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Warren Sanderson
Guest Research Scholar
Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing Research Group
Population and Just Societies Program
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Biography
Warren Sanderson rejoined IIASA in June 2008 as an Institute Scholar. He is also a Professor of Economics and Professor of History at Stony Brook University in New York State, USA. In addition, he is co-chair of the Department of Economics there. He holds a PhD in economics from Stanford University.Professor Sanderson first came to IIASA in 1980 and worked in the World Population Program. Since that time he has been a recurrent visitor to that Program. His research interests are in population-economic interactions. He has published in a variety of journals, including Nature, Science, Population and Development Review, Demography, Population Studies, and Population Index.
His recent research includes probabilistic population forecasting, measuring aging in ways that take life expectancy change into account, and the effects of education and other demographic changes on economic growth.
Last update: 10 JUN 2008
Publications
Sanderson, W.C., Striessnig, E. , Schöpp, W. , & Amann, M. (2013). Effects on well-being of investing in cleaner air in India. Environmental Science & Technology 47 (23) 13222-13229. 10.1021/es402867r.
Garbero, A. & Sanderson, W.C. (2012). Forecasting Mortality Convergence Up to 2100. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-12-013
Scherbov, S. , Sanderson, W.C., & Mamolo, M. (2012). Quantifying Policy Tradeoffs to Support Aging Populations. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-12-015
Crespo Cuaresma, J., Lutz, W. , & Sanderson, W.C. (2012). Age Structure, Education and Economic Growth. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-12-011
Scherbov, S. , Lutz, W. , & Sanderson, W.C. (2011). The uncertain timing of reaching 8 billion, peak world population, and other demographic milestones. Population and Development Review 37 (3) 571-578. 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2011.00435.x.