can we estimate crisis death tolls by subtracting total population estimates? A critical review and appraisal
BACKGROUND In the absence of high-quality data, the death tolls of epidemics, conflicts, and disasters are often estimated using ad hoc methods. One understudied class of methods, which we term the growth rate discontinuity method (GRDM), estimates death tolls by projecting pre-crisis and post-crisis total population estimates using crude growth rates and then subtracting the results. Despite, or perhaps due to, its simplicity, this method is the…
We Are Our Memory
Populations have demographic connections to the past: people who were exposed to the past may still be alive or may at least have living kin. Denton and Spencer and Alburez‐Gutierrez have recently articulated the concept of “demographic memory” to refer to the way in which the memory of single events lingers in populations through their age or kinship structure. This article works to clarify, expand, and further demonstrate the usefulness of this…
Sociology (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Fallacy (2 works)