{"id":24,"date":"2026-03-11T10:31:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/publications\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T13:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:39:27","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zheng, Y., van Raalte, A., & Sasson, I. (2026). <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Slowdowns in mortality improvements and trends in lifespan inequality across high-income countries: The role of changing causes of death, 2010\u20132021\n
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European Journal of Public Health (forthcoming)<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Shay, D., Shavit, Y., & Sasson, I. (2025) <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Beyond the Cradle: Effects of Family Income in the First 1,000 Days on Educational Achievement Later in Life\n
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European Sociological Review (forthcoming)<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Tal, A. (2025) <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The EnvironmentalImpacts of Overpopulation<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Encyclopedia<\/i>5, 45<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Sasson, I. (2025). <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Social inequalities as sources of extrinsic mortality: Implications of the two-tiered model\n
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 48: e119<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Zheng, Y., Tyrovolas,\nS., Yip, P. S. F., & Sasson, I. (2025)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Changes in life expectancy across selected countries in the Western Pacific Region and their underlying risk factors, 1990-2021\n
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BMC Public Health, 25: 3933<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Muszynska-Spielauer, Magdalena, van Raalte, A., Sasson, I., & Asada, Y. (2025)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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From Lifespan Inequality to Lifespan Inequity\n
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Social Indicators Research, 180(3): 1449\u20131473<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Menashe-Oren, A. (2025)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Child Migration in Eastern and Southern Africa: Tied and Orphaned<\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Demography, Vol. 62 (4), pp. 1341\u20131366 DOI: 10.1215\/00703370-12159038<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Menashe-Oren, A., Damiano U., & Ester Lucia R., (2025)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Social ties in old age: the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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European Journal of Aging, Vol. 22 (55), DOI: 10.1007\/s10433-025-00889-3<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Menashe-Oren, A., Martin N., Romesh S. et al. (2025)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Improving the measurement of adult mortality<\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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ulletin of the World Health Organisation, 103 (7), pp.462\u2013464 DOI: 10.2471\/BLT.24.293074<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Sasson, I. (2025)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n A New Research Agenda for Social Inequalities in Mortality: Challenges and Open Questions
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Population and Development Review, 51 (1): 323\u2013360<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Menashe-Oren, A., & Philippe B. (2024)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n The potential of internal migration to shape rural and urban populations across Africa, Asia and Latin America<\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Population and Development Review, Special 50th Anniversary Issue, DOI: 10.1111\/padr.12676<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Sasson, I., &\nWeinreb, A. (2024)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Israel as a demographic anomaly: Between Europe and the Middle East. Strategic Assessment: A Multidisciplinary
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Journal on National Security, 27(2): 70\u201384<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Shay, D., Shavit, Y.,\n& Sasson, I. (2024)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n <\/a>Poverty in early\nchildhood and future educational achievements\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Early Child Development and Care, 5\u20136: 655\u2013668  <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Sasson, I. (2023)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Lessons for Measuring\nJewish Identity from Racial Categorization in Population Censuses: Commentary\non According to Their Numbers<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Contemporary Jewry, 43: 225\u2013228<\/span>  \n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Sasson, I., &\nHarpaz, Y. (2023)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Demography as Destiny?\nShifting Power Relations among Sectors in Israeli Society<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Israeli Sociology, 24(2), 160\u2013177<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Tal, A., Tsairi, Y. (2023)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The Effects of\nPopulation Density on Public Health in Israel: Present; Desirable and\nAnticipated<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Israel Journal of\nSociology, <\/i>24\n(1) 199-225<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Permanyer, I., Sasson, I., & Villavicencio, F. (2023)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Group- and individual-based approaches to health inequality: Towards an integration<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 186(2), 217\u2013240<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Kramer, I., Tsairi, Y., Roth, M., Tal, A., Mau, Y. (2022)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Population Growth to Greatly Increase Israel\u2019s Reliance on Desalinated<\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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npj\nClean Water, <\/i>Nature\nPortfolio<\/i>5, 67<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Sasson, I., & Regev,\nA. (2022)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Class-Based Inequalities\nin Health and Mortality in Israel: A Theoretical and Empirical Review<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Israeli Sociology, 23(1), 109\u2013132<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Sasson, I. (2021)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Age and COVID-19\nmortality: A comparison of Gompertz doubling time across countries and causes\nof death<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Demographic Research, 44, 379\u2013396<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Peri, E., Tal, A. (2021)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Is setback distance the best criteria for siting\nwind turbines under crowded conditions? An empirical analysis<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Energy Policy<\/i>, 155,\n112346<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Cantu, P. A., Sheehan,\nC. M., Sasson, I., & Hayward, M. D. (2021)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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ncreasing\nEducation-Based Disparities in Healthy Life Expectancy Among US Non-Hispanic\nWhites, 2000\u20132010<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The Journals of\nGerontology: Series B, 76(2): 319\u2013329<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Wilson, B., Drefahl, S.,\nSasson, I., Henery, P. M., & Uggla, C. (2020)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Regional trajectories in\nlife expectancy and life-span variation: Persistent inequality in two Nordic\nwelfare states<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Population, Space and\nPlace, 26(8), e2378<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Tsairi,\nY. Tal, A. (2020)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The\nContribution of Urban Population Density to Corona Incidence in Israel<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Ecology\nand Environment <\/i>20 (1)<\/span>.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Gould, R., Tal, A. (2020)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Returning\nPopulation to the Sustainable Development Discourse: Israel as a Case Study<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Acta\nUniversitatis Carolinae, <\/i>20 (1) 11-43<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Sasson, I., &\nShamir, R. (2020)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The 1931 census of\nPalestine and the statistical (un)making of an Arab landless class<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Middle Eastern Studies, 56(2), 239\u2013256<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Sasson, I., &\nHayward, M. D. (2019)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Association between\neducational attainment and causes of death among white and black US adults,\n2010-2017<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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JAMA, 322(8), 756\u2013763<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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van Raalte, A. A.,\nSasson, I., & Martikainen, P. (2018)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The case for monitoring life-span inequality<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Science, 362(6418), 1002\u20131004<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Carmi, N., Tal, A. (2018)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The\nPerceived Relationship of Population Growth to Current Ecological Problems\nUsing Repertory Grid Technique<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Human\nand Ecological Risk Assessment<\/i>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Sheehan, C., Montez, J.\nK., & Sasson, I. (2018)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Does the functional form\nof the association between education and mortality differ by US region?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Biodemography and Social\nBiology, 64(1), 63\u201381<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Crimmins, E., Saito, Y.,\nKim, J. K., Zhang, Y., Sasson, I., & Hayward, M. D. (2018)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Educational differences\nin the prevalence of dementia and life expectancy with dementia in the United\nStates: Changes from 2000 to 2010<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The Journals of\nGerontology: Series B, 73(S1), 20\u201328<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Sasson, I., &\nWeinreb, A. (2017)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Land cover change and\nfertility in West-Central Africa: Rural livelihoods and the vicious circle\nmodel<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Population and\nEnvironment, 38(4), 345\u2013368<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Tal,\nA. (2017)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Will Demography Defeat River Restoration? The Case of the Jordan River<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The Journal of Water Research. 111, 404-419.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Cetorelli, V, Sasson,\nI., Shabila, N., & Burnham, G. (2017)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Mortality and kidnapping\nestimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq in August\n2014: A retrospective household survey<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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PLOS Medicine, 14(5),\ne1002297<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Sasson, I. (2016)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Diverging trends in cause-specific mortality and life years lost by educational attainment: Evidence from United States vital statistics data, 1990\u20132010<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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PLOS ONE, 11(10), e0163412.  <\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Trends in life\nexpectancy and lifespan variation by educational attainment: United States,\n1990\u20132010<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Demography, 53(2),\n269\u2013293<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Hayward, M. D., Hummer,\nR. A., & Sasson, I. (2015)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Trends and group differences in the association between\neducational attainment and US adult mortality: Implications for understanding\neducation's causal influence<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Social Science & Medicine, 127, 8\u201318<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Sasson, I., &\nUmberson, D. J. (2014)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Widowhood and\ndepression: New light on gender differences, selection, and psychological\nadjustment<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 69(1), 135\u2013145<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Sasson, I., &\nSakamoto, A. (2014)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Non-poor components of\npopulation growth and immigration in the US, 1990\u20132010<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Social Indicators\nResearch, 115(1), 183\u2013201<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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Sasson, I., & Sakamoto, A. (2014). Non-poor components of population growth and immigration in the US, 1990\u20132010. Social Indicators Research, 115(1), 183\u2013201.<\/p>\n

Sasson, I., & Umberson, D. J. (2014). Widowhood and depression: New light on gender differences, selection, and psychological adjustment. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 69(1), 135\u2013145.<\/p>\n

Hayward, M. D., Hummer, R. A., & Sasson, I. (2015). Trends and group differences in the association between educational attainment and US adult mortality: Implications for understanding education's causal influence. Social Science & Medicine, 127, 8\u201318.<\/p>\n

Sasson, I. (2016). Trends in life expectancy and lifespan variation by educational attainment: United States, 1990\u20132010. Demography, 53(2), 269\u2013293.<\/p>\n

Sasson, I. (2016). Diverging trends in cause-specific mortality and life years lost by educational attainment: Evidence from United States vital statistics data, 1990\u20132010. PLOS ONE, 11(10), e0163412.<\/p>\n

Cetorelli, V, Sasson, I., Shabila, N., & Burnham, G. (2017). Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq in August 2014: A retrospective household survey. PLOS Medicine, 14(5), e1002297.<\/p>\n

Sasson, I., & Weinreb, A. (2017). Land cover change and fertility in West-Central Africa: Rural livelihoods and the vicious circle model. Population and Environment, 38(4), 345\u2013368.<\/p>\n

Crimmins, E., Saito, Y., Kim, J. K., Zhang, Y., Sasson, I., & Hayward, M. D. (2018). Educational differences in the prevalence of dementia and life expectancy with dementia in the United States: Changes from 2000 to 2010. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 73(S1), 20\u201328.<\/p>\n

Sheehan, C., Montez, J. K., & Sasson, I. (2018). Does the functional form of the association between education and mortality differ by US region?. Biodemography and Social Biology, 64(1), 63\u201381.<\/p>\n

van Raalte, A. A., Sasson, I., & Martikainen, P. (2018). The case for monitoring life-span inequality. Science, 362(6418), 1002\u20131004.<\/p>\n

Sasson, I., & Hayward, M. D. (2019). Association between educational attainment and causes of death among white and black US adults, 2010-2017. JAMA, 322(8), 756\u2013763.<\/p>\n

Sasson, I., & Shamir, R. (2020). The 1931 census of Palestine and the statistical (un)making of an Arab landless class. Middle Eastern Studies, 56(2), 239\u2013256.<\/p>\n

Wilson, B., Drefahl, S., Sasson, I., Henery, P. M., & Uggla, C. (2020). Regional trajectories in life expectancy and life-span variation: Persistent inequality in two Nordic welfare states. Population, Space and Place, 26(8), e2378.<\/p>\n

Cantu, P. A., Sheehan, C. M., Sasson, I., & Hayward, M. D. (2021). Increasing Education-Based Disparities in Healthy Life Expectancy Among US Non-Hispanic Whites, 2000\u20132010. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 76(2): 319\u2013329.<\/p>\n

Sasson, I. (2021). Age and COVID-19 mortality: A comparison of Gompertz doubling time across countries and causes of death. Demographic Research, 44, 379\u2013396.<\/p>\n

Riffe, T., Acosta, E., Sasson, I., Shomron, E., & the COVerAGE-DB team. (2021). Data Resource Profile: COVerAGE-DB: a global demographic database of COVID-19 cases and deaths. International Journal of Epidemiology, 50(2): 390\u2013390f.<\/p>\n

Sasson, I., & Regev, A. (2022). Class-Based Inequalities in Health and Mortality in Israel: A Theoretical and Empirical Review. Israeli Sociology, 23(1), 109\u2013132.<\/p>\n

Permanyer, I., Sasson, I., & Villavicencio, F. (2023). Group- and individual-based approaches to health inequality: Towards an integration. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 186(2), 217\u2013240.<\/p>\n

Bernstein, S. F., & Sasson, I. (2023). Black and white differences in subjective survival expectations: An evaluation of competing mechanisms. SSM-Population Health, 101339.<\/p>\n

Sasson, I., & Harpaz, Y. (2023). Demography as Destiny? Shifting Power Relations among Sectors in Israeli Society. Israeli Sociology, 24(2), 160\u2013177.<\/p>\n

Sasson, I. (2023). Lessons for Measuring Jewish Identity from Racial Categorization in Population Censuses: Commentary on According to Their Numbers. Contemporary Jewry, 43: 225\u2013228.<\/p>\n

Shay, D., Shavit, Y., & Sasson, I. (2024). Poverty in early childhood and future educational achievements. Early Child Development and Care, 5\u20136: 655\u2013668.<\/p>\n

Sasson, I., & Weinreb, A. (2024). Israel as a demographic anomaly: Between Europe and the Middle East. Strategic Assessment: A Multidisciplinary Journal on National Security, 27(2): 70\u201384.<\/p>\n

Sasson, I. (2025). A New Research Agenda for Social Inequalities in Mortality: Challenges and Open Questions. Population and Development Review, 51 (1): 323\u2013360.<\/p>\n

Muszynska-Spielauer, Magdalena, van Raalte, A., Sasson, I., & Asada, Y. (2025). From Lifespan Inequality to Lifespan Inequity. Social Indicators Research, 180(3): 1449\u20131473.<\/p>\n

Zheng, Y., Tyrovolas, S., Yip, P. S. F., & Sasson, I. (2025). Changes in life expectancy across selected countries in the Western Pacific Region and their underlying risk factors, 1990-2021. BMC Public Health, 25: 3933.<\/p>\n

Sasson, I. (2025). Social inequalities as sources of extrinsic mortality: Implications of the two-tiered model. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 48: e119.<\/p>\n

Shay, D., Shavit, Y., & Sasson, I. (2025). Beyond the Cradle: Effects of Family Income in the First 1,000 Days on Educational Achievement Later in Life. European Sociological Review (forthcoming).<\/p>\n

Zheng, Y., van Raalte, A., & Sasson, I. (2026). Slowdowns in mortality improvements and trends in lifespan inequality across high-income countries: The role of changing causes of death, 2010\u20132021. European Journal of Public Health (forthcoming).<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Tal, A., 2017, \u201cWill Demography Defeat River Restoration? The Case of the Jordan River,\u201d The Journal of Water Research. <\/em>111, 404-419.\n <\/p>\n

Carmi, N., Tal, A. 2018, The Perceived Relationship of Population Growth to Current Ecological Problems Using Repertory Grid Technique, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment,<\/p>\n

Tsairi, Y. Tal, A., 2020, The Contribution of Urban Population Density to Corona Incidence in Israel, Ecology and Environment 20 (1).<\/p>\n

Gould, R., Tal, A. 2020, Returning Population to the Sustainable Development Discourse: Israel as a Case Study, Acta Universitatis Carolinae<\/span>, 20 (1) 11-43. \n <\/p>\n

Kramer, I., Tsairi, Y., Roth, M., Tal, A., Mau, Y. 2022,  Population Growth to Greatly Increase Israel\u2019s Reliance on Desalinated, npj Clean Water, Nature Portfolio<\/span> 5, 67, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41545-022-00215-9.\n <\/p>\n

Tal, A., Tsairi, Y., 2023, The Effects of Population Density on Public Health in Israel: Present; Desirable and Anticipated; Israel Journal of Sociology<\/span> 24 (1) 199-225.\n <\/p>\n

Peri, E., Tal, A., 2021, Is setback distance the best criteria for siting wind turbines under crowded conditions? An empirical analysis, Energy Policy<\/span>, 155, 112346.\n <\/a>\n <\/p>\n

Tal, A. 2025, The Environmental Impacts of Overpopulation, Encyclopedia<\/span> 5, 45\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n

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