In his recently published study, Alessandro Di Nallo, Research Scientist at the MPIDR examines how pregnancy outcomes — live births and pregnancy losses — affect women’s physical health over time. The findings indicate that while physical health declines for all women after pregnancy, this decline is more pronounced and persistent among those who experienced a pregnancy loss. More
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Giacomo Battiston from the Berlin School of Economics gives a talk. More
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A recently published study by Mikko Myrskylä, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, Germany shows how money spent on education compensates for the influence of low birth rates on long-term economic sustainability. Myrskylä and his co-authors conducted a simulation using Finish data to study how the economy shrinks when fertility is very low, and how investments in education can compensate for the smaller birth cohort size. They find that such investments increase the productivity of the workforce which compensates for its smaller size. More
Klein, J. D.; Weber, I. G.; Zagheni, E.:
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)
Şanlitürk, A. E.; Billari, F. C.:
Search for a new home: refugee stock and Google search International Migration Review, 1–29. (2024)
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New research from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) and Radboud Universiteit demonstrates how attitudes towards gender roles shape family planning decisions. They conclude that low fertility rates in egalitarian societies reflect more than just practical barriers to parenthood, but may signal a fundamental shift in social values and life priorities. More