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University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI, US

2021-01-01 to present | Research Professor Emeritus (Institute for Social Research)
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George Alter

University of Michigan: Ann Arbor, MI, US

2007 to 2020-12-31 | Research Professor (Institute for Social Research)
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George Alter

Indiana University Bloomington: Bloomington, IN, US

2001 to 2007 | Professor (History)
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George Alter

Indiana University Bloomington: Bloomington, IN, US

1987 to 2001 | Associate Professor (History)
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George Alter

Indiana University Bloomington: Bloomington, IN, US

1979 to 1987 | Assistant Professor (History)
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Education and qualifications (1)

University of Pennysylvania: Philadelphia, PA, US

1971-09 to 1978-05 | PhD (History)
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Balancing economic stress: The role of rural–urban migration in nineteenth-century East Belgium

Explorations in Economic History
2025-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2025.101666
Contributors: George C. Alter; Michel Oris
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The Impact of Multiple Births on Fertility: Stopping and Spacing in the United States During the Demographic Transition

Demography
2024-10-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1215/00703370-11577526
Contributors: George Alter; J. David Hacker
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View points on data points: A shared vocabulary for cross-domain conversations on data and metadata

IASSIST Quarterly
2023-03-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.29173/iq1051
Contributors: George Alter; Flavio Rizzolo; Kathi Schleidt
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Structured data transformation algebra (SDTA) and its applications

Distributed and Parallel Databases
2022-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10619-022-07418-6
Part of ISSN: 0926-8782
Contributors: Jie Song; George Alter; H. V. Jagadish
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Capturing Data Provenance from Statistical Software

International Journal of Digital Curation
2022-05-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2218/ijdc.v16i1.763
Contributors: George Charles Alter; Jack Gager; Pascal Heus; Carson Hunter; Sanda Ionescu; Jeremy Iverson; H.V. Jagadish; Jared Lyle; Alexander Mueller; Sigve Nordgaard et al.
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Provenance metadata for statistical data: An introduction to Structured Data Transformation Language (SDTL)

IASSIST Quarterly
2020-12-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.29173/iq983
Part of ISSN: 2331-4141
Part of ISSN: 0739-1137
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George Alter

The Data Tags Suite (DATS) model for discovering data access and use requirements

GigaScience
2020-02-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giz165
Contributors: George Alter; Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran; Lucila Ohno-Machado; Philippe Rocca-Serra
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The Evolution of Models in Historical Demography

The Journal of Interdisciplinary History
2019-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1162/jinh_a_01445
Part of ISSN: 0022-1953
Contributors: George C. Alter
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Discovering Data Access and Use Requirements Using the Data Tags Suite (DATS) Model1

2019-01-11 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/518571
Contributors: George Alter; Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran; Lucila Ohno-Machado; Philippe Rocca-Serra
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Responsible practices for data sharing.

American Psychologist
2018-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1037/amp0000258
Contributors: George Alter; Richard Gonzalez
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Replication of scientific research: addressing geoprivacy, confidentiality, and data sharing challenges in geospatial research

Annals of GIS
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/19475683.2015.1027792
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2-s2.0-84929844214
Contributors: Richardson, D.B.; Kwan, M.-P.; Alter, G.; McKendry, J.E.
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Addressing Global Data Sharing Challenges

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics
2015-07-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/1556264615591561
Contributors: G. C. Alter; M. Vardigan
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Promoting an open research culture

Science
2015-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.aab2374
Contributors: B. A. Nosek; G. Alter; G. C. Banks; D. Borsboom; S. D. Bowman; S. J. Breckler; S. Buck; C. D. Chambers; G. Chin; G. Christensen et al.
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Prudence as Obstinate Resistance to Pressure

Similarity in Difference
2014 | Other
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/9780262027946.003.0008
Contributors: Michel Oris; George Alter; Paul Servais
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Data Access and Research Transparency in the Quantitative Tradition

APSC
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/s1049096513001728
Contributors: Arthur Lupia; George Alter
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Generation to Generation

Soc. sci. hist.
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/s0145553200010555
Contributors: George C. Alter
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Generation to Generation Life Course, Family, and Community

2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1215/01455532-1958154
Part of ISSN: 0145-5532
Contributors: Alter, George C.
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"The Price of Keeping Knowledge" Workshop: ICPSR Position Paper

Zenodo
2013-01-17 | Other
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3478605
Contributors: Jared Lyle; George Alter; Mary Vardigan
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"The Price of Keeping Knowledge" Workshop: ICPSR Position Paper

Zenodo
2013-01-17 | Other
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3478604
Contributors: Jared Lyle; George Alter; Mary Vardigan
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Introduction: Longitudinal Analysis of Historical-Demographic Data

Journal of Interdisciplinary History
2012-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1162/jinh_a_00302
Contributors: George C. Alter; Myron P. Gutmann; Susan Hautaniemi Leonard; Emily R. Merchant
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Population Registers of Sart, Belgium, 1811-1900

ICPSR Data Holdings
2011-09 | Dataset
DOI: 10.3886/icpsr32461.v1
Contributors: Michel Oris; George Alter; Muriel Neven
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Completing life histories with imputed exit dates: A method for historical data from passive registration systems | Compléter les histoires de vie par imputation des dates de sortie d'observation. Une méthode adaptée aux données historiques

Population
2009 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-76749108112
Contributors: Alter, G.; Devos, I.; Kvetko, A.
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Defining and distributing longitudinal historical data in a general way through an intermediate structure

Historical Social Research
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-70350328192
Contributors: Alter, G.; Mandemakers, K.; Gutmann, M.P.
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The demographic transition and human capital

The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe
2009 | Other
DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511794834.004
Contributors: George Alter; Gregory Clark; Stephen Broadberry; Kevin H. ORourke
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When protoindustry collapsed fertility and the demographic regime in rural eastern Belgium during the industrial revolution

HISTORICAL SOCIAL RESEARCH-HISTORISCHE SOZIALFORSCHUNG
2007 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000247725100007
Contributors: ALTER, G; ORIS, M; NEVEN, M
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Widowhood, family size, and post-reproductive mortality: A comparative analysis of three populations in nineteenth-century Europe

Demography
2007 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2007.0037
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2-s2.0-38949105177
Contributors: Alter, G.; Dribe, M.; van Poppel, F.
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Belgian historical demography as viewed from North America: Protoindustrialization, fertility decline, and the use of population registers

Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Nieuwste Geschiedenis/ Revue Belge de Histoire Contemporaine
2005 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-65849161071
Contributors: Alter, G.; Gutmann, M.
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Childhood conditions, migration, and mortality: migrants and natives in 19th-century cities.

Social biology
2005 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-34547639313
Contributors: Alter, G.; Oris, M.
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Individuals and Communities Facing Economic Stress: A Comparison of Two Rural Areas in Nineteenth-Century Belgium

Living Standards in the Past: New Perspectives on Well-Being in Asia and Europe
2005 | Book
DOI: 10.1093/0199280681.003.0016
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2-s2.0-84920094134
Contributors: Oris, M.; Neven, M.; Alter, G.
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Unequal health : How inequality contributes to health or illness

POPULATION
2005 | Journal article
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WOS:000231798900015
Contributors: ALTER, G
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Unequal Health: How Inequality Contributes to Health or Illness

Population (French Edition)
2005-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2307/4150832
Contributors: George Alter; Budrys Grace
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Demography and nutrition: Evidence from historical and contemporary populations.

POPULATION STUDIES-A JOURNAL OF DEMOGRAPHY
2004 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000220156300020
Contributors: ALTER, G
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Height, frailty, and the standard of living: Modelling the effects of diet and disease on declining mortality and increasing height

POPULATION STUDIES-A JOURNAL OF DEMOGRAPHY
2004 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/0032472042000272339
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WOS:000224799400001
Contributors: ALTER, G
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Height, wealth and longevity in xix th century east belgium

Annales de Demographie Historique
2004 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-67449086071
Contributors: Alter, G.; Neven, M.; Michel, O.
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Stature in transition: A micro-level study from nineteenth-century Belgium

Social Science History
2004 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-3042587311
Contributors: Alter, G.; Neven, M.; Oris, M.
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Paths to the city and roads to death: Mortality and migration in East Belgium during the industrial revolution

Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Nieuwste Geschiedenis/ Revue Belge de Histoire Contemporaine
2001 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0037538872
Contributors: Oris, M.; Alter, G.
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The family and mortality: A case study from rural belgium

Annales de Demographie Historique
2001 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-2942522086
Contributors: Alter, G.; Oris, M.; Broström, G.
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[Ageing in the households of an industrial city: the impact of age at migration (Verviers, early 19th century)]. | Vieillir dans les ménages d'une ville industrielle: l'impact de l'âge de migration (Verviers, début du XIX siècle).

Annales de démographie historique
1999 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0038496661
Contributors: Alter, G.
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[Mortality and migration in industrial towns of the 19th century: Belgian and French examples]. | Mortalité et migration dans les villes industrielles au XIX siècle: exemples belges et français.

Annales de démographie historique
1999 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-4243482724
Contributors: Alter, G.; Bourdelais, P.; Demonet, M.; Oris, M.
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Classifying the dead: Toward a history of the registration of causes of death

Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
1999 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0033111252
Contributors: Alter, G.C.; Carmichael, A.G.
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L'<i>event history analysis</i> en démographie historique. Difficultés et perspectives

adh
1999 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3406/adh.1999.1934
Contributors: George Alter
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Casting Spells: Database Concepts for Event-History Analysis

Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History
1999-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/01615449909598938
Contributors: George Alter; Myron P. Gutmann
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The sick and the well: adult health in Britain during the health transition

Health Transition Review
1996 | Journal article
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101216175689-254
Contributors: Riley, James C.; Alter, George
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Studying Causes of Death in the Past

Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History
1996-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/01615440.1996.10112728
Contributors: George Alter; Ann Carmichael
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The European marriage pattern as solution and problem: Households of the elderly in Verviers, Belgium, 1831

The History of the Family
1996-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/s1081-602x(96)90002-0
Contributors: George Alter
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Trends in United States Old Age Mortality, 1900-1935: Evidence from Railroad Pensions

Aging in the Past: Society, Demography, and Old Age
1995 | Book chapter
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101216175690-257
Contributors: Alter, George
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THE SAVINGS OF ORDINARY AMERICANS - THE-PHILADELPHIA-SAVING-FUND-SOCIETY IN THE MID-19TH-CENTURY

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
1994 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:A1994PY55500001
Contributors: ALTER, G; GOLDIN, C; ROTELLA, E
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The Savings of Ordinary Americans: The Philadelphia Saving Fund Society in the Mid-Nineteenth Century

J. Eco. History
1994 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1017/s0022050700015473
Contributors: George Alter; Claudia Goldin; Elyce Rotella
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FAMILY RECONSTITUTION AS EVENT-HISTORY ANALYSIS

Old and New Methods in Historical Demography
1993 | Book chapter
WOSUID:

WOS:A1993BA81S00010
Contributors: GUTMANN, MP; ALTER, G
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WORKING-CLASS DEBT IN THE LATE-19TH-CENTURY UNITED-STATES

JOURNAL OF FAMILY HISTORY
1993 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:A1993LQ35600002
Contributors: ROTELLA, E; ALTER, G
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