Like mother(-in-law) like daughter?

Like mother(-in-law) like daughter?

13 APR 2016

Abhishek Kumar, Valeria Bordone and Raya Muttarak investigate the associations between preferred family size of women in rural Bihar, India and the fertility behaviours of their mother and mother-in-law.
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Demographic metabolism at work

Demographic metabolism at work

11 APR 2016

In this paper, Erich Striessnig and Wolfgang Lutz transform the age-old wisdom that societies change through generational replacement into a formalized model that allows for quantitative forecasts of such societal changes for decades into the future.
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Trends in working life expectancy in Europe

Trends in working life expectancy in Europe

6 APR 2016

In this Working Paper, Elke Loichinger and Daniela Weber analyze past and present developments of working life expectancy at age 50 in Europe, by age and sex.
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A better way to measure ageing in East Asia

A better way to measure ageing in East Asia

4 APR 2016

In this study Sergei Scherbov, Warren Sanderson and Stuart Gietel-Basten aim to improve the measurement of ageing taking into account characteristics of populations and in particular changes in life expectancy.
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Corresponding Research Areas: Forecasting and Ageing

Wolfgang Lutz wins Mindel Sheps Award

Wolfgang Lutz wins Mindel Sheps Award

1 APR 2016

Wolfgang Lutz was awarded the 2016 Mindel Sheps Award at the Population Association of America meeting.
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REVES

REVES

31 MAR 2016

This REVES Meeting, organised by the Wittgenstein Centre in 2016, aims at developing a comprehensive picture of the factors decisive for human health and longevity. Registration is now open. 8-10 June 2016, Vienna
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Unemployment and job insecurity postpone childbearing

Unemployment and job insecurity postpone childbearing

30 MAR 2016

Eva Beaujouan speaks about the lessened chances to have the child one wishes after age 35 (in French).
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Corresponding Research Areas: Family and Fertility

No education, no future: why states fail

No education, no future: why states fail

16 MAR 2016

Wolfgang Lutz discusses with Ingo Kahle why education decides the future of humanity in the show "Zwölfzweiundzwanzig" of the German radio station RBB. (in German)
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Migration analysis: A growing priority for policy

Migration analysis: A growing priority for policy

14 MAR 2016

In this blog post Luis Castro discusses previous research results on international migration at IIASA.
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Corresponding Research Areas: Migration: Drivers and Impacts

Intergenerational support among migrant families in Europe

Intergenerational support among migrant families in Europe

10 MAR 2016

In this paper Valeria Bordone and Helga A. G. de Valk show that there are limited differences in support between migrants and non-migrants.
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