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February 11, 2022 | News | Interview with Emma Zai
The United Nations recognizes the role of women and girls in science as agents of change with the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Emma Zai, a Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), analyzes what kind of economic implications there are for women if public policy regulates informal caregiving. In this interview she explains her findings, encourages young women to pursue a career in science, and tells us about her own role model. more
February 10, 2022 | Press Release
Researchers have developed a novel strategy for using Facebook data to measure cultural similarity between countries, revealing associations between immigration patterns and people’s food and drink interests. Carolina Coimbra Vieira, and colleagues present these findings in PLOS ONE. more
February 09, 2022 | News | Congratulations
Nicholas Campisi successfully defended his thesis at St Andrews on Monday. The thesis was accepted without corrections, which is unusual. more
February 08, 2022 | Press Release
High income inequality is associated with large differences in the timing of motherhood. MPIDR Researcher Andrés Castro and colleagues analyzed data from 86 countries in the Global South to examine this association empirically. more
February 04, 2022 | News | Welcome to the MPIDR
Coming from the International Institute for Population Sciences in Mumbai, where he obtained his Masters, Adarsh is a new PhD Student in the Laboratory of Population Health and takes part in the joint St Andrews–Max Planck PhD Studentship. He wants to find out how substance abuse influences mortality trends in high-income countries. more
February 03, 2022 | Press Release
A team of researchers including Riku Laine from the University of Helsinki and MPIDR Director Mikko Myrskylä analyzed mortality in and out of prison among people who entered substance use treatment in Finland using registry data in a 28-year follow-up. more
January 30, 2022 | Press Release
In the second half of life, men with low testosterone levels are more likely to have pre-existing health conditions than men with average levels. Using data from around 5600 men in the UK, an international team of researchers analyzed interplays linked to testosterone levels and how their impact changes over the course of life. more
January 25, 2022 | News | Call for Papers: Deadline Extension
In December 2021, a conference hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) brought together more than 100 international researchers to present and discuss recent research on the impact and consequences of the pandemic for family and fertility dynamics. A Population and Development Review Supplement co-sponsored by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and the Population Council will be based mainly on this conference. more
January 20, 2022 | Press Release
Migrants from Latin American and Caribbean countries do not show one unique pattern of family formation – they depend on class and gender. Migration does not influence family formation of socially and economically privileged persons but it does influence those of disadvantaged individuals. more
January 12, 2022 | News | New Publication
Children conceived through medically assisted reproduction are more likely to be born premature and are at greater risk of being born small than naturally conceived babies. However, according to new research by the UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies, the University of Utah and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), the differences in birth weight and prematurity are not due to the treatments themselves, but due to differences in family and health circumstances of the parents. more