Berlin Demography Days

Berlin Demography Days Videos now on YouTube

The Berlin Demography Days were a three-day event that offered a platform for intense dialogue. Check out the incredible conversation now on our YouTube Channel.

The Berlin Demography Days were a three-day event that offered a platform for intense dialogue. Check out the incredible conversation now on our YouTube Channel.

Sex Selection for Daughters

Sex Selection for Daughters: Demographic Consequences of Female-biased Sex Ratios

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Martin Kolk and Karim Jebari explore the demographic consequences of a female-biased sex ratio for population growth and population age structure and discuss the technology and parental preferences that may give rise to such a scenario.

Martin Kolk and Karim Jebari explore the demographic consequences of a female-biased sex ratio for population growth and population age structure and discuss the technology and parental preferences that may give rise to such a scenario.

Women carrying child on back

Multidisciplinary perspectives on social support and maternal–child health

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In this multidisciplinary special issue compiled and edited by Abigail E. Page, Emily H. Emmott and Sarah Myers, they explore social support from different perspectives.

In this multidisciplinary special issue compiled and edited by Abigail E. Page, Emily H. Emmott and Sarah Myers, they explore social support from different perspectives.

Serious Woman Having Consultation With Male Doctor In Hospital Office

Who seeks medically assisted reproduction?

The reasons why people decide for or against seeking medical help for infertility are far from clear
Jasmin Passet-Wittig (German Federal Institute for Population Research) and Arthur L. Greil (Alfred University) provide a comprehensive review of 39 studies from 11 developed countries, discuss their conceptual and methodological problems and suggest avenues for further research.

Jasmin Passet-Wittig (German Federal Institute for Population Research) and Arthur L. Greil (Alfred University) provide a comprehensive review of 39 studies from 11 developed countries, discuss their conceptual and methodological problems and suggest avenues for further research.

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Social Background and the Demographic Life Course: Cross-National Comparisons

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Edited by Aart C. Liefbroer and Mioara Zoutewelle-Terovan (NIDI), this open-access book examines how childhood social disadvantage influences young-adult demographic decision-making and later-life economic and well-being outcomes.

Edited by Aart C. Liefbroer and Mioara Zoutewelle-Terovan (NIDI), this open-access book examines how childhood social disadvantage influences young-adult demographic decision-making and later-life economic and well-being outcomes.

european commission

The European Commission launches the Atlas of Demography

On Tuesday, April 29, the European Commission launched the Atlas of Demography, a new, interactive and multidimensional tool.

On Tuesday, April 29, the European Commission launched the Atlas of Demography, a new, interactive and multidimensional tool.

Childfree checkbox checked

Is it only a matter of economic resources?

Understanding intentions to be childless in Europe
Marco Albertini (University of Bologna) and Elisa Brini (University of Trento) focus on the analysis of voluntary childlessness of women and men in Europe, using data from the Generations and Gender Survey

Marco Albertini (University of Bologna) and Elisa Brini (University of Trento) focus on the analysis of voluntary childlessness of women and men in Europe, using data from the Generations and Gender Survey

Three people with an open book

Religiosity and Fertility Intentions

Do the highly religious form childbearing plans differently from their less religious counterparts?
Christoph Bein (NIDI-KNAW & University of Groningen), Monika Mynarska (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw) and Anne Gauthier (NIDI-KNAW & University of Groningen) investigate whether highly religious people perceive higher benefits and lower costs of having children than the less religious.

Christoph Bein (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI-KNAW) & University of Groningen), Monika Mynarska (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw) and Anne Gauthier (NIDI-KNAW & University of Groningen) investigate whether highly religious people perceive higher benefits and lower costs of having children than the less religious.

Father cooking with kid

More Equal Sharing of Domestic Work?

Slow gender convergence in housework and childcare
Ariane Pailhé and Anne Solaz (Institut national d'études démographiques (INED)) and Maria Stanfors (Centre for Economic Demography, Lund University) analyse the trends of level shifts and gender differences in housework and childcare across France, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the U.S. from the mid-1980s to the early 2010s.

Ariane Pailhé and Anne Solaz (Institut national d'études démographiques (INED)) and Maria Stanfors (Centre for Economic Demography, Lund University) analyse the trends of level shifts and gender differences in housework and childcare across France, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the U.S. from the mid-1980s to the early 2010s.

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