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George Charles Alter
Research Professor Emeritus of Population Studies Center, Research Professor Emeritus of Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, Institute for Social Research and Professor Emeritus of History, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Research Interests:
Dr. Alter’s research interests lie in the history of the family, demography, and economic history. Recent work explores demographic responses to economic hardship in Europe and East Asia, and the effects of childhood experiences on health in old age.
Select Publications
- George Charles Alter, Michel Oris. 2025. Balancing economic stress: The role of rural-urban migration in nineteenth-century East Belgium. Explorations in Economic History :101666.