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September 19, 2014 | News

Michaela Kreyenfeld held a lecture at a meeting of German-speaking heads of state

MPIDR-researcher Michaela Kreyenfeld was invited to a meeting of the German-speaking European heads of state held in Bad Doberan and Rostock on September 18. She delivered a presentation on the development of birth rates in German speaking countries. more

September 15, 2014 | News | New book

Germany´s future electors

The PhD of former MPIDR-Researcher Nora Sánchez Gassen has now been published as a book. She looked at the extent to which demographic changes in Germany have an influence on the composition of the electorate. more

September 09, 2014 | News

Longer life thanks to reunification

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Had there been no reunification, in 2011 East German men on average would have died 6.2 years earlier than in unified Germany. Women would have lived 4.2 fewer years. These are the results of model calculations by MPIDR-researcher Tobias Vogt. more

August 30, 2014 | News

Annette Baudisch appointed Professor at University of Southern Denmark

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MPIDR researcher Annette Baudisch has been appointed professor at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense. more

July 24, 2014 | Press Release

Non-marital births: Germany´s East-West divide will stay

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Births before marriage are common in East Germany, but not so in the West. The historical roots of this divide date back to well before 1945. It will stay for long. more

July 14, 2014 | News | New Publication

No child day care services, no children

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Women in Germany have much fewer children than females in neighboring states mainly due to the lack of child care services. This shows a comparison with the German-speaking region in neighboring Belgium done by MPIDR scientists. more

July 08, 2014 | News

A child but no man. What’s next?

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On July 8, Sonja Bastin has successfully defended her dissertation. Her PhD work focuses on the life-course of lone mothers. more

July 03, 2014 | News | STORIFY

What happened at the EPC?

At the end of June, about 800 demographers from across the globe gathered at the European Population Conference in Budapest. We have collected comments about the conference posted via social media. more

July 01, 2014 | Defo News

Education drives economic growth

Read in the new issue of “Demografische Forschung Aus Erster Hand” how education affects national economic national growth and how scientists have shown that a lack in child day care provision negatively affects the birth rate. more

June 28, 2014 | News | European Population Conference

Awards for two MPIDR researchers

Two MPIDR researchers, Annette Baudisch and Frans Willekens, have received awards at this year's European Population Conference. more

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