Dean Spears

Also affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin

NursingMedicineSocial SciencesHealth ProfessionsDecision Sciences

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Driven by 17 papers. Top paper: “Persisting Prejudice: Measuring Attitudes and Outcomes by Caste and Gender”.

Persisting Prejudice: Measuring Attitudes and Outcomes by Caste and Gender

CASTE / A Global Journal on Social Exclusion(2020)10.26812/caste.v1i2.172

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9 citations

Nazar Khalid, Nikhil Shrivastav, Payal Hathi, Dean Spears, Diane Coffey +1 more

What Should We Agree on about the Repugnant Conclusion?

Utilitas(2021)10.1017/s095382082100011x

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83 citations

Nikhil Venkatesh, Torbjörn Tännsjö, Christian Tarsney, H. Orri Stefánsson, Katie Steele +24 more

Neonatal Death in India: Birth Order in a Context of Maternal Undernutrition

The Economic Journal(2021)10.1093/ej/ueab028

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27 citations

Dean Spears, Diane Coffey

Utilitarian benchmarks for emissions and pledges promote equity, climate and development

Nature Climate Change(2021)10.1038/s41558-021-01130-6

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27 citations

David Anthoff, Francis Dennig, Frank Errickson, Kevin Kuruc, Dean Spears +2 more

The importance of health co-benefits under different climate policy cooperation frameworks

Environmental Research Letters(2021)10.1088/1748-9326/abf2e7

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25 citations

David Anthoff, Francis Dennig, Frank Errickson, Maddalena Ferranna, Wei Peng +4 more

Inversions in US Presidential Elections: 1836–2016

American Economic Journal Applied Economics(2021)10.1257/app.20200210

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21 citations

Dean Spears, Ishaana Talesara, Michael Geruso

Calibrating Variable-Value Population Ethics

SocArXiv (OSF Preprints)(2021)10.31235/osf.io/zvf9q

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0 citations

H. Orri Stefánsson, Dean Spears

Mothers' Social Status and Children's Health: Evidence From Joint Households in Rural India

Demography(2022)10.1215/00703370-10217164

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17 citations

Reetika Khera, Dean Spears, Diane Coffey

Foundations of utilitarianism under risk and variable population

Social Choice and Welfare(2022)10.1007/s00355-022-01440-4

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5 citations

Stéphane Zuber, Dean Spears

Population ethics and the prospects for fertility policy as climate mitigation policy

SocArXiv (OSF Preprints)(2022)10.31235/osf.io/q6nhp

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2 citations

Dean Spears, Mark Budolfson

Population Externalities and Optimal Social Policy

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics(2022)10.31235/osf.io/6rv34

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0 citations

Dean Spears, Nicholas Lawson

Near-universal marriage, early childbearing, and low fertility: India’s alternative fertility transition

Demographic Research(2023)10.4054/demres.2023.48.34

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9 citations

Sangita Vyas, Kathleen Broussard, Dean Spears, N Park

Long-term population projections: Scenarios of low or rebounding fertility

PLoS ONE(2024)10.1371/journal.pone.0298190

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15 citations

Sangita Vyas, Gage Weston, Michael Geruso, Dean Spears

What calibrating variable-value population ethics suggests

Economics and Philosophy(2024)10.1017/s0266267124000026

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11 citations

H. Orri Stefánsson, Dean Spears

Excess neonatal mortality among private facility births in rural parts of high-mortality states of India: Demographic analysis of a national survey

Social Science & Medicine(2025)10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118158

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2 citations

Nikhil Srivastav, Aditi Priya, Asmita Verma, Nathan Franz, Alok Kumar +2 more

Equilibrium effects of abortion restrictions on cohort fertility: Why restricting abortion access can reduce human capital, social welfare, and lifetime fertility rates

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization(2025)10.1016/j.jebo.2025.107216

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1 citations

Dean Spears, Nicholas Lawson

Childless or Child-fewer? Childlessness and Parity Progression where Fertility is Below Replacement

National Bureau of Economic Research(2025)10.3386/w33913

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3 citations

Dean Spears, Michael Geruso