Gjonça, Arjan

Number of items: 30.
International Development
  • Canevelli, Marco, Sumi, Yuka, Banerjee, Anshu, Chetia, Swagata, Gjonca, Arjan, Jang, Hyobum, Khalid, Leila, Maclang, Janus, Salas, Ignacio & Sadana, Ritu et al (2025). Perceived needs and priorities of older persons in humanitarian crises: a scoping review of literature. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 37(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-025-03226-x picture_as_pdf
  • Oleński, Jozef, Sachs, Jeffrey, Susai, Masayuki, Tsekouras, Yannis, Gjonça, Arjan (Eds.) (2023). Handbook of research on socio-economic sustainability in the post-pandemic era. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-9760-6
  • Gjonça, Arjan (2023). Preface: a coherent approach to socio-economic sustainability in a post-pandemic era. In Oleński, J., Sachs, J., Susai, M., Τsekouras, Υ. & Gjonça, A. (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Socio-Economic Sustainability in the Post-Pandemic Era (pp. xvii - xxiv). IGI Global. picture_as_pdf
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Burazeri, Genc, Ylli, Alban (2021). Demographic and health challenges facing Albania in the 21st century. UNFPA.
  • Kananura, Rornald Muhumuza, Leone, Tiziana, Nareeba, Tryphena, Kajunga, Dan, Waiswa, Peter, Gjonça, Arjan (2020). Under 10 mortality patterns, risk factors, and mechanisms in low resource settings of Eastern Uganda: an analysis of event history demographic and verbal social autopsy data. PLOS ONE, 15(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234573 picture_as_pdf
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Thornton, Arland (2019). The spread of ideas related to the developmental idealism model in Albania. Sociology of Development, 5(3), 265 - 285. https://doi.org/10.1525/sod.2019.5.3.265 description
    • LSE
  • Gjonca, Arjan (1999). Mortality transition in Albania, 1950-1990 [Doctoral thesis]. London School of Economics and Political Science.
    • LSE Health
  • Thornton, Arland, Binstock, Georgina, Abbasi-Shavazi, Mohammad Jalal, Ghimire, Dirgha, Gjonça, Arjan, Melegh, Attila, Mitchell, Colter, Moaddel, Mansoor, Xie, Yu & Yang, Li-shou et al (2012). Knowledge and beliefs about national development and developmental hierarchies: the viewpoints of ordinary people in thirteen countries. Social Science Research, 41(5), 1053-1068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.03.005
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Gjonça, Edlira (2011). Demographic changes and ageing process in Central and Eastern Europe: how sustainable are the demographic trends for the future? In Hoff, A. (Ed.), Population Ageing in Central and Eastern Europe: Societal and Policy Implications . Ashgate Dartmouth.
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Aassve, Arnstein, Mencarini, Letizia (2009). The highest fertility in Europe – for how long?: determinants of fertility change in Albania. Demografia, 53, 75-96.
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Aassve, Arnstein, Mencarini, Letizia (2008). Trends and patterns, proximate determinants and policies of fertility change: Albania. Demographic Research, 19(11), 261-292. https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.11
  • Bobak, Martin, Gjonça, Arjan (2007). Commentary: migration and health – what about those who stay at home? International Journal of Epidemiology, 36(6), 1272-1273. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dym237
  • Gjonça, Arjan (2007). Albanian emigration in the 1990s. In Parant, A. & Sardon, J. (Eds.), Les Mutations De la Décennie 1990 et L'avenir Démographique des Balkans (pp. 235-248). University of Thessaly Press on behalf of DemoBalk.
  • Gjonça, Arjan (2007). Mortality trends and patterns in post-communist Albania. In Parant, A. & Sardon, J. (Eds.), Les Mutations De la Décennie 1990 et L'avenir Démographique des Balkans (pp. 163-176). University of Thessaly Press on behalf of DemoBalk.
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Tomassini, Cecilia, Toson, Barbara, Smallwood, Steve (2005). Sex differences in mortality, a comparison of the United Kingdom and other developed countries. Health Statistics Quarterly, 26, 6-16.
  • Gjonça, Arjan (2004). Crossroads of Europe: regional adult mortality differentials in the Balkans. Espace, Populations, Societes, Specia(3), 665-679.
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Misha, Arjana, Kapllani, Elda, Xhillari, Lindita, Murthi, Manuela (2004). Living conditions and inequality in Albania. (2001 Population and housing census). Instituti i Statistikës (Albania).
  • Gjonça, Arjan (2002). Emigration of Albanians in the nineties - a new era in the demographic developments in Albania. In Kaser, K., Pichler, R. & Schwandner-Sievers, S. (Eds.), Die Weite Welt und Das Dorf – Albanische Emigration Am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts . Böhlau-Verlag.
  • Gjonça, Arjan (2002). Demographic regime of Albania 1950-1990. In Kotzamanis, B. (Ed.), La Demographie des Balkans - Components of Demographic Evolutions (pp. 14-38). Reseau DemoBalk.
  • Bobak, Martin, Gjonça, Arjan (2001). The seasonality of birth is strongly influenced by socio-demographic factors. Human Reproduction, 16(7), 1512-1517. https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/16.7.1512
  • Gjonça, Arjan (2001). Communism, health and lifestyle: the paradox of mortality transition in Albania, 1950-1990. Greenwood Press (Westport, Conn.).
  • Falkingham, Jane, Gjonça, Arjan (2001). Fertility transition in communist Albania, 1950-90. Population Studies, 55(3), 309-318. https://doi.org/10.1080/00324720127699
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Brockmann, Hilke, Maier, Heiner (2000). Old-age mortality in Germany prior to and after reunification. Demographic Research, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2000.3.1
  • Gjonça, Edlira, Gjonça, Arjan (2000). The Albanian health system: past, present and future. Eurohealth, 6(2), 12-14.
  • Gjonça, Arjan (2000). A “delayed” mortality transition in one of the poorest Mediterranean countries: the case of Albania. In Pozzi, L., Tognotti, E. & Mestre, J. B. (Eds.), Salute e Malattia Fra '800 e '900 in Sardegna e Nei Paesi Dell'europa Mediterranea: Atti Del Convegno, Alghero-Sassari, 3-5 Giug (pp. 47-81). Editrice Democratica Sarda.
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Tomassini, C., Vaupel, J. W. (1999). Pourquoi les femmes survivent aux hommes? La Recherche, (322), 96-98.
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Bobak, Martin (1997). Albanian paradox: another case of the protective effect of Mediterranean lifestyle? The Lancet, 350(9094), 1815-1817. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(97)08347-5
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Falkingham, Jane, Wilson, C. (1997). Paradoxes of health transition in Europe’s poorest country: Albania 1950-1990. Population and Development Review, 23(3), 585-609.
    • Social Policy
  • Kananura, Rornald Muhumuza, Leone, Tiziana, Nareeba, Tryphena, Kajunga, Dan, Waiswa, Peter, Gjonça, Arjan (2020). Under 10 mortality patterns, risk factors, and mechanisms in low resource settings of Eastern Uganda: an analysis of event history demographic and verbal social autopsy data. PLOS ONE, 15(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234573 picture_as_pdf
  • Guilmoto, Christophe Z., Dudwick, Nora, Gjonça, Arjan, Rahm, Laura (2018). How do demographic trends change? The onset of birth masculinization in Albania, Georgia, and Vietnam 1990–2005. Population and Development Review, 44(1), 37-61. https://doi.org/10.1111/padr.12111
  • Bates, Katie, Gjonça, Arjan, Leone, Tiziana (2017). Double burden or double-counting of child malnutrition? The methodological and theoretical implications of stuntingoverweight in low and middle income countries. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 71, 779-785. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2017-209008
  • Thornton, Arland, Binstock, Georgina, Abbasi-Shavazi, Mohammad Jalal, Ghimire, Dirgha, Gjonça, Arjan, Melegh, Attila, Mitchell, Colter, Moaddel, Mansoor, Xie, Yu & Yang, Li-shou et al (2012). Knowledge and beliefs about national development and developmental hierarchies: the viewpoints of ordinary people in thirteen countries. Social Science Research, 41(5), 1053-1068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.03.005
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Gjonça, Edlira (2011). Demographic changes and ageing process in Central and Eastern Europe: how sustainable are the demographic trends for the future? In Hoff, A. (Ed.), Population Ageing in Central and Eastern Europe: Societal and Policy Implications . Ashgate Dartmouth.
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Aassve, Arnstein, Mencarini, Letizia (2009). The highest fertility in Europe – for how long?: determinants of fertility change in Albania. Demografia, 53, 75-96.
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Aassve, Arnstein, Mencarini, Letizia (2008). Trends and patterns, proximate determinants and policies of fertility change: Albania. Demographic Research, 19(11), 261-292. https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.11
  • Bobak, Martin, Gjonça, Arjan (2007). Commentary: migration and health – what about those who stay at home? International Journal of Epidemiology, 36(6), 1272-1273. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dym237
  • Gjonça, Arjan (2007). Albanian emigration in the 1990s. In Parant, A. & Sardon, J. (Eds.), Les Mutations De la Décennie 1990 et L'avenir Démographique des Balkans (pp. 235-248). University of Thessaly Press on behalf of DemoBalk.
  • Gjonça, Arjan (2007). Mortality trends and patterns in post-communist Albania. In Parant, A. & Sardon, J. (Eds.), Les Mutations De la Décennie 1990 et L'avenir Démographique des Balkans (pp. 163-176). University of Thessaly Press on behalf of DemoBalk.
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Tomassini, Cecilia, Toson, Barbara, Smallwood, Steve (2005). Sex differences in mortality, a comparison of the United Kingdom and other developed countries. Health Statistics Quarterly, 26, 6-16.
  • Gjonça, Arjan (2004). Crossroads of Europe: regional adult mortality differentials in the Balkans. Espace, Populations, Societes, Specia(3), 665-679.
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Misha, Arjana, Kapllani, Elda, Xhillari, Lindita, Murthi, Manuela (2004). Living conditions and inequality in Albania. (2001 Population and housing census). Instituti i Statistikës (Albania).
  • Gjonça, Arjan (2002). Emigration of Albanians in the nineties - a new era in the demographic developments in Albania. In Kaser, K., Pichler, R. & Schwandner-Sievers, S. (Eds.), Die Weite Welt und Das Dorf – Albanische Emigration Am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts . Böhlau-Verlag.
  • Gjonça, Arjan (2002). Demographic regime of Albania 1950-1990. In Kotzamanis, B. (Ed.), La Demographie des Balkans - Components of Demographic Evolutions (pp. 14-38). Reseau DemoBalk.
  • Bobak, Martin, Gjonça, Arjan (2001). The seasonality of birth is strongly influenced by socio-demographic factors. Human Reproduction, 16(7), 1512-1517. https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/16.7.1512
  • Gjonça, Arjan (2001). Communism, health and lifestyle: the paradox of mortality transition in Albania, 1950-1990. Greenwood Press (Westport, Conn.).
  • Falkingham, Jane, Gjonça, Arjan (2001). Fertility transition in communist Albania, 1950-90. Population Studies, 55(3), 309-318. https://doi.org/10.1080/00324720127699
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Brockmann, Hilke, Maier, Heiner (2000). Old-age mortality in Germany prior to and after reunification. Demographic Research, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2000.3.1
  • Gjonça, Edlira, Gjonça, Arjan (2000). The Albanian health system: past, present and future. Eurohealth, 6(2), 12-14.
  • Gjonça, Arjan (2000). A “delayed” mortality transition in one of the poorest Mediterranean countries: the case of Albania. In Pozzi, L., Tognotti, E. & Mestre, J. B. (Eds.), Salute e Malattia Fra '800 e '900 in Sardegna e Nei Paesi Dell'europa Mediterranea: Atti Del Convegno, Alghero-Sassari, 3-5 Giug (pp. 47-81). Editrice Democratica Sarda.
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Tomassini, C., Vaupel, J. W. (1999). Pourquoi les femmes survivent aux hommes? La Recherche, (322), 96-98.
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Bobak, Martin (1997). Albanian paradox: another case of the protective effect of Mediterranean lifestyle? The Lancet, 350(9094), 1815-1817. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(97)08347-5
  • Gjonça, Arjan, Falkingham, Jane, Wilson, C. (1997). Paradoxes of health transition in Europe’s poorest country: Albania 1950-1990. Population and Development Review, 23(3), 585-609.