COVID-19 Blog | April 19, 2021

Researching the Demographic Consequences of the Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has been dominating our lives for a year now. Science has done an extraordinary job during this time at unravelling mysteries and unlocking solutions. In like manner, researchers at MPIDR are investigating demographic issues in connection to the novel coronavirus. More

April

Online Seminar Talk

Comparing the Performance of Covid-19 Mortality Forecasts: Work in Progress

Ricarda Duerst from the Laboratory of Population Health at MPIDR gives an Online Seminar Talk. More

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Media Coverage | May 15, 2020

Covid-19 Experts at MPIDR

Position Announcement

Lise Meitner Research Group

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Digital and Computational Demography

Mortality Comparison | April 13, 2021

COVID-19 Is Not the Only Cause of Excess Deaths in the U.S.

The population in the United States suffers from a mortality disadvantage. By comparing death rates in the U.S. with those of the five biggest European countries, demographer Yana Vierboom and a colleague found excess death numbers to be greater than the number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 in 2020. More

Selected Publications

Fiorio, L.; Zagheni, E.; Abel, G. L.; Hill, J.; Pestre, G.; Letouzé, E.; Cai, J.:

Analyzing the effect of time in migration measurement using geo-referenced digital trace data Demography, 1–24. (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

Call for Papers | March 18, 2021

Life Course Analysis: Theoretical Perspectives, Methodological Innovations, and Empirical Applications

Call for Papers | February 19, 2021

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

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Life & Research in Rostock

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Global Comparison | April 06, 2021

How Many Mothers Have Lost a Child

The first systematic comparison of 170 countries reveals large global inequalities in the number of mothers who have experienced the death of a child. More