Russia | January 16, 2025

Willing to Emigrate

Media reports say that many Russians wanted to leave their country after Russia's attack on Ukraine. But data to verify this are not available. A team of researchers has now leveraged a rarely used data source to examine whether this assumption can be proven by science. More

January

Scientific Presentations

Talks@BIOSFER

Talk with Mette J. Langergaard (Aarhus University) - Prenatal exposure to parental smoking and infertility in sons and daughters: a cohort study
Talk with Zafer Bueyuekkececi (MPIDR) - Medically Assisted Reproduction: Success, Failure, and the Effects on Well-Being
Talk with Karoline Hansen Skåra (NIPH) - Telomere length in relation to fecundability and use of ART

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New Issue 4/2024 available | December 18, 2024

The Quarterly German Newsletter

Latest Publications | November 26, 2024

Winter 2024

Introduction to our research groups

Demographic Data

January 13, 2025

Rethinking Fertility Trends in Developed Countries

Birth rates are declining in developed countries around the world, a trend often linked with economic and human progress. A study led by Henrik-Alexander Schubert of the MPIDR reveals that fertility rates can actually increase at high levels of human development, a pattern known as the "J-shape." However, this relationship appears to have shifted after 2010, possibly influenced by the 2007/08 economic recession and changing societal values. More

Selected Publications

Gueltzow, M.; Oude Groeniger, J.; Bijlsma, M. J.; Jansen , P. W.; Houweling, T. A. J.; van Lenthe, F. J.:

Childhood obesity's influence on socioeconomic disparities in young adolescents’ mental health Annals of Epidemiology 94, 19–26. (2024)

Dudel, C.; Loichinger, E.; Klüsener, S.; Sulak, H.; Myrskylä, M.:

The extension of late working life in Germany: trends, inequalities, and the East-West divide Demography, 1–23. (2023)

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PhD Studentship in Social Statistics with focus on Digital and Computational Demography

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Press Release | September 03, 2024

Pandemic Childcare Burden on Mothers: Study Reveals Increased Mental Health Strain

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Press Release | September 25, 2024

Hardest Hit by Heat: Study Exposes Racial Disparities in U.S. Mortality Rates

News | October 15, 2024

The Debate on the Limits of Human Life Extension Continues

Congratulations | January 15, 2025

Maria Gültzow Obtained Her Doctorate

Maria Gültzow from the Social Demography Department successfully defended her doctoral thesis on “Digging Deeper: Exploring mechanisms underlying subgroup variation in mental health” at Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam. More