A new study by the University of Helsinki and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) has examined the fertility trends of same-sex female couples in Finland. The data shows a significant increase in the likelihood of these couples having a child within five years of registering their partnership, rising from 20% to 45% for partnerships registered between 2002 and 2016. This trend was particularly pronounced among couples with a higher level of education, while the probability decreased among couples with a lower level of education. More
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Since 2014, the Journal of Population Economics has annually awarded the Kuznets Prize for the best article published in the Journal of Population Economics. This year, the prize goes to Emma Xianhua Zai (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and GLO) and Peter Eibich (Université Paris Dauphine-PSL and GLO). They received the Best Paper Award 2025 for their Open Access article "Are the grandparents alright? The health consequences of grandparental childcare". More
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Stop, in the name of COVID! Using social media data to estimate the effects of COVID-19-related travel restrictions on migration Demography, 1–19. (2024)
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Life-course generational placements and health and wellbeing in later life Ageing and Society, 1–19. (2023)
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A current study by Prof. L. H. Lumey (Columbia University, New York) and Dr. Nataliia Levchuk (MPIDR / Ptoukha Institute for Demography and Social Studies, Kyiv) et al. examined the long-term effects of prenatal famine on adult health. The researchers analyzed data from people born before, during and after the 1932-1933 Holodomor in Ukraine and found that those born during the famine had a two-fold higher risk of type 2 diabetes in adulthood. More