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August 16, 2021 | Blog Post on New Publication
In the United States, rural residents do not live as long as their urban counterparts. This disparity has been widening for decades. In their paper recently published in the IJE, Leah Abrams, Mikko Myrskylä and Neil Mehta found that the gap in life expectancy would be even wider today if declines in cardiovascular disease mortality had not slowed around 2010. more
August 06, 2021 | 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) takes place from August 6 to 10 in a virtual manner. Several researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) present their work, there. more
July 26, 2021 | IC2S2 2021
Several MPIDR researchers present their work at the 7th International Conference on Computational Social Science, which takes place in a virtual manner from July 27-31, 2021. more
July 21, 2021 | Welcome to the MPIDR
Coming from the University of Southern Denmark, Jonas Schöley is a new Researcher at the Laboratory of Population Health. He wants to explore how a population relate to its individuals in statistics. He likes Rostock for its perfect size and having one of everything from a harbor to a zoo. more
July 12, 2021 | Welcome to the MPIDR
Sascha Jänicke-Osterholz is the new Head of Administration. Before joining the MPIDR, he worked at the Hochschule Wismar, was Financial Officer and Third-Party Funding Manager at the Carl von Ossietzky University , as well as Head of Administration for a Public Vocational School in Oldenburg. In his free time he likes to ride his racing bike and to take care of his new allotment garden. more
July 09, 2021 | Welcome to the MPIDR
Coming from the Ohio State University where she obtained her PhD in Consumer Sciences, Emma Zai is a new Researcher at the Research Group: Labor Demography. She wants to explore how government interventions affect individual wellbeing and how individuals respond to public policy. In her free time, she likes to do yoga and play different ball sports like table tennis and badminton. more
May 26, 2021 | Welcome to the MPIDR
Coming from the National Institute of Medical Statistics in India, with a Master Degree in Biostatistics and Demography, Rishabh Tyagi is a new PhD-Student at the Research Group: Labor Demography. He wants to find out how technology induced job loss will affect health and fertility. In his free time he practices yoga and loves watching football matches. more
May 11, 2021 | Call for Participation
The Rostock Retreat is an experimental format for a scholarly exchange designed to encourage communication and collaboration on specific themes in a relaxed atmosphere. The Rostock Retreat 2021 will focus on visualizing uncertainty and will take place online. more
May 10, 2021 | Welcome to the MPIDR
Coming from Stockholm University where he obtained his Master in Demography, Henrik-Alexander Schubert is a new PhD-Student at the Fertility and Well-being Laboratory. He wants to find out how the fertility of men deviates from female fertility. On weekends you are most likely to meet him in one of Rostock's skateparks. more
May 04, 2021 | Congratulations
Luis Serratos-Sotelo from the Research Group: Labor Demography successfully defended his doctoral thesis on “Disease, Death, and Displacement: The long-term effects of early-life conditions on income, education, and health in Sweden, 1937-2011“ at Lund University. more