Alberto Palloni

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Alberto Palloni
Born (1949-04-29) April 29, 1949 (age 76)
Chile
Alma mater University of Washington (Ph.D., 1977)
Known forWork on health and mortality as they relate to demography
Awards Guggenheim Fellow (1987–88)
Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (1991–92)
Scientific career
Fields Sociology
Demography
Thesis Estimating Infant and Childhood Mortality from Data on Children Surviving  (1977)
Doctoral advisor Samuel H. Preston

Alberto Palloni (born April 29, 1949) [1] is an Italian-American demographer and sociologist who works for the RAND Corporation. He was previously the Samuel H. Preston Professor of Sociology, and the E.T. Young Professor of Population and International Studies, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. [2] In 2006, he was the president of the Population Association of America. [3]

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Biography

Palloni was born in Chile to Italian parents. He was educated at the Catholic University of Chile (B.S./B.A. in sociology, 1971) and the University of Washington (Ph.D. in sociology, 1977). [3]

Work

Palloni is known for his demographic research on health, morbidity, and mortality. [3] For example, he and John L. Hagan published a study in 2006 estimating that the death toll from the war in Darfur was much higher than estimated by the United States government. [4] [5] [6] He has also researched the disparity in life expectancy between American Hispanics and whites. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Alberto Palloni CV" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Alberto Palloni - Profile". www.rand.org. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  3. 1 2 3 "Alberto Palloni". Population Association of America. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  4. ↑ Hagan, J.; Palloni, A. (15 September 2006). "SOCIAL SCIENCE: Death in Darfur". Science. 313 (5793): 1578–1579. doi:10.1126/science.1127397. PMID   16973863. S2CID   153600419.
  5. ↑ Hearn, Kelly (14 September 2006). "Darfur Death Toll Is Hundreds of Thousands Higher Than Reported, Study Says". news.nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on November 14, 2006. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  6. ↑ Gettleman, Jeffrey (2006-09-15). "Toll of Darfur Underreported, Study Declares". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
  7. ↑ Morin, Richard (19 December 2004). "The Salmon Effect". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-07-16.
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