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July 17, 2018 | New Publication

Hospital stays: How does the influence of education and income change with age?

Individuals highly educated and on a high income spend less time in hospital. This is well known. But whether these influences grow or shrink with age is still disputed. A new MPIDR study now shows that both may hold. more

June 22, 2018 | Big Data

Workshop: Making Sense of Online Data for Population Research

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How can online data be dealt with properly in demography? MPIDR researchers take part in organizing a workshop on online data at the International Conference on Web and Social Media in Stanford. more

June 09, 2018 | Congratulations!

EAPS Award for James Vaupel

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MPIDR founding director James Vaupel received the prestigious EAPS Award for population studies at the European Population Conference 2018 in Brussels. more

June 09, 2018 | Congratulations!

EAPS Outreach Award for Tim Riffe

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MPIDR researcher Tim Riffe received the prestigious "EAPS Outreach Award for Communication in Population Science" at the European Population Conference 2018 in Brussels. more

June 02, 2018

European Population Conference 2018

Many MPIDR researchers will present their work at the European Population Conference, which takes place in Brussels from 6-9 June 2018. The Institute will also have an exihibition booth.

May 22, 2018 | Suessmilch Lecture

The US Midlife Mortality Crisis: "Deaths of despair"?

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On May 29 Robert Hummer from the University of North Carolina will give a Süßmilch lecture at the MPIDR about the much deabted claims on increases in midlife mortality among white low-educated Americans.

May 15, 2018 | New Publication

Development can reverse fertility declines

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The long-standing rule that wealthier populations have fewer children is not true anymore for Europe. Today regions with higher income have higher birth rates, a new MPIDR study shows.

May 08, 2018 | Suessmilch Lecture

Rotten childhood: Adult mortality effects of early life adversity

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On May 15 Ken Smith from the University of Utah will give a Süßmilch lecture on adult mortality effects of early life adversity using the Utah Population Database. more

May 07, 2018 | New Publication

Less alcohol, more life

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High alcohol consumption is a major cause for lower life expectancy in Central and Eastern Europe, says an MPIDR study. In these countries men lose up to 3.7 years of life expectancy due to drinking. more

April 26, 2018 | Congratulations!

PAA award for MPIDR poster on male fertility

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MPIDR-researchers Christian Dudel and Sebastian Klüsener won the PAA poster award for the presentation of their research on male fertility. more

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