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WP-2009-033	Fukuda, S.: Shifting economic foundation of marriage in Japan: the erosion of traditional marriage (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-033. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-032	Kageyama, J.: Why do women in former communist countries look unhappy? A demographic perspective (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-032. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-031	Finkelstein, M. S.: Understanding the shape of the mixture failure rate (with engineering and demographic applications) (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-031. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-030	Cha, J.; Finkelstein, M. S.: Stochastically ordered subpopulations and optimal burn-in procedure (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-030. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-029	Goldstein, J. R.; Sobotka, T.; Jasilioniene, A.: The end of ‘lowest-low’ fertility? (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-029. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-028	Gerber, T. P.; Perelli-Harris, B.: Maternity leave in turbulent times: effects on labor market transitions and fertility in Russia, 1985-2000 (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-028. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-027	Klüsener, S.: An alternative framework for studying the effects of family policies on fertility in the absence of individual-level data : a spatial analysis with small-scale macro data on Germany (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-027. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-026	Andersson, G.; Kreyenfeld, M.; Mika, T.: Welfare state context, female earnings and childbearing (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-026. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-025	Haan, P.; Wrohlich, K.: Can child care policy encourage employment and fertility? Evidence from a structural model (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-025. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-024

Kreyenfeld, M.; Zühlke, S.; Schmidtke, K.: Eignet sich das Mikrozensus-Panel für familiensoziologische Fragestellungen? Untersuchung am Beispiel der Frage nach den ökonomischen Determinanten der Familiengründung (2009) Can we use the micro-census panel for studying family dynamics? First applications on the economic determinants of family formation Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-024. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-023	Gehrmann, R.: German census-taking before 1871 (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-023. [ PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-022	Hoem, J. M.; Gabrielli, G. G.; Jasilioniene, A.; Kostova, D.; Matysiak, A.: Levels of recent union formation: six European countries compared (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-022. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-021	Perelli-Harris, B.; Sigle-Rushton, W.; Lappegård, T.; Di Giulio, P.; Jasilioniene, A.; Renske, K.; Köppen, K.; Berghammer, C.; Kreyenfeld, M.: Examining nonmarital childbearing in Europe: how does union context differ across countries? (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-021. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-020	Cheng, Y. A.; Landale, N. S.: Adolescent precursors of early union formation among Asian American and Whites (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-020. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-019	Muresan, C.; Hoem, J. M.: The negative educational gradients in Romanian fertility (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-019. [ PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-018	Shkolnikov, V. M.; Andreev, E. M.; Jdanov, D. A.; Jasilionis, D.; Valkonen, T.: To what extent do rising mortality inequalities by education and marital status attenuate the general mortality decline? The case of Finland in 1971-2030 (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-018. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-017	Levchuk, N.: Alcohol and mortality in Ukraine (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-017. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-016	Shkolnikova, M. A.; Shalnova, S. A.; Shkolnikov, V. M.; Metelskaya, V.; Deev, A. D.; Andreev, E. M.; Jdanov, D. A.; Vaupel, J. W.: Biological mechanisms of disease and death in Moscow: rationale and design of the survey on Stress Aging and Health in Russia (SAHR) (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-016. [ PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-015	Billingsley, S.: Downward mobility, unemployment and mortality (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-015. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-014	Kluge, F. A.: Transfers, consumption and income over the lifecycle in Germany (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-014. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-013	Saikia, N.; Jasilionis, D.; Ram, F.; Shkolnikov, V. M.: Trends in geographical mortality differentials in India (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-013. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-012	Matysiak, A.: Is Poland really ‘immune’ to the spread of cohabitation? (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-012. (Published in Demographic Research 21:8, 215-234 (2009)) [ Abstract | Published as... | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-011	Matysiak, A.; Vignoli, D.: Finding the "right moment" for the first baby to come: A comparison between Italy and Poland (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-011. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-010	Geisler, E.; Kreyenfeld, M.: Against all odds: fathers’ use of parental leave in Germany (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-010. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-009	Kageyama, J.: Happiness and sex difference in life expectancy (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-009. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-008	Kageyama, J.: On the intertemporal allocation of consumption, mortality and life-history strategies (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-008. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-007	Perelli-Harris, B.; Gerber, T. P.: Non-marital childbearing in Russia: second demographic transition or pattern of disadvantage? (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-007. (This working paper has been published. See the link above for further information.) [ Abstract | Published as... | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-006	Keim, S.; Klärner, A.; Bernardi, L.: Fertility-relevant social networks: composition, structure, and meaning of personal relationships for fertility intentions (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-006. (Submitted to peer reviewed journal, minor revisions pending for acceptance) [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-005	Frosch, K.: Do only new brooms sweep clean? A review on workforce age and innovation (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-005. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-004	Zhang, Z.; Vaupel, J. W.: The age separating early deaths from late deaths (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-004. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-003	Nedoluzhko, L.; Agadjanian, V.: Marriage, childbearing, and migration in Kyrgyzstan: exploring interdependencies (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-003. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-002	Hoem, J. M.; Kostova, D.; Jasilioniene, A.; Muresan, C.: The structure of recent first-union formation in Romania (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-002. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2009-001	Keim, S.; Klärner, A.; Bernardi, L.: Who is relevant? Exploring fertility relevant social networks (2009) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2009-001. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-027	Luy, M.; Caselli, G.: The impact of a migration-caused selection effect on regional mortality differences in Italy and Germany (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-027. [ PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-026	Mussino, E.; van Raalte, A.: Fertility of migrants: a comparative study between Italy and Russia (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-026. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-025	Finkelstein, M. S.: On systems with shared resources and optimal switching stategies (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-025. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-024	White, R. G.; Bernardi, L.: Close kin influences on fertility behavior (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-024. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-023

van den Berg, G. J.; Doblhammer-Reiter, G.; Christensen, K.: Being born under adverse economic conditions leads to a higher cardiovascular mortality rate later in life: evidence based on individuals born at different stages of the business cycle (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-023. (This working paper is also available as Discussion Paper No.3635 at http://www.iza.org/) [ PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-022	Lagona, F.; Zhang, Z.: A missing composite covariate in survival analysis: a case study of the Chinese Longitudinal Health and Longevity Survey (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-022. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-021	Kulu, H.; Boyle, P. J.; Andersson, G.: High suburban fertility: evidence from four Northern European countries (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-021. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-020	Zabel, C.: Patterns of partnership formation among lone mothers in Russia (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-020. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-019	Gabrielli, G. G.; Hoem, J. M.: Italy’s non-negligible cohabitational unions (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-019. (Revised June 2009, former title: No take-off toward the Second Demographic Transition in Italian union formation) [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-018	Bühler, C.; Konietzka, D.: The transition from school to work in Russia during and after socialism: change or continuity? (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-018. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-017	Kraus, C.; Pfannkuche, K. A.; Trillmich, F.; Groothuis, T. G. G.: High maternal androstenedione levels during pregnancy in a small precocial mammal with female genital masculinisation (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-017. [ Abstract ]

WP-2008-016	van den Berg, G. J.; Doblhammer-Reiter, G.; Christensen, K.: Exogenous determinants of early-life conditions, and mortality later in life (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-016. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-015	Hoem, J. M.; Nedoluzhko, L.: Marriage formation as a process intermediary between migration and childbearing (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-015. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-014	Barbi, E.: Regularities and deviations in mortality trends of the developed world (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-014. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-013	Jdanov, D. A.; Jasilionis, D.; Soroko, E.; Rau, R.; Vaupel, J. W.: Beyond the Kannisto-Thatcher Database on Old Age Mortality: an assessment of data quality at advanced ages (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-013. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-012	Vaupel, J. W.; Metcalf, C.; Missov, T. I.: Optimal semelparity (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-012. [ PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-011	Kalmbach, E.; Griffiths, R.; Furness, R. W.: Sex-specific growth and effects of hatching condition in the reversed sexually size-dimorphic great skua (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-011. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-010	Karkach, A. S.: MAXIM: a system for simulation of demographic processes in populations of related individuals. Version 2.3. User and programmer manual (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-010. [ PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-009	Pechholdová, M.: Reconstruction of continuous series of mortality by cause of death in West Germany for the years 1968-1997 (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-009. [ PDF-Version | Annex ]

WP-2008-008	Andersson, G.; Rønsen, M.; Knudsen, L. B.; Lappegård, T.; Neyer, G. R.; Skrede, K.; Teschner, K.; Vikat, A.: Cohort fertility patterns in the Nordic Countries (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-008. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-007	Neyer, G. R.; Hoem, J. M.: Education and permanent childlessness: Austria vs. Sweden; a research note (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-007. [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-006	Fleischer, A.: Marriage over space and time among male migrants from Cameroon to Germany (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-006. (presented to the conference on ‘Gender, Generations and the Family in International Migration’ at the European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, San Domenico di Fiesole, 14th – 16th June 2007) [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-005	Kraus, C.; Eberle, M.; Kappeler, P. M.: The costs of risky male behaviour: sex differences in seasonal survival in a small sexually monomorphic primate (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-005. (This working paper has been published. See the link above for further information.) [ Abstract | Published as... | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-004	Schröder, C.: Economic insecurity and cohabitation strategies in Italy (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-004. (Revised February 2008) [ Abstract | PDF-Version ]

WP-2008-003	Oláh, L. S.: Should governments in Europe be much more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise fertility? YES (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-003. [ PDF-Version | Video (40 MB) ]

WP-2008-001	Bledsoe, C.; Sow, P.: Family reunification ideals and the practice of transnational reproductive life among Africans in Europe (2008) Rostock, MPIDR Working Paper WP-2008-001. [ PDF-Version ]