Research Group

Labor Demography

Project

Demographic Perspectives on Human Capital Formation

Conducted by Mikko Myrskylä; Peter Eibich, Chia Liu, Pekka Martikainen

We explore human capital as both a major determinant and major outcome of demographic processes. A particular focus is on immigrants, how migration impacts their human capital, and what consequences this impact has. Detailed Description

Research Keywords:

Education and Science

Publications

Lahtinen, H.; Martikainen, P.; Korhonen, K.; Morris, T. T.; Myrskylä, M.:

Educational tracking and the polygenic prediction of education

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2023-015. (2023)

Nisén, J.; Tassot, J.; Iacoella, F.; Eibich, P.:

The effect of fertility timing on women’s earnings at midlife in the UK

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2022-021. (2022)

Remes, H. M.; Sirniö, O.; Martikainen, P.:

Early home-leaving (HL) and educational attainment: the moderating role of HL in the intergenerational transmission of education

Acta Sociologica 65:3, 313–331. (2022)

Eibich, P.; Liu, C.:

For better or for worse mental health? The role of social networks for exogamous older couples

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2020-012. (2020)

Nisén, J.; Bijlsma, M. J.; Martikainen, P.; Wilson, B.; Myrskylä, M.:

The gendered impacts of delayed parenthood on educational and labor market outcomes: a dynamic analysis of population-level effects over young adulthood

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2019-017. (2019)

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