November 14, 2011 | News | In the Press
The Myth of the Healthy Migrant
MPIDR researcher Rembrandt Scholz © MPIDR
According to official statistics, migration brings with it long-lasting live. The life expectancy of migrants exceeds that of the native population, so the figures say. MPIDR-Researcher Rembrandt Scholz investigates if the difference is due to a healthier lifestyle or rather to data-collection errors.
Read the full text about Rembrandt Scholz´s research in the November 2011 issue of the MPG's science magazine Max Planck Research posted in German on the MPG-website or download the article as pdf (download). The English text will be made available online later.