News | December 15, 2023

Season´s Greetings

The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) has had a year full of memories, new opportunities and new beginnings, as well as tried and tested constants.  More

January

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Hybrid Format

Public Child Care Services to Refugee Families: Effects on Employment, Well-Being and Integration

Prof. Dr. C. Katharina Spiess will give a lecture within the Rostock Demographic Seminar Series on the subject of Public Child Care Services to Refugee Families.  More

All Events

Introduction to our research groups

Migration and Mobility

SPOTLIGHT | November 29, 2023

Number of Twitter Friends Increases After Migration

How are migrants’ social integration processes reflected in social media? Is it possible to detect the evolution of new social connections? Jisu Kim, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, investigated these questions in a study with researchers from Saarland University, the World Bank, and Rutger University. Jisu Kim explains the research question, methodology and results in a short video.  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 4/2023 available | December 13, 2023

The Quarterly German Newsletter

Questions and Answers

Being a Researcher at the MPIDR

Working at MPIDR

Life & Research in Rostock

Media Coverage | March 02, 2023

Covid-19 Experts at the MPIDR

What is demography?

Glossary of Demographic Terms

Award | December 07, 2023

Young Researcher Award for Emma Zai

Emma Zai from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) was awarded the AIES Young Researcher Award together with Yinan Liu (Renmin University of China) at the 28th AIES Annual Conference in Rome.  More

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