Michel Mouchart

Biographic Data

ID1630633
NAMEMichel Mouchart
GIVEN NAMESMichel
FAMILY NAMEMouchart
SIGNATUREMOUCHART M
AFFILIATIONSUCLouvain
ORCID0000-0002-2344-5251
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS44
TOTAL CITATIONS52
AUTHOR COUNT43
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1968
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX4

  • Big data analytics. A demographer’s perspective

    Open AccessGuillaume Wunsch, Michel MouchartARTICLEBulletin of Sociological…2024References: 7

    In the past few years, several demographers have pointed out the need to consider big data in population studies. Some are in favour of data-driven approaches, as statistical algorithms could discover novel patterns in the data. This paper examines some of the methods, both old and new, that have been developed for detecting patterns and associations in the data. It concludes with a discussion on how big data and big data analytics can contribute…

  • Two-mode clustering through profiles of regions and sectors

    Open AccessChristian Haedo, Michel MouchartARTICLEEmpirical Economics2022

  • Time and causality in the social sciences

    Open AccessGuillaume Wunsch, F Russo et al.ARTICLETime & Society2022References: 39

    This article deals with the role of time in causal models in the social sciences. The aim is to underline the importance of time-sensitive causal models, in contrast to time-free models. The relation between time and causality is important, though a complex one, as the debates in the philosophy of science show. In particular, an outstanding issue is whether one can derive causal ordering from time ordering. The article examines how time is taken …

  • Causal attribution in block-recursive social systems: A structural modeling perspective

    Open AccessGuillaume Wunsch, Michel Mouchart et al.ARTICLEMethodological Innovations2018Cited by: 3References: 29

    One method for causal analysis in the social sciences is structural modeling. Structural models, as used in this article, model the (causal) mechanism for a social phenomenon by recursively decomposing the multivariate distribution of the variables of interest. Often, however, one does not achieve a complete decomposition in terms of single variables but in terms of "blocks" of variables only. Papers giving an overview of this issue are neverthel…

  • A stochastic independence approach for measuring regional specialization and concentration

    Open AccessChristian Haedo, Michel MouchartARTICLEPapers of the Regional Science…2017Cited by: 2References: 3

    This paper proposes an integrated framework for discussing issues related to regional concentration, sectorial specialization and overall localization by considering these concepts as a row-column association- or non-independence- in a two-way contingency table 'regions × sectors'. This is the approach of stochastic independence, in which the degree of concentration, or of specialization, is measured by discrepancies among distributions: between …

  • Controlling Variables in Social Systems - A Structural Modelling Approach

    Open AccessMichel Mouchart, Guillaume Wunsch et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Sociological…2016Cited by: 3References: 3

    Determining the variables to be controlled for is usually a major problem in the social sciences when analyzing possible causal relations. A structural modelling approach, having recourse to directed acyclic graphs, is presented here as a consistent framework for determining a coherent set of guidelines when deciding what variables should be controlled. Two rules are developed for determining control variables when studying respectively the direc…

  • Impact of parental ages and other characteristics at childbearing on congenital anomalies: Results for the Czech Republic, 2000-2007

    Open AccessJitka Rychtarikova, Catherine Gourbin et al.ARTICLEDemographic Research2013Cited by: 1References: 38

    While it is widely known that maternal age at childbearing plays a role in the occurrence of Down syndrome, less is known about the effects of maternal age on other major congenital anomalies. Information on the possible effects of other maternal characteristics and of the age of the father is even scarcer

  • Specifying Statistical Models: From Parametric to Non-Parametric, Using Bayesian or Non-Bayesian Approaches

    J-P Florens, J-P Raoult et al.BOOKSpecifying Statistical Models2012

  • Inferring Causality through Counterfactuals in Observational Studies - Some Epistemological Issues

    Open AccessF Russo, Guillaume Wunsch et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Sociological…2011Cited by: 3References: 5

    L’inférence causale par contrefactuels dans les études observationnelles — Quelques épistémologiques : Cet article contribue au débat sur les vertus et les vices de contrefactuels comme base pour l’inférence causale. L’objectif est de mettre l’approche contrefactuelle dans une perspective épistémologique. Nous discutons d’un certain nombre de questions, allant de sa base non observable au parallélisme établi entre cette approche en statistique et…

  • Do We Necessarily Need Longitudinal Data to Infer Causal Relations

    Open AccessGuillaume Wunsch, F Russo et al.ARTICLEBulletin of Sociological…2010Cited by: 13References: 3

    A-t-on nécessairement besoin de données longitudinales pour inférer des relations causales ? Il est généralement admis que les causes précèdent leurs effets dans le temps. Cela justifie usuellement la préférence pour les études longitudinales par rapport aux études transversales, parce que les premières permettent la modèlisation du processus dynamique engendrant le résultat, tandis que les secondes ne le peuvent pas. Les partisans de l’approche …

  • Self-Rated Health in the Baltic Countries, 1994–1999: Santé subjective dans les Pays Baltes, 1994–1999

    Open AccessCatherine Gaumé, Guillaume Wunsch et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Population /…2010Cited by: 4References: 38

  • Démographie: Analyse et synthèse. Volume VII- Histoire des idées et des politiques de population

    Open AccessAlexandre Avdeev, Graziella Caselli et al.ARTICLEPopulation2007

  • Démographie: Analyse et synthèse. Volume VIII- Observation, méthodes auxiliaires, enseignement et recherche

    Open AccessKamel Kateb, Graziella Caselli et al.ARTICLEPopulation2007

  • Démographie, analyse et synthèse 8 Vol

    Open AccessGraziella Caselli, Jacques Vallin et al.ARTICLEPopulation2007Cited by: 1

  • Confounding and control

    Open AccessGuillaume Wunsch, Michel MouchartARTICLEDemographic Research2007Cited by: 4References: 30

    This paper deals both with the issues of confounding and of control, as the definition of a confounding factor is far from universal and there exist different methodological approaches, ex ante and ex post, for controlling for a confounding factor. In

  • Paternal Age and Child Death: The Stillbirth Case

    Open AccessJitka Rychtarikova, Catherine Gourbin et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Population /…2004Cited by: 1References: 8

  • Parents’ age at birth of their offspring and child survival

    Guillaume Wunsch, Michel Mouchart et al.ARTICLEBiodemography and Social Biology2002Cited by: 2References: 29

    This study presents some new results on parental age as a risk factor for child survival. The study is based on individual registration forms for live births and infant deaths collected in Hungary from 1984 to 1988. Logistic regression models have been fitted for early neonatal and neonatal mortality on the one hand, and post-neonatal mortality on the other hand. Children of older males and females have significantly higher early neonatal and neo…

  • Bart J. de Bruijn, Foundations of Demographic Theory

    Open AccessGuillaume Wunsch, Michel MouchartARTICLEEuropean Journal of Population /…2000

  • Socio-Economic differences in mortality. A life course approach

    Open AccessGuillaume Wunsch, Michel Mouchart et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Population /…1996Cited by: 11References: 7

  • L'avenir de L'espérance de Vie

    Guillaume Wunsch, Michel MouchartARTICLEPopulation Studies1995

  • Système de soins et mortalité régionale: Une analyse causale

    Open AccessOlga López Ríos, Anna Mompart et al.ARTICLEEuropean Journal of Population /…1992Cited by: 1References: 9

  • Differential Mortality: Methodological Issues and Biosocial Factors

    Isaac W Eberstein, Lado Ruzicka et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1992

    There are strongly pronounced differentials between survival chances for different social classes in less developed countries. This book gives insight into the variety of factors-biological, social, economic and cultural-associated with these inequalities in mortality rates. Certain of the papers deal with new conceptual approaches and methodological issues, while others cover particular countries in Asia and Latin America, providing overall an i…

  • Unnatural Causes: The Three Leading Killer Diseases in America

    Guillaume Wunsch, Michel Mouchart et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1991

  • Modelo de estructura de covarianzas para el análisis de las diferencias espaciales de la mortalidad mexicana

    Open AccessOlga López Ríos, Guillaume Wunsch et al.ARTICLEEstudios Demográficos y Urbanos1991Cited by: 1

    El análisis causal de los fenómenos demográficos necesita considerar diferentes problemas: el nivel de análisis, la anterioridad temporal de las causas sobre sus efectos, el paso de conceptos a indicadores y los métodos de análisis estadísticos. En este trabajo hemos examinado algunos posibles determinantes de los diferenciales espaciales de la mortalidad en México, utilizando un modelo analítico de caminos con variables latentes. El modelo se aj…

  • Méthodes spatio-temporelles pour l'analyse de la mortalité

    Open AccessOlga Lopez-Rios, Guillaume Wunsch et al.ARTICLEEspace populations sociétés1990

    Spatio-temporal Methods for Analysis of Mortality. Methods for the study of regional differences in mortality have to take both space and time into account. The article points out some possible approaches, and several of the difficulties involved. The problem of spatial and serial autocorrelations has to be solved, as well as that of multicollinearity between time-dependent causal variables. One must also avoid ecological fallacies, take account …