Warren Sanderson
Guest Research Scholar
Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing Research Group
Population and Just Societies Program
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. & Scherbov, S. (2009). Future Trends in the Prevalence of Severe Activity Limitations in Developed Countries. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-09-047
Sanderson, W.C. & Scherbov, S. (2009). Aging: A new look into an old problem. DOI:10.1007/s00508-009-1195-6. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Aging.
Sanderson, W.C. & Striessnig, E. (2009). Demography, Education, and the Future of Total Factor Productivity Growth. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-09-002
Lutz, W. , Sanderson, W.C., Scherbov, S. , & K.C., S. (2009). Demographic and human-capital trends in Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa. In: Talent, Competitiveness and Migration. Eds. Stiftung, Bertelsmann & Institute, Migration Policy, Guetersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung. ISBN 978-3-86793-039-0
Sanderson, W.C. & Scherbov, S. (2008). Rethinking age and aging. Population Bulletin 63 (4) 1-16.