Ben WilsonStockholm University Demography Unit (SUDA), Sweden •
ben.wilson(at)sociology.su.se • Personal webpage
Stockholm University Demography Unit (SUDA), Sweden • ben.wilson(at)sociology.su.se • Personal webpage
Female genital mutilation/cutting in Africa: ineffective policies and persistent inequalities
Mutilations génitales féminines / excision en Afrique : politiques inefficaces et inégalités persistantes
Valeria Cetorelli, Ben Wilson, Ewa Batyra, Ernestina Coast

Using nationally representative data from Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, Valeria Cetorelli, Ben Wilson, Ewa Batyra and Ernestina Coast examine whether national policies banning
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Migrant mortality advantage and the selection hypothesis
La sous-mortalité des migrants et l’hypothèse de sélection
Matthew Wallace, Ben Wilson

We frequently hear that international migrants are a selected subgroup of their origin populations. The veracity of this statement is generally just assumed or inferred from comparison on some specific characteristics (e.g. survival) with the destination population.
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