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November 08, 2019 | Workshop

Computational Methods and Data for Migration

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The MPIDR organizes a workshop on migration data and models, at the 11th Social Informatics Conference in Doha, Qatar, on November 18th, 2019. more

November 07, 2019 | Suessmilch Lecture

Measuring health inequalities

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On November 12th, Alastair Leyland from the University of Glasgow, gave a lecture titled "Measuring health inequalities – and why we struggle to reduce them" as part of the Suessmilch Lecture series. more

November 07, 2019 | First Annual Academy

New Doctoral Program IMPRS-PHDS started

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The first Annual Academy of the new doctoral program IMPRS-PHDS was held at the MPIDR at the beginning of November. 22 doctoral students form the first cohort of the program. more

October 31, 2019 | New Publication

Mortality in England and Wales

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Long overlooked and recently discovered through a detailed data analysis: young and middle-aged men and women in England and Wales have significantly higher mortality rates than the same age groups in comparable countries since the early 2000s. more

October 28, 2019 | Rostock Open Science Workshop

Rostock Open Science Workshop

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The Rostock Open Science Workshop introduced demographic researchers to the tools and practices of open science. Now they are available for everyone. more

October 17, 2019 | New Publication

Life expectancy of parents

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Does having children make us live longer? The numbers say yes, but the reasons are not yet understood. There somehow seems to be a link between people’s life expectancy and the number of children they have. more

October 16, 2019 | Suessmilch Lecture

His and her earnings following parenthood

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On October 22nd, 2019, Kelly Musick from Cornell University, gave a lecture on couples’ earnings following first child birth in the US, the UK and Germany and resulting gender equality. more

October 15, 2019 | Succesful Workshop

Gender Gaps in Health

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Can science reduce gender inequalities in health? This is one of the many questions that was posed at the MPIDR-conference “Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Gender Gaps in Health and Mortality” in Italy in early October. more

October 04, 2019

Doctorate received

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On October 2, 2019 Karen van Hedel successfully defended her doctoral thesis at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. more

September 30, 2019 | Interview

How united is Germany?

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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) are using various approaches to investigate how demography has developed in East and West Germany since the fall of the Berlin Wall. This interview gathers their quotes. more

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