Robert Bourbeau
Robert Bourbeau is Emeritus Professor of Demography in the Department of Demography at the Université de Montréal. He has been the Chair of the Department from 2002 to 2010. He has been teaching and doing research in the Department of Demography for more than thirty years. Dr. Bourbeau’s main research area is mortality and longevity as well as mortality by causes of deaths, especially accidental and violent deaths.
Since 1995, his research has focussed on oldest-old mortality in Canada, and on comparisons with other developed countries (U.S.A., European countries and Japan). Research findings were presented at numerous international conferences (including SOA Living to 100 Symposium in Orlando 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2014), and published in international Journals (Population Studies, Population, Demographic Research, North American Actuarial Journal, etc.).
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- B.Sc. Actuarial Science Université Laval 1972
- M.Sc. Demography Université de Montréal 1975
- Ph.D. Demography Université de Montréal 1981
Contact
Université de Montréal
robert.bourbeau@umontreal.ca
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25 August 2016 | research article
Volume: 35 Article ID: 17
Pages: 471–504
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2016.35.17
23 August 2016 | research article
Variance models of the last age interval and their impact on life expectancy at subnational scales
Volume: 35 Article ID: 15
Pages: 399–454
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2016.35.15
09 September 2011 | research article
Changes in the age-at-death distribution in four low mortality countries: A nonparametric approach
Volume: 25 Article ID: 19
Pages: 595–628
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.25.19
20 June 2008 | research article
Does the recent evolution of Canadian mortality agree with the epidemiologic transition theory?
Volume: 18 Article ID: 19
Pages: 531–568
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.18.19
15 March 2000 | research article
Mortality statistics for the oldest-old
Volume: 2 Article ID: 2
Pages: –
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2000.2.2