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Agent-Based Modelling in Population StudiesThe Role of Social Interactions in Demography: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach

Agent-Based Modelling in Population Studies: The Role of Social Interactions in Demography: An... [Individual demographic behaviour cannot be understood in isolation from the social network one is linked to. However, formal models of demographic behaviour lag behind the empirical evidence. In this chapter we demonstrate how agent-based models can be applied to investigate the role of social interactions to explain macro-level demographic patterns like the age-at-marriage curve, age-specific fertility rates and the role of family policies for fertility. Based on these three examples we discuss the various steps that need to be followed when building up an agent-based model. These include the choice of the characteristics and rules of the agents together with the definition of how agents may interact and how macroeconomic behaviour may feed back on the micro-level decision processes.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Agent-Based Modelling in Population StudiesThe Role of Social Interactions in Demography: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach

Part of the The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis Book Series (volume 41)
Editors: Grow, André; Van Bavel, Jan
Prskawetz, Alexia
Agent-Based Modelling in Population Studies — Aug 12, 2016
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-32281-0
Pages
53 –72
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-32283-4_3
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Abstract

[Individual demographic behaviour cannot be understood in isolation from the social network one is linked to. However, formal models of demographic behaviour lag behind the empirical evidence. In this chapter we demonstrate how agent-based models can be applied to investigate the role of social interactions to explain macro-level demographic patterns like the age-at-marriage curve, age-specific fertility rates and the role of family policies for fertility. Based on these three examples we discuss the various steps that need to be followed when building up an agent-based model. These include the choice of the characteristics and rules of the agents together with the definition of how agents may interact and how macroeconomic behaviour may feed back on the micro-level decision processes.]

Published: Aug 12, 2016

Keywords: Social Network; Social Pressure; Potential Partner; Fertility Behaviour; Family Policy

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