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PopDigests

PopDigests are short, comprehensive summaries of research results with a link to the original publication (if accessible online). This allows population experts and other interested audiences to be able to easily access information to the latest research results. 

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Estimer les flux migratoires
Für die Politik und die Stabilität der Sozialsysteme in Europa ist es von von Bedeutung, die Anzahl der Personen zu kennen, die in europäische Staaten zuwandern oder aus diesen fortziehen.. Die Datenquellen sind jedoch unvollständig, folglich  sind die Vorhersagen von Migrationsströmen unzuverlässig. Um die Größe von Migrationsströmen (sogar nach Alter und Geschlecht) exakt zu beschreiben und vorherzusagen, haben Demografen eine neue Methode für den Umgang mit unvollständigen Daten entwickelt.
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Swedish Model
For decades, Sweden's innovations in family policy have inspired other countries in Europe to follow its lead. The Swedish approach, dubbed the "earner-carer model", has focused on getting men and women to share work and family responsibilities, facilitating the combination of relatively high levels of female employment and childbearing with low child poverty rates. Now recent reforms are changing the playing field. A scientific article by Tommy Ferrarini and Ann-Zofie Duvander argues that the reforms are likely to increase polarization in Swedish society.
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Lampedusa Does Not Tell the Full Story
Every time a new boat with African refugees reaches the shores of Lampedusa or the Canary Islands, there is a new wave of media debate about African migration to Europe. Several countries even created new policy measures to respond to the masses of new migrants that they expect. However, the real numbers of migrants from sub-Saharan African countries are much lower than the public discourse sometimes suggests, as research from David Lessault and Cris Beauchemin shows.
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Lampedusa Does Not Tell the Full Story
Jedes Mal wenn ein neues Boot mit afrikanischen Flüchtlingen Lampedusas Strände oder die der Kanarischen Inseln erreicht, folgt auch eine neue Welle der medialen Debatte über die afrikanische Migration nach Europa. Verschiedene Staaten schufen sogar neue politische Instrumente, um auf die Massen neuer Migranten zu reagieren, die sie erwarten.
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Lampedusa Does Not Tell the Full Story
Chaque fois qu’un bateau de réfugiés africains atteint les côtes de Lampedusa ou les Îles Canaries, ceci crée une nouvelle vague de débats médiatiques sur la question de la migration africaine vers l’Europe. Plusieurs pays ont même développé de nouvelles mesures politiques pour répondre à l’arrivée massive de nouveaux migrants à laquelle ils s’attendent à devoir faire face. Toutefois, le nombre réel d'immigrés provenant des pays d’Afrique subsaharienne est bien inférieur à ce que le discours public laisse parfois entendre, comme le montre le travail de David Lessault et Cris Beauchemin.
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Lampedusa Does Not Tell the Full Story
Cada vez que un nuevo barco con refugiados africanos llega a las costas de Lampedusa o de las Islas Canarias se produce una nueva ola de debates en los medios de comunicación sobre la migración de África hacia Europa. Muchos países han incluso creado nuevas medidas políticas para responder a la masa de migrantes que esperan ver llegar. Pero, tal y como muestra la investigación llevada a cabo por David Lessault y Cris Beauchemin, los números reales de los migrantes desde África subsahariana son mucho menores de lo que el debate público a veces sugiere.
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Working Mums
"Children under the age of three are best looked after by their mothers". This conviction is still shared by most Germans, whereas in France external childcare is a fully accepted alternative, even for infants. This is one result of a comparative study by Anne Salles, Clémentine Rossier, and Sara Brachet that explores the long-term effects of family policies on fertility. Low fertility is a common feature in all European countries. The fertility rate is particularly low in German-speaking countries, whereas in the Nordic countries and in France birth rates are comparatively higher.
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Experienced, but Too Expensive?
Working longer and retiring later is not only a matter of whether older individuals want to remain active in the labour market as long as possible, but also depends on the employersˆ capacity and willingness to employ and retain older workers. A recent study by Hendrik P. van Dalen, Kne Henkens, Wilma Henderikse, and Joop Schippers analyses whether European employers support later retirement.
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Moving On
Around 3.5 percent of all British people aged 50+ change residences over the course of a given year. While this number has remained relatively constant across time, some of the reasons behind these moves are changing. A new study by Maria Evandrou, Jane C. Falkingham, and Marcus Green explains how more frequent divorces and remarriages, in addition to changes in health and economic status, are creating different migration patterns for those in the later years of life.
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Integration begreifen
L’intégration des immigrés est l’un des sujets les plus débattus en Europe. Toutefois, de nouvelles recherches menées par Tineke Fokkema et Hein de Haas suggèrent que notre compréhension de l’intégration et de ses facteurs est particulièrement limitée. Ils affirment que les politiques d’immigration actuelles sont susceptibles d’entraver l’immigration et que notre conception de ceux qui sont intégrés peut différer de la réalité.