Nisén, J.; Klüsener, S.; Dahlberg, J.; Dommermuth, L.; Jasilioniene, A.; Kreyenfeld, M.; Lappegård, T.; Li, P.; Martikainen, P.; Neels, K.; Riederer, B.; te Riele, S.; Sulak, H.; Szabó, L.; Trimarchi, A.; Viciana, F.; Myrskylä, M.:

Economic conditions, education and parity‐specific fertility: a sub‐national regional study across 15 countries in Europe

Population, Space and Place 31:6, e70074–e70074. (2025)

Peters, S.:

The prospective power of personality factors for family formation and dissolution processes among males: evidence from Swedish register data

European Journal of Population 41, 1–61. (2025)

Peters, S.; Barclay, K. J.:

Leadership skills and family formation among males: a study based on Swedish register data

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 23:2025, 373–399. (2025)

Peters, S.; Barclay, K. J.; Mynarska, M. A.; Myrskylä, M.:

Consistent patterns across birth parities? Psychological measures and birth parity transitions among Swedish men

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2025-007. (2025)

Peters, S.; Mannerström, R.; Salmela-Aro, K.:

Future life plans and relationship formation: a bidirectional approach based on evidence from Finland

Journal of Marriage and Family, 1–16. (2025)

Ponkilainen, M.; Einiö, E.; Kolk, M.; Fallesen, P.; Torvik, F. A.; Andersen, M. L.; Myrskylä, M.:

Changing landscapes of parenthood: childbearing among same-sex and different-sex couples in the Nordic countries

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2025-023. (2025)

Schubert, H.-A.:

The fertility puzzle: trends and patterns of male and female fertility

Oxford: University of Oxford. unpublished. (2025)

Sharma, S.; Martikainen, P.; Myrskylä, M.; Tarkiainen, L.; Suulamo, U.:

Gender and educational trends in lifetime risk, age at onset, expectancy, and survival with cardiovascular disease in Finland, 1996–2020

Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 80:4, 1–10. (2025)

Zai, X.; Li, P.; Dei Bardi, L.; Korhonen, K.; Moretti, M.; Myrskylä, M.; Martikainen, P.:

Disparities in cancer incidence, stage at diagnosis, treatment and mortality across socioeconomic groups in Finland: a register-based population study

BMJ Public Health 3:2, e002829–e002829. (2025)

Andersen, K.; Wiell Rothausen, K.; Håberg, S. E.; Myrskylä, M.; Ramlau-Hansen, C. H.; Gaml-Sørensen, A.:

Annals of Epidemiology 98, 51–58. (2024)

Arge, L. A.; Lee, Y.; Skåra, K. H.; Myrskylä, M.; Ramlau-Hansen, C. H.; Håberg, S. E.; Magnus, M. C.:

Epigenetic aging and fecundability: the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study

Human Reproduction 39:12, 2806–2815. (2024)

Beck, K. C.; Hellstrand, J.; Myrskylä, M.:

More education and fewer children? the contribution of educational enrollment and attainment to the fertility decline in Norway

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2024-009. (2024)

Büyükkeçeci, Z.; Kühn, M.; Håberg, S. E.; Ramlau-Hansen, C. H.; Myrskylä, M.:

Subjective biology: how perceived fecundity influences relationship satisfaction and stability

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2024-012. (2024)

Campisi, N.; Kulu, H.; Mikolai, J.; Klüsener, S.; Myrskylä, M.:

Urban–rural disparities in the transition to parenthood during times of uncertainty: a multilevel perspective on Finland

European Journal of Population 40:37, 1–31. (2024)

Dierker, P.; Gueltzow, M.; Lahtinen, H.; Kühn, M.; Martikainen, P.; Myrskylä, M.:

Do genetics shape mental health trajectories around partnership transitions?

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2024-033. (2024)

Dierker, P.; Metsä-Simola, N.; Remes, H. M.; Kailaheimo-Lönnqvist, S.; Kühn, M.; Martikainen, P.; Myrskylä, M.:

Parental separation risk before and after the diagnosis of a child physical health condition

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2024-011. (2024)

Duerst, R.; Schöley, J.; Hellstrand, J.; Myrskylä, M.:

Calibrating probabilistic forecast paths on past forecast errors: an application to the Finnish Total Fertility Rate

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2024-016. (2024)

Flatø, M.; Lee, D. S.; Kinge, J. M.; Magnus, M. C.; Ramlau-Hansen, C.; Myrskylä, M.:

The changing social gradient in age at menarche across cohorts and generations in Norway

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2024-035. (2024)

Gaml-Sørensen, A.; Hjorth Thomsen, A.; Søgaard Tøttenborg, S.; Brix, N.; Sørig Hougaard, K.; Toft, G.; Håberg, S. E.; Myrskylä, M.; Bonde, J. P.; Ramlau-Hansen, C. H.:

Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and reproductive health in adult sons: a study in the Danish National Birth Cohort

Human Reproduction 39:1, 219–231. (2024)

Gueltzow, M.; Lahtinen, H.; Bijlsma, M. J.; Myrskylä, M.; Martikainen, P.:

Genetic propensity to depression and the role of partnership status

Social Science and Medicine 351:116992, 1–8. (2024)

Hellstrand, J.; Nisén, J.; Myrskylä, M.:

Educational field, economic uncertainty, and fertility decline in Finland in 2010–2019

European Sociological Review, 1–18. (2024)

Jasilioniene, A.; Jasilionis, D.; Jdanov, D. A.; Myrskylä, M.:

Exploring associations between the Covid-19 vaccination campaign and fertility trends: a population-level analysis for 22 countries

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2024-006. (2024)

Kailaheimo-Lönnqvist, S.; Moustgaard, H.; Martikainen, P.; Myrskylä, M.:

Own depression, partner's depression, and childlessness: a nationwide register-based study

Social Science and Medicine 361:117356, 1–12. (2024)

Laine, R.; Aaltonen, M.; Myrskylä, M.; Martikainen, P.:

Sociohistorical context and post-prison life course

Journal of Criminal Justice 95:102312, 1–14. (2024)

Lee, D. S.; Barclay, K.:

More twins expected in low-income countries with later maternal ages at birth and population growth

Human Reproduction. accepted. (2024)

Lee, D. S.; Barclay, K. J.; Magnus, M. C.; Ernst, A.; Myrskylä, M.:

Multiple births mortality by maternal age at birth: a within-family analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data on 42 low-income countries

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2024-034. (2024)

Lee, D. S.; Barclay, K.; Magnus, M. C.; Ernst, A.; Myrskylä, M.:

Multiple births mortality by maternal age at birth: a within-family analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data on 42 low-income countries

Stockholm Research Reports in Demography 2024.53, Stockholm. (2024)

Lorenti, A.; Nisén, J.; Mencarini, L.; Myrskylä, M.:

Gendered parenthood-employment gaps from midlife: a demographic perspective across three different welfare systems

European Journal of Population 40, 1–26. (2024)

Magnus, M. C.; Lee, Y.; Carlsen, E. Ø.; Arge, L. A.; Jugessur, A.; Kvalvik, L. G.; Morken, N.; Ramlau-Hansen, C. H.; Myrskylä, M.; Magnus, P.; Håberg, S. E.:

Parental epigenetic age acceleration and risk of adverse birth outcomes: the Norwegian mother, father and child cohort study

BMC Medicine 22:554, 1–10. (2024)

Myrskylä, M.; Hale, J. M.; Schneider, D. C.; Mehta, N. K.:

Trends in memory function and memory impairment among older adults in he United States and Europe, 1996-2018

Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 79:S1, S11–S21. (2024)

Myrskylä, M.; Hellstrand, J.; Lappo, S.; Lorenti, A.; Nisén, J.; Rao, Z.; Tikanmäki, H.:

Declining fertility, human capital investment, and economic sustainability

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2024-002. (2024)

Pelikh, A.; Smith, K. R.; Myrskylä, M.; Debbink, M. P.; Goisis, A.:

Maternal morbidity and medically assisted reproduction treatment types: evidence from the Utah Population Database

medRxiv preprints. unpublished. (2024)

Ponkilainen, M.; Einiö, E.; Pietiläinen, M.; Myrskylä, M.:

Educational differences in fertility among female same-sex couples in Finland

Demography 61:6, 2053–2079. (2024)

Preston, S.; Vierboom, Y. C.; Myrskylä, M.:

Socio-behavioral factors contributing to recent mortality trends in the United States

Demographic Research 51:7, 191–214. (2024)

Schubert, H.-A.; Dudel, C.; Kolobova, M.; Myrskylä, M.:

Revisiting the J-shape: human development and fertility in the United States

Demography 61:6, 1949–1973. (2024)

Todd, N.; Myrskylä, M.:

Projection of US adult obesity trends based on individual BMI trajectories

Demographic Research 51:13, 425–458. (2024)

van Raalte, A. A.; Basellini, U.; Camarda, C. G.; Nepomuceno, M. R.; Myrskylä, M.:

Response to Carl Schmertmann Commentary—Drawing Cohort Profiles From Period Data: Improvements and Risks [Commentary]

Demography 61:4, 973–977. (2024)

Abrams, L. R.; Myrskylä, M.; Mehta, N. K.:

The "double jeopardy" of midlife and old age mortality trends in the United States

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120:42, e2308360120–e2308360120. (2023)

Ciganda, D.; Hellstrand, J.; Myrskylä, M.:

Future fertility scenarios in Finland: a computational forecasting approach

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2023-010. (2023)

Dierker, P.; Kühn, M.; Mönkediek, B.:

Does parental separation moderate the heritability of health risk behavior among adolescents?

Social Science and Medicine 331:116070, 1–9. (2023)

Gueltzow, M.; Bijlsma, M. J.; van Lenthe, F. J.; Myrskylä, M.:

The role of labor market inequalities in explaining the gender gap in depression risk among older US adults

Social Science and Medicine 332:116100, 1–9. (2023)

Jang, S. Y.; Oksuzyan, A.; Myrskylä, M.; van Lenthe, F. J.; Loi, S.:

Healthy immigrants, unhealthy ageing? Analysis of health decline among older migrants and natives across European countries

SSM-Population Health 23:101478, 1–11. (2023)

Sharma, S.; Hale, J. M.; Myrskylä, M.; Kulu, H.:

Racial, ethnic, nativity, and educational disparities in cognitive impairment and activity limitations in the United States, 1998–2016

Demography 60:5, 1441–1468. (2023)

Silventoinen, K.; Luukkonen, J.; Myrskylä, M.; Martikainen, P.:

Birth size, school performance and family social position: a study of 650,000 children

Pediatric Research, 1–10. (2023)

van Raalte, A. A.; Basellini, U.; Camarda, C. G.; Nepomuceno, M. R.; Myrskylä, M.:

The dangers of drawing cohort profiles from period data: a research note

Demography, 1–10. (2023)

Kniffka, M. S.; Nitsche, N.; Rau, R.; Kühn, M.:

Stillbirths in Germany: on the rise, but no additional increases during the first COVID-19 lockdown

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 155:3, 483–489. (2021)

Publications of External Team Members

Magnus, M.C.; Skåra, K. H.; Carlsen, E. Ø.; Gjerdevik, M.; Ramlau-Hansen, C. H.; Myrskyla, M.; Romundstad, L. B.; Håberg, S. E.:

Use of assisted reproductive technologies for male and female infertility and perinatal outcomes

Fertility and Sterility (2025)

Clemmensen, P. J.; Brix, N.; Schullehner, J.; Toft, G.; Tøttenborg, S. S.; Hougaard, K.S.; Bjerregaard, A. A.; Halldorsson, T. I.; Olsen, S. F.; Hansen, B.; Stayner, L.T.; Sigsgaard, T.; Kolstad, H.; Bonde, J. P. E.; Ramlau-Hansen, C. H.:

Maternal use of nitrosatable drugs during pregnancy and male reproductive health: a population-based cohort study.

Andrology (2024)

Gaml-Sørensen, A.; Brix, N.; Henriksen, T. B.; Ramlau-Hansen, C. H.:

Maternal stress in pregnancy and pubertal timing in girls and boys: A cohort study

Fertility and Sterility (2024)

Hernandez, M. H.; Cohen, J. M.; Skåra, K. H.; Grindstad, T. K.; Lee, Y.; Magnus, P.; Hernaez, A.:

Placental efflux transporters and antiseizure or antidepressant medication use impact birth weight in MoBa cohort

iScience (2024)

Langergaard, M. J.; Ernst, A.; Bech, B. H.; Tøttenborg, S. S.; Brix, N.; Toft, G.; Gaml-Sørensen, A.; Hougaard, K. S.; Arendt, L. H.; Bonde, J. P. E.; Ramlau-Hansen, C.H.:

Maternal coffee consumption and biomarkers of reproductive health in young, adult sons: a cohort study

Reproductive Toxicology (2024)

Laursen, T. Q.; Ramlau-Hansen, C.H.; Liew, Z.; Tøttenborg, S. S.; Toft, G.; Hougaard, K. S.; Bonde, J. P.; Ernst, A. :

Prenatal exposure to paracetamol and biomarkers of male fecundity in young adults.

Reproductive Toxicology (2024)

Skåra, K. H.; Lee, Y.; Jugessur, A.; Gjessing, H. K.; Aviv, A.; Brumpton, B.; Næss, Ø.; Hernáez, Á.; Hanevik, H. I.; Magnus, P.; Magnus, M. C.:

Telomere length in relation to fecundability and use of assisted reproductive technologies: the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort Study

BMC Medicine (2024)

Torvik, F. A.; Sunde, H. F.; Cheesman, R.; Eftedal, N. H.; Keller, M. C.; Ystrom, E.; Eilertsen, E. M.:

Non-random mating patterns within and across education and mental and somatic health

Nature Communications (2024)

Warp, M. L.; Grindstad, T.; Magnus, M. C.; Page, C. M.; Håberg, S. E.; Morken, N. H.; Romundstad, L. B.; Hanevik, H. I.:

Early or late menarche is associated with reduced fecundability in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study.

Human Reproduction, 39:4, 812–821 (2024)

BRIX, N.; GAML-SØRENSEN, A.; ERNST, A.; ARENDT, L. H.; LUNDDORF, L. L- H.; TOFT, G.; TØTTENBORG, S. S.; HÆRVIG, K. K.; BJERRE HØYER, B.; HOUGAARD, K. S.; BONDE, J. P. E.; RAMLAU-HANSEN, C. H.:

Timing of puberty in relation to semen characteristics, testicular volume, and reproductive hormones: a cohort study

Fertility and Sterility 120:4, 823–833 (2023)

Clemmensen P. J.; Brix N.; Schullehner J.; Ernst A.; Harrits Lunddorf L. L.; Bjerregaard A. A.; Halldorsson T. I.; Olsen S. F.; Hansen B.; Stayner L. T.; Kolstad H. A.; Sigsgaard T.; Ramlau-Hansen C. H.:

Prenatal exposure to nitrosatable drugs and timing of puberty in sons and daughters: A nationwide cohort study

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health (2023)

CLEMMENSEN, P. J.; SCHULLEHNER, J.; BRIX, N.; SIGSGAARD, T.; STAYNER, L. T.; KOLSTAD, H. A.; RAMLAU-HANSEN, C. H.:

Prenatal exposure to nitrate in drinking water and adverse health outcomes in the offspring: a review of current epidemiological research

Current Environmental Health Reports (2023)

ERNST, A.; BRIX, N.; GAML-SØRENSEN, A.; ARENDT, L. H.; TOFT, G.; TØTTENBORG, S. S.; HOUGAARD, K. S.; BONDE, J. P. E.; RAMLAU-HANSEN, C. H.:

Parental age at birth and biomarkers of fecundity in young Danish men

Andrology (2023)

GAML-SØRENSEN, A.; BRIX, N.; LUNDDORF, L. L. H.; ERNST, A.; BJERRE HØYER, B.; TOFT, G.; HENRIKSEN, T. B.; RAMLAU-HANSEN, C. H.:

Maternal intake of vitamin D supplements during pregnancy and pubertal timing in children: a population-based follow-up study

Nutrients 15:18, 4039 (2023)

HERNÁEZ, Á.; LEE, Y.; PAGE, C. M.; SKÅRA, K. H.; HÅBERG, S. E:; MAGNUS, P.; NJØLSTAD, P. R.; ANDREASSEN, O. A.; CORFIELD, E. C.; HAVDAHL, A.; FRASER, A.; BURGESS, S.; LAWLOR, D. A.; MAGNUS, M. C.:

Impaired glucose tolerance and cardiovascular risk factors in relation to infertility: a Mendelian randomization analysis in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study

medRxiv (2023)

HERNANDEZ, M. H.; COHEN, J. M.; SKÅRA, K. H.; GRINDSTAD, T. K.; LEE, Y.; MAGNUS, P.; NJØLSTAD, P. R.; ANDREASSEN, O. A.; CORFIELD, E. C.; HAVDAHL, A.; MOLDEN, E.; FURU, K.; MAGNUS, M. C.; HERNAEZ, A.:

Interaction between placental efflux transporters and use of antiseizure or antidepressant drugs during pregnancy on birth weight in the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study

medRxiv (2023)

SKODVIN, S. N.; GJESSING, H. K.; JUGESSUR, A.; ROMANOWSKA, J.; PAGE, C. M.; CORFIELD, E. C.; LEE, Y.; HÅBERG, S. E.; GJERDEVIK, M.:

Statistical methods to detect mother–father genetic interaction effects on risk of infertility: a genome-wide approach

Genetic Epidemiology 47, 503–519 (2023)

THOMSEN, A. H.; GAML-SØRENSEN, A.; BRIX, N.; TØTTENBORG, S. S.; HOUGAARD, K. S.; ERNST, A.; ARENDT, L. H.; TOFT, G.; BONDE, J. P.; RAMLAU-HANSEN, C. H.:

Maternal alcohol intake in early pregnancy and biomarkers of fecundity in adult sons: a cohort study

Reproductive Toxicology 119:108396 (2023)

YANG, Q.; MAGNUS, M. C.; KILPI, F.; SANTORELLI, G.; SOARES, A. G.; WEST, J.; MAGNUS, P.; HÅBERG, S. E.; TILLING, K.; LAWLOR, D. A.; BORGES, M. C.; SANDERSON, E.:

Evaluating causal associations of chronotype with pregnancy and perinatal outcomes and its interactions with insomnia and sleep duration: a Mendelian randomization study

medRxiv (2023)

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