Publications
Regarding Cohort Variations in Experiences and Well-Being
“Generational Variations
in Wellbeing: Suicide Rates, Cohort Characteristics, and National
Socio-Political Context over Seven Decades,” Social Forces, 2025,
104:341-365. Online first February 3, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soaf019.
“Race Differences in Cohort Effects on Nonmarital Fertility
in the United States: Reply to Martin,”
“Race Differences in Cohort Effects on Nonmarital Fertility
in the United States,”
“Can Cohort Replacement Explain Changes in the Relationship
between Age and Homicide Offending?” Robert M. O’Brien and
“A Mixed Model Estimation of Age, Period, and Cohort
Effects” Robert M. O’Brien, Kenneth Hudson, and
“A Common Explanation for
the Changing Age Distributions of Suicide and Homicide in the United States:
1930-2000,” Robert M. O’Brien and
“Cohort Variations in
Suicide Rates Among Families of Nations: An Analysis of Cohorts Born from
1875 through 1985,”
“The Cohort-Size,
Sample-Size Conundrum: An Empirical Analysis and Assessment Using Homicide
Arrest Data from 1960 to 1999,” Robert M. O’Brien and
“Cohort Effects on Suicide Rates: International Variations.”
“Cohort Variations and
Changes in Age-Specific Suicide Rates Over-Time: Explaining Variations in Youth
Suicide.”
“Variations in
Age-Specific Homicide Death Rates: A Cohort Explanation for Changes in the Age
Distribution of Homicide Deaths.” Robert M. O’Brien and
“The Enduring Effects of Cohort Size and Percentage of Nonmarital
Births on Age-Specific Homicide Rates, 1960-1995.” Robert M. O’Brien,