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
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Ilari Taskinen from the Tampere University in Finland gives a talk. More
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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
Dierker, P.; Kühn, M.; Myrskylä, M.:
Re-partnering and single mothers' mental health and life satisfaction trajectories MPIDR Working Paper WP-2023-001. (2023)
Akbaritabar, A.; Theile, T.; Zagheni, E.:
Bilateral flows and rates of international migration of scholars for 210 countries for the period 1998-2020 Scientific Data 11:816, 1–14. (2024)
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A recent study by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) found a link between the introduction of Covid-19 vaccination and a decline in fertility rates nine months later, with behavioral changes likely being the main cause. However, in most of the countries studied, the fertility rates returned to pre-pandemic levels after vaccination. There was no evidence of long-term adverse effects of Covid-19 vaccination on fertility tends. More