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May 22, 2018 | Suessmilch Lecture
On May 29 Robert Hummer from the University of North Carolina will give a Süßmilch lecture at the MPIDR about the much deabted claims on increases in midlife mortality among white low-educated Americans.
May 15, 2018 | New Publication
The long-standing rule that wealthier populations have fewer children is not true anymore for Europe. Today regions with higher income have higher birth rates, a new MPIDR study shows.
May 08, 2018 | Suessmilch Lecture
On May 15 Ken Smith from the University of Utah will give a Süßmilch lecture on adult mortality effects of early life adversity using the Utah Population Database. more
May 07, 2018 | New Publication
High alcohol consumption is a major cause for lower life expectancy in Central and Eastern Europe, says an MPIDR study. In these countries men lose up to 3.7 years of life expectancy due to drinking. more
April 26, 2018 | Congratulations!
MPIDR-researchers Christian Dudel and Sebastian Klüsener won the PAA poster award for the presentation of their research on male fertility. more
April 26, 2018 | Congratulations!
MPIDR-researcher Marília Nepomuceno won the PAA poster award for the presentation of her research on the quality of self-reported education status in Brazil. more
April 19, 2018 | News
MPIDR-researcher László Németh has received a prize for young researchers. The prize was awarded at a ceremony which took place April 10, 2018 in Berlin as a part of the 7th Berlin Demography Forum. more
April 19, 2018 | PAA 2018
Several MPIDR researchers will present their work at the Meeting of the Population Association of America, which takes place in Denver, CO, USA from April 26–28, 2018. The Institute will also have an exihibition booth. more
April 12, 2018 | News
Kieron Barclay received one of the 2018 Allianz European Demographer Awards for his achievements in population research. more
March 26, 2018 | News
To this day, we do not know whether being poor makes people ill or whether poor health leads to poverty. MPIDR researcher Rasmus Hoffmann has now investigated this relation and found that there is not one answer that applies to all stages of life. more