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

In: Agent-Based Modelling in Population Studies

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  • Alexia Prskawetz

    (Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics
    Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WIC))

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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.

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  • Alexia Prskawetz, 2017. "The Role of Social Interactions in Demography: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach," The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, in: André Grow & Jan Van Bavel (ed.), Agent-Based Modelling in Population Studies, chapter 0, pages 53-72, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ssdmcp:978-3-319-32283-4_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-32283-4_3
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