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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
Poblete Cazenave, M. & Sanderson, W.C. (2015). A dismal future? Towards a new model of labor market dynamics based on evolving demographic variables. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-15-017
Aktas, A. & Sanderson, W.C. (2015). A forward looking age based on longevity expectations. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-15-016
Sanderson, W. & Scherbov, S. (2015). An easily understood and intergenerationally equitable normal pension age. In: The Future of Welfare in a Global Europe. Eds. Marin, Bernd, pp. 193-220 Farnham: Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4724-6309-8
Gietel-Basten, S., Scherbov, S. , & Sanderson, W. (2015). Remeasuring ageing in Southeast Asia. Asian Population Studies 11 (2) 191-210. 10.1080/17441730.2015.1052201.
Sanderson, W.C. & Scherbov, S. (2015). Faster increases in human life expectancy could lead to slower population aging. PLoS ONE 10 (4) e0121922. 10.1371/journal.pone.0121922.