Welcome to the MPIDR | July 21, 2021

Jonas Schöley is a new Researcher at the Laboratory of Population Health

Coming from the University of Southern Denmark, Jonas Schöley is a new Researcher at the Laboratory of Population Health. He wants to explore how a population relate to its individuals in statistics. He likes Rostock for its perfect size and its having one of everything from a harbor to a zoo. More

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Science Slam

Rostock´s Eleven

Rostock as a center of science and research gives young scientists the chance to present their work at the science slam Rostock's Eleven. Eleven candidates from different research institutions in Rostock face a jury of eleven science journalists. The best presentation is rewarded with 365 euros. More

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Job Offer

St Andrews–Max Planck PhD Studentship in Population Health

New Issue 2/2021 available | June 29, 2021

The Quarterly German Newsletter

Introduction to our research groups

Lifespan Inequalities

COVID-19 Blog | July 15, 2021

Blog Update: Did Mothers Have the Greatest Mental Health Declines During the Pandemic?

A study, not yet peer-reviewed, by Mine Kühn and a colleague investigates mental health inequalities by family type and gender during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. They found that two-parent families emerge as a vulnerable group, as they experienced the largest increases in levels of stress and exhaustion. More

Selected Publications

Basellini, U.; Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Del Fava, E.; Perrotta, D.; Bonetti, M.; Camarda, C. G.; Zagheni, E.:

Linking excess mortality to mobility data during the ﬁrst wave of COVID-19 in England and Wales SSM-Population Health 14, 1–18. (2021)

Mehta, N. K.; Abrams, L. R.; Myrskylä, M.:

US life expectancy stalls due to cardiovascular disease, not drug deaths Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117:13, 6998–7000. (2020)

More Publications

Research Fellowship

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships

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Student Assistants

Working at MPIDR

Life & Research in Rostock

Introduction

What is Demography?

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Student Helper

UPDATE: Call for Papers and PDR Supplement

Pandemic Babies? The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Fertility and Family Dynamics

Workshop | May 31, 2021

Migration and Mobility Research in the Digital Era (MIMODE 2021)

Media Coverage | May 15, 2020

Covid-19 Experts at MPIDR

Fertility | July 13, 2021

The Higher Developed a Country, the Weaker the Contraceptive Effect of Breastfeeding

What determines how long it takes to resume fecundity after a childbirth for women who breastfeed? Former MPIDR researchers assessed survey data to answer this question in 84 low- and middle-income countries. They found that the contraceptive effect of breastfeeding has sharply decreased in these countries over the past 40 years. More