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December 16, 2015 | Defo News

Decline in dementia

In the new issue of Demografische Forschung aus Erster Hand, read about how the number of people with dementia is changing, and why high levels of education could exacerbate the effects of demographic change. more

December 10, 2015 | News | Call for papers

2nd Human Fertility Database Symposium

The Human Fertility Data Project team invites contributions to the 2nd HFD Symposium on “Population-level fertility research: State of the art”. Deadline for submission of abstracts is February 23. more

December 08, 2015 | Press Release

Forever young

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Senescence, the decay of a living body with age, is not inevitable for all species, as a long-term experiment with the freshwater polyp Hydra proves. more

December 01, 2015 | News | Suessmilch Lecture

Population Density, Fertility, and Demographic Convergence in Developing Countries

On December 8, David de la Croix of the Université catholique Louvain will give a talk at the MPIDR. He will explain how population density and fertility are connected in developing countries. more

November 30, 2015 | News

Congratulations!

On November 27, Thi Mai Van Bui, a PhD Student at the MPIDR, has successfully defended her dissertation at the University of Rostock. She investigated retirement decisions in a family context. more

November 18, 2015 | News | Suessmilch Lecture

Educational Attainment and Mortality

On November 24, Mark D. Hayward of the University of Texas Austin will give a lecture at the MPIDR. He will deal with the question about the growing importance of advanced education in the US for improving adult life expectancy. more

November 16, 2015 | News | Suessmilch Lecture

Bayesian modeling approaches for family planning indicators and proximate determinants of fertility

On November 23 Leontine Alkema of the University of Massachusetts Amherst will give a talk at the MPIDR. She will explain a method to estimate and project family planning indicators. more

November 13, 2015 | News | New Publication

Gender Differences in Health and Disability

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Women in developed countries live longer than men, but on average they have poorer health and more disabilities. Max Planck India Fellow Nandita Saikia investigates whether these differences also apply to men and women in India. more

October 26, 2015 | News | New publication

Childhood shapes attitude to motherhood

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Women in Eastern Germany on average have children earlier than women in the old Länder. But what about Eastern German women who migrated to the west? MPIDR-researcher Anja Vatterrott has looked at this question to determine whether it is external conditions or rather socialization that influences the birth behavior. more

October 21, 2015 | News | Suessmilch Lecture

Lifespan Extension with Varying Cause-of-Death Trajectories

Life expectancy is increasing in many prosperous countries to a similar extent. However, the development of the distribution of cause of death differs from country to country.  A newly convened researchers IUSSP Panel aims now at examining these differences. The Chairman of the Panel, Ulrich Mueller, will give a talk about the project on October 27. more

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