Professor
Ronald Demos Lee
University of California, Berkeley
Demographer; Economist; Educator
Area
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specialty
Sociology, Demography, and Geography
Elected
2005
Work encompasses demographic effects of Malthusian shocks, intergenerational transfers, aging populations and their econonomic consequences, and evolution of longevity. Lee-Carter method for forecasting mortality. Developer of National Transfer Accounts. Member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. Recipient of the Taeuber and Sheps Awards of the Population Association of America and Laureate of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population. Advisor on social security reform.
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