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May 19, 2017 | News | New Publication

You live longer in the outskirts

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Hardly anywhere in the world do people live longer than in Switzerland. But Switzerland’s life expectancy varies, pending on where people live. MPIDR-researcher Mathias Lerch has now looked at the reasons. more

May 10, 2017 | Press Release

Women in East Germany forecasted to be more likely to die from smoking than in West Germany

New MPIDR study: Due to a silent but dramatic increase in young East German women smoking after reunification their death rates are forecasted to exceed those in the West within the next few decades. more

May 01, 2017 | News | News

MPIDR researchers awarded Cozzarelli Prize

2017 Mark Finkenstaedt

Four MPIDR-researchers have been awarded the Cozzarelli Prize by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. more

April 20, 2017 | News | News

Former MPIDR Director Joshua Goldstein elected to the American Academy

MPIDR

On April 12, former  MPIDR Director Joshua R. Goldstein was elected one of the 228 new members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. more

April 19, 2017 | News | News

March for Science

On April 22, people around the world are heading to the streets to defend the value of research and science. The management and the board of directors of the MPIDR support this action.  more

April 16, 2017 | News | PAA 2017

MPIDR at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting 2017

Several MPIDR researchers will present their work at the Meeting of the Population Association of America, which takes place in Chicago, Il, from April 27–29. The Institute will also have an exihibition booth. more

April 11, 2017 | News | News

Congratulations!

MPG

On April 6, MPIDR researcher Ralf Schaible successfully completed his habilitation at the University of Rostock. more

April 04, 2017 | Defo News

The two-child ideal

Read in the new issue of "Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand" why many young people still want to have exactly two children and how much the cognitive performance of children born underweight has improved. more

March 29, 2017 | News | Suessmilch Lecture

Family ties, internal migration and immobility

On April 6 Clara Mulder from the University of Groningen will give a lecture at the MPIDR. She will present a new perspective on internal migration which takes into account that also family ties have an impact on the mobility of people.

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March 13, 2017 | News | Interview

"Should Politics influence Demography, Mrs. Chancellor?"

MPIDR researcher Marcus Ebeling has done an interview with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her podcast. He asked her how politics should deal with demographic change. more

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