William Butz

2.1k total citations
52 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

William Butz is a scholar working on Demography, Gender Studies and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, William Butz has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Demography, 12 papers in Gender Studies and 9 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in William Butz's work include Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (10 papers), Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (9 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (7 papers). William Butz is often cited by papers focused on Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (10 papers), Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management (9 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (7 papers). William Butz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and United Kingdom. William Butz's co-authors include Julie DaVanzo, Jean‐Pierre Habicht, Michael P. Ward, Michael P. Ward, Barbara Boyle Torrey, Wolfgang Lutz, Felicia Wu, Jonathan Grant, Stijn Hoorens and Lauren Hale and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Statistical Association and American Economic Review.

In The Last Decade

William Butz

48 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Butz United States 18 418 409 381 325 324 52 1.4k
Minja Kim Choe United States 26 1.2k 3.0× 912 2.2× 453 1.2× 214 0.7× 857 2.6× 84 2.5k
Rodolfo A. Bulatao United States 14 565 1.4× 564 1.4× 323 0.8× 62 0.2× 466 1.4× 36 1.3k
Alice Reid United Kingdom 16 240 0.6× 114 0.3× 449 1.2× 154 0.5× 562 1.7× 67 1.2k
Fred Arnold United States 26 994 2.4× 608 1.5× 384 1.0× 382 1.2× 1.3k 3.9× 72 2.5k
Aphichat Chamratrithirong Thailand 21 309 0.7× 242 0.6× 442 1.2× 52 0.2× 205 0.6× 107 1.5k
Shiva S. Halli Canada 26 256 0.6× 215 0.5× 429 1.1× 61 0.2× 138 0.4× 84 1.7k
Michael S. Teitelbaum United States 23 425 1.0× 384 0.9× 194 0.5× 31 0.1× 201 0.6× 80 1.5k
Jacques van der Gaag United States 22 230 0.6× 79 0.2× 544 1.4× 157 0.5× 300 0.9× 50 2.2k
Sangeetha Madhavan United States 25 428 1.0× 289 0.7× 511 1.3× 278 0.9× 408 1.3× 77 1.8k
Rajib Acharya India 25 576 1.4× 110 0.3× 825 2.2× 217 0.7× 937 2.9× 82 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Butz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lutz, Wolfgang & William Butz. (2017). World Population & Human Capital in the Twenty-first Century: An Overview. Oxford University Press eBooks. 32 indexed citations
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Lutz, W. & William Butz. (2014). World Population & Human Capital in the Twenty-first Century: Executive Summary. 2 indexed citations
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Grant, Jonathan, et al.. (2006). Trends in European fertility: should Europe try to increase its fertility rate…or just manage the consequences?1. International Journal of Andrology. 29(1). 17–24. 22 indexed citations
4.
Butz, William, et al.. (2004). Is the Federal Scientific and Technical Workforce Facing a Crisis?. RAND Corporation eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Kelly, Terrence, et al.. (2004). The U.S. Scientific and Technical Workforce. 1 indexed citations
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Habicht, Jean‐Pierre, Julie DaVanzo, & William Butz. (1988). Mother's Milk and Sewage: Their Interactive Effects on Infant Mortality. PEDIATRICS. 81(3). 456–461. 66 indexed citations
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Habicht, Jean‐Pierre, Julie DaVanzo, & William Butz. (1986). DOES BREASTFEEDING REALLY SAVE LIVES, OR ARE APPARENT BENEFITS DUE TO BIASES?. American Journal of Epidemiology. 123(2). 279–290. 150 indexed citations
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Butz, William, Jean‐Pierre Habicht, & Julie DaVanzo. (1984). ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BREASTFEEDING AND INFANT MORTALITY: THE ROLE OF SANITATION AND WATER IN MALAYSIA. American Journal of Epidemiology. 119(4). 516–525. 90 indexed citations
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Othman, Rashidi, et al.. (1983). Age at menarche in Peninsular Malaysia: Time trends, ethnic differentials, and association with ages at marriage and at first birth. RAND Corporation eBooks. 1(2). 91–108. 7 indexed citations
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Butz, William. (1983). Methods of forecasting mortality in population projections. 9(2). 2 indexed citations
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DaVanzo, Julie, William Butz, & Jean‐Pierre Habicht. (1983). How Biological and Behavioural Influences on Mortality in Malaysia Vary during the First Year of Life. Population Studies. 37(3). 381–381. 18 indexed citations
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Butz, William, Julie DaVanzo, & Jean‐Pierre Habicht. (1982). Biological and Behavioral Influences on the Mortality of Malaysian Infants. RAND Corporation eBooks. 17 indexed citations
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Engle, Patricia L. & William Butz. (1981). Methodological Issues in Collecting Time Use Data in Developing Countries.. 1 indexed citations
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Butz, William, Jean‐Pierre Habicht, & Julie DaVanzo. (1981). Improving Infant Nutrition, Health, and Survival: Policy and Program Implications from the Malaysian Family Life Survey. 9 indexed citations
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Ward, Michael P. & William Butz. (1980). Completed Fertility and Its Timing. Journal of Political Economy. 88(5). 917–940. 62 indexed citations
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Butz, William & Michael P. Ward. (1979). Labor markets and fertility : a demographically disaggregate model of U.S. postwar experience. Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics. 47(6). 3889–3895. 1 indexed citations
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Butz, William & Michael P. Ward. (1979). Will US Fertility Remain Low? A New Economic Interpretation. Population and Development Review. 5(4). 663–663. 46 indexed citations
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Butz, William. (1978). The Effects of Nutrition and Health on Fertility: Hypotheses, Evidence, and Interventions. Studies in Family Planning. 9(6). 175–175. 13 indexed citations
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Butz, William & Michael P. Ward. (1977). The Emergence of Countercyclical U.S. Fertility. American Economic Review. 69(3). 318–328. 295 indexed citations
20.
Butz, William, et al.. (1977). An Economic Methodology for Measuring the Benefits of Children.. Population and Development Review. 3(1/2). 142–142. 1 indexed citations

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