Research Group
Kinship Inequalities
At a Glance
Projects
Publications
Team
Project
Modeling Kinship Structure: Demographic Projections and Population Heterogeneity
Sha Jiang, Saroja Adhikari, Diego Alburez-Gutierrez, Bettina Maria Hünteler, Elena Pojman
This project studies the structure and evolution of kinship networks by describing their size and composition by age, sex, type of kin, and other characteristics. It produces cross-national projections of kinship structure, emphasizing how kinship is shaped by demographic change and heterogeneity. Detailed Description
Aging, Mortality and Longevity, Demographic Change, Family Behavior, Health Care, Public Health, Medicine, and Epidemiology, Intergenerational Relationships
Publications
Becca, F.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Esteve, A.:
Population and Development Review, 1–32. (2026)
Fernández Soto, M.; Escoto, A.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Williams, I.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2026-012. (2026)
Hünteler, B. M.; Hank, K.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Leopold, T.:
Journal of Marriage and Family 88:1, 284–298. (2026)
Williams, I.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.:
SocArXiv papers. unpublished. (2026)
Abrams, L. R.; Jiang, S.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Acosta, E.; Zagheni, E.:
SocArXiv papers. unpublished. (2025)
Adhikari, S.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2025-003. (2025)
Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Basellini, U.; Zagheni, E.:
Population Studies 79:1, 45–57. (2025)
Hünteler, B. M.; Hank, K.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Leopold, T.:
SocArXiv papers. unpublished. (2025)
Hünteler, B. M.; Hank, K.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Leopold, T.:
SocArXiv papers. unpublished. (2025)
Jiang, S.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Chung, P. H.; Alexander, M. J.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2025-024. (2025)
Jiang, S.; Liang, H.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Zagheni, E.:
MPIDR Working Paper WP-2025-021. (2025)
Jiang, S.; Zuo, W.; Guo, Z.; Tuljapurkar, S.:
Demography 62:3, 899–922. (2025)
Matos-Moreno, A.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Williams, I.; Verdery, A. M.; Fernández Soto, M.; Santos-Lozada, A.:
Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 80:6, 1–9. (2025)
van Damme, M.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Castro Torres, A. F.:
Demography 62:3, 763–772. (2025)
Hünteler, B. M.; Polizzi, A.; van Raalte, A. A.:
SocArXiv papers. unpublished. (2024)
Schlueter, B.-S.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Bibbins-Domingo, K.; Alexander, M. J.; Kiang, M. V.:
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 331:20, 1741–1747. (2024)
Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Williams, I.; Caswell, H.:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120:52, e2315722120–e2315722120. (2023)