New Publication | December 05, 2024

Education Level Predicts Childbearing Trends in Same-sex Partnerships

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

December

Scientific Presentations

Talks@BIOSFER

2:00 PM: Talk with Susie Lee (MPIDR) - Age at menarche and timing of first birth: Consistency and changing patterns in the Global South
2:20 PM: Talk with Mari Warp - Presenting data from clinical examinations of MoBa daughters
2:40 PM: Talk withThea Emily Benson (Aarhus University) - Pubertal Development and Mental Health More

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Conference

MPIDR at ALAP 2024

Call for Application

Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program

Introduction to our research groups

Population Dynamics and Sustainable Well-Being

Award | December 05, 2024

Kuznets Prize 2025 for Emma Zai and Peter Eibich

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

Selected Publications

Conte Keivabu, R.; Cozzani, M.; Wilde, J.:

Temperature and fertility: evidence from Spain Population Studies, 1–15. (2024)

Ebeling, M.; Mühlichen, M.; Talbäck, M.; Rau, R.; Goedel, A.; Klüsener, S.:

Disease incidence and not case fatality drives the rural disadvantage in myocardial-infarction-related mortality in Germany Preventive Medicine . (2023)

More Publications

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Autumn 2024

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Life & Research in Rostock

New Issue 3/2024 available | September 24, 2024

The Quarterly German Newsletter

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Press Release | September 03, 2024

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

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Online Available Books

SPOTLIGHT | November 21, 2024

Health in the Shadow of Holodomor: The Impact of Prenatal Famine

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