News: Neodemos Award for Young Scholars

Neodemos Award for Young Scholars

8° concorso neodemos e i giovani
Submit your paper to Neodemos's award for young scholars “Neodemos e i giovani”. All individuals born from 01.01.1982 onwards can send an original article until 29 April 2018.  Papers should cover a population issue, and scholars from all disciplines are invited to apply. For more information please click on the link (in Italian). 
Books and Reports: Building Evidence for Active Ageing Policies: Active Ageing Index and its Potential

Building Evidence for Active Ageing Policies: Active Ageing Index and its Potential

This book provides multinational evidence on active and healthy ageing. It generates authoritative new knowledge for mutual learning and policymaking in addressing challenges linked with population ageing. The authors discuss how to achieve better active ageing outcomes through appropriate policies including addressing life course determinants of active and healthy ageing.
Books and Reports: Care homes for older Europeans: Public, private and not-for-profit providers

Care homes for older Europeans: Public, private and not-for-profit providers

With people living longer, the need for affordable care of high quality to support Europe’s population increases. Over the last ten years there has been an expansion of the private sector in terms of the number of care homes and the places they provide. This increase takes place in a context of decrease or very slow growth in the services provided in public care homes. This report examines services in the public and private sectors, how they differ in the services they provide in terms of the quality, accessibility and efficiency of services.
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Gál
Róbert Iván
Ageing and Life Expectancy
Society and Solidarity
Hungarian Demographic Research Institute

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Demográfia English Edition
Focus and Scope Demográfia English Edition has a broad scope in terms of geographic and thematic coverage. We encourage comparative analyses beyond Central and Eastern Europe about demographic processes, migration, family formation and related social phenomena. Peer Review Process
Men’s Health and Co-residence with Older Generations in Russia

Men’s Health and Co-residence with Older Generations in Russia

Better or worse?
With the increasing housing prices and the need to take care of an ageing population, many young generations are living together with their parents, parents-in-law or grandparents (here forth, older generations). Previous research confirms the importance of intergenerational living arrangements (ILAs) for health, but it is still unclear whether ILA is beneficial or detrimental for one’s health.
Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?

Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?

Women live longer than men almost anywhere in the world. The question is whether this is due primarily to behavioural differences and social factors, or whether biological factors also play a role. To better understand the female survival advantage, Zarulli et al. (2018) investigated the survival of men and women in seven populations under extreme conditions due to famines, epidemics and slavery. They found that even when mortality was very high, women lived longer on average than men.
Discussion Paper No. 6: Green Book Ageing Society

Discussion Paper No. 6: Green Book Ageing Society

How 'new ageing' will change our lives (2017)
Download Discussion Paper 06/2017 (English) (1.66 MB)
This Green Book covers a wide spectrum of topics, bringing together perspectives from leading experts in various scientific disciplines, ranging from demography, sociology, psychology and epidemiology, to economics, politics and history. In their short contributions, the authors present evidence that sheds light on these fundamental questions. It is clear that the topics discussed here do not provide a complete picture of the diversity of demographic change, which includes an even wider range of questions, for example, related to family and migration policies.
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Rüger
Heiko
Ageing and Life Expectancy
Migration and Integration
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