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The Increased Effect of Elections and Changing Prime Ministers on Topics Discussed in the Australian Federal Parliament between 1901 and 2018
Rohan Alexander, Monica Alexander
Politics and discussion in parliament is likely to be influenced by the party in power and associated election cycles. However, little is known about the extent to which these even…
A Bayesian cohort component projection model to estimate adult populations at the subnational level in data-sparse settings
Monica Alexander, Leontine Alkema
Accurate estimates of subnational populations are important for policy formulation and monitoring population health indicators. For example, estimates of the number of women of rep…
Estimating causes of maternal death in data-sparse contexts
Monica Alexander, Michael Y. C. Chong, Marija Pejcinovska
Understanding the underlying causes of maternal death across all regions of the world is essential to inform policies and resource allocation to reduce the mortality burden. Howeve…
Combining social media and survey data to nowcast migrant stocks in the United States
Monica Alexander, Kivan Polimis, Emilio Zagheni
Measuring and forecasting migration patterns, and how they change over time, has important implications for understanding broader population trends, for designing policy effectivel…
Global Estimation of Neonatal Mortality using a Bayesian Hierarchical Splines Regression Model
Monica Alexander, Leontine Alkema
In recent years, much of the focus in monitoring child mortality has been on assessing changes in the under-five mortality rate (U5MR). However, as the U5MR decreases, the share of…
A Flexible Bayesian Model for Estimating Subnational Mortality
Monica Alexander, Emilio Zagheni, Magali Barbieri
Reliable mortality estimates at the subnational level are essential in the study of health inequalities within a country. One of the difficulties in producing such estimates is the…