May 15, 2023

Fertility after a Disaster - Approach to an Unbiased View

Disasters affect whether, when, and how many children people have – a critical dimension of human behavior that is among the most intimate decisions people make in their lives. A current Systematic Literature Review examines how fertility changes after such drastic events. What is special about this review is that the researchers have tried to reduce risk of various biases during literature review. More

June

Rostock Demographic Seminar Series

Do Gender Equality Policies Impact on Gender Differences in Academic Promotion – Some Lessons Learned from Germany

Heike Solga from the WZB Berlin Social Science Center will talk about the impact of gender equality policies on gender differences in academic promotion - some lessons from Germany. More

All Events

Job Opening

Postdoc / Research Scientist in the Kinship Inequalities Research Group

Job Opening

University of Manchester – MPIDR PhD Studentship in Social Statistics

Introduction to our research groups

Kinship Inequalities

News | May 11, 2023

Birth Numbers on a Rollercoaster during Covid-19 Pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic sent birth trends in wealthier countries on a roller coaster ride. While birth rates fell in most of the countries studied as a result of the pandemic outbreak, there was even a small baby boom in some countries later. More

Selected Publications

Alburez-Gutierrez, D.; Mason, C.; Zagheni, E.:

The “Sandwich Generation” revisited: global demographic drivers of care time demands Population and Development Review 47:4, 997–1023. (2021)

Hellstrand, J.; Nisén, J.; Miranda, V.; Fallesen, P.; Dommermuth, L.; Myrskylä, M.:

Not just later, but fewer: novel trends in cohort fertility in the Nordic countries Demography 58:4, 1373–1399. (2021)

More Publications

New Issue 1/2023 available | April 12, 2023

The Quarterly German Newsletter

JOB OPENINGS

Max Planck Research Groups - Announcement 2023

Questions and Answers

Beeing a Researcher at the MPIDR

Good bye | May 10, 2023

Farewell Vladimir Shkolnikov

At the beginning of May we said goodbye to our colleague Vladimir Shkolnikov. He went into his well deserved pension. Vladimir was part of our institute for 23 years. More

Working at MPIDR

Life & Research in Rostock

Media Coverage | March 02, 2023

Covid-19 Experts at the MPIDR

Call for Papers | January 17, 2023

Ageing and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

Introduction

What is Demography?

JOB OPENINGS

Student Assistants

Max Planck Society

What is demography?

Glossary of Demographic Terms

Max Planck Society

Reconciliation of work and family

Jobs & Fellowships

New articles every week

Overview 2022

COVID-19 Research at the MPIDR

The COVID-19 pandemic has been part of our lives for more than two years 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. This dossier provides a thematic overview of the studies published in 2022. More