Laboratory

Fertility and Well-Being

At a Glance Projects Publications Team

Research areas and projects of this laboratory are as follows

Research Areas

Contemporary and Future Trends in Fertility

Description

Shifts in the Fertility–Development Nexus at the Macro and Micro Level Project details
Causal Inference Approaches to Fertility Over the Life Course Project details
Family Formation in Comparative Perspective Project details
Socioeconomic Differentials in Fertility and Family Formation Processes Project details
Psychological Factors and Family Formation Processes (Dissertation) Project details

The Intersection of Health and Fertility

Description

Costs and Gains of Postponing Parenthood Project details
Consequences of Sibling Group Structure Project details
Medically Assisted Reproduction Project details
The Influence of Health and Cognition on Fertility Project details

Fertility and Uncertainty

Description

COVID-19 and Family Project details
The Couple Dimension of Economic Precariousness (Dissertation) Project details

Innovative Perspectives on the Fertility Transition

Description

Leveraging Micro-Level Computational Models to Advance Fertility Forecasting Project details
Analyzing Male Fertility: Toward a Comparative Approach Project details
Union–Fertility Nexus and Fertility Variation in Sub-Saharan Africa (Dissertation) Project details
The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock is one of the leading demographic research centers in the world. It's part of the Max Planck Society, the internationally renowned German research society.