Pop digests

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. 

Adult son moving out

Should I stay or should I go?

Young Adults’ Intentions to Leave Home and the Drivers Behind Them
Katrin Schwanitz (Tallinn University), Francesco Rampazzo (Saïd Business School, Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, and Nuffield College, University of Oxford) and Agnese Vitali (Università degli Studi di Trento) conduct a wide-ranging 12-country study on leaving-home intentions and their determinants.

Katrin Schwanitz (Tallinn University), Francesco Rampazzo (Saïd Business School, Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, and Nuffield College, University of Oxford) and Agnese Vitali (Università degli Studi di Trento) conduct a wide-ranging 12-country study on leaving-home intentions and their determinants.

granddaughter walking with senior woman holding stick in park and wearing mask for safety against covid-19

Caregiving in the Time of COVID-19

The effects on mental health, family obligations and access to care
Michael Bergmann (Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and the Technical University of Munich) and Melanie Wagner (Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy) ask how care networks were affected by the pandemic and to what degree personal care was provided to those who needed it most?

Michael Bergmann (Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy and the Technical University of Munich) and Melanie Wagner (Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy) ask how care networks were affected by the pandemic and to what degree personal care was provided to those who needed it most?

family with two children carrying boxes and plant in new home on moving day.

Do long-distance moves damage children’s education?

Patricia McMullin, Elina Kilpi-Jakonen and Jani Erola (University of Turku) and Aleksi Karhula (University of Helsinki and University of Turku) study the relationship between children moving and dropping out of school in both Finland and Germany.

Patricia McMullin, Elina Kilpi-Jakonen and Jani Erola (University of Turku) and Aleksi Karhula (University of Helsinki and University of Turku) study the relationship between children moving and dropping out of school in both Finland and Germany.

African descent grandmother and grandchild gardening in outdoor

Can we ask grandma to watch the kids?

The effect of grandchildren on grandparental labour supply and the gender employment gap
Andreas Backhaus (BiB) and Mikkel Barslund (HIVA-KU Leuven) use SHARE data and an instrumental variable strategy to estimate the causal effect of grandchildren on the labour supply of grandparents.

Andreas Backhaus (BiB) and Mikkel Barslund (HIVA-KU Leuven) use SHARE data and an instrumental variable strategy to estimate the causal effect of grandchildren on the labour supply of grandparents.

Wooden blocks with Jobs written on them

Even worse than the undocumented?

Assessing the refugees’ integration in the labour market of Lombardy in 2001- 2014
Livia Elisa Ortensi (University of Bologna) and Elena Ambrosetti (University of Rome La Sapienza) aim to assess possible gaps in labour market integration of refugees compared to other migrants, including irregular migrants in the Italian region of Lombardy in 2001-2014.

Livia Elisa Ortensi (University of Bologna) and Elena Ambrosetti (University of Rome La Sapienza) aim to assess possible gaps in labour market integration of refugees compared to other migrants, including irregular migrants in the Italian region of Lombardy in 2001-2014.

woman holding pregnancy test,

Didn’t plan one but got one

Unintended and sooner‑than‑intended parents in the East and the West of Europe
Zuzanna Brzozowska, Isabella Buber-Ennser and Bernhard Riederer look at the geographic pattern in the realisation of intentions to postpone or forego (further) childbearing.

Zuzanna Brzozowska, Isabella Buber-Ennser and Bernhard Riederer look at the geographic pattern in the realisation of intentions to postpone or forego (further) childbearing.

project management concept with gantt chart, business schedule on virtual screen of computer

Do flexible working hours stabilize unemployment fluctuations?

Marcin Kolasa (SGH Warsaw School of Economics), Michał Rubaszek (SGH Warsaw School of Economics) and Małgorzata Walerych (Narodowy Bank Polski) add to the debate on the impact of working-time flexibility on unemployment fluctuations.

Marcin Kolasa (SGH Warsaw School of Economics), Michał Rubaszek (SGH Warsaw School of Economics) and Małgorzata Walerych (Narodowy Bank Polski) add to the debate on the impact of working-time flexibility on unemployment fluctuations.

Black male student posing in campus library

The Role of Education

Comparing Healthy Life Years across 16 European countries
To account for the role of education in a country’s health outcomes, Markus Sauerberg of the Vienna Institute of Demography (OeAW) uses Eurostat data to compare Healthy Life Years between 16 European countries by gender and education level.

To account for the role of education in a country’s health outcomes, Markus Sauerberg of the Vienna Institute of Demography (OeAW) uses Eurostat data to compare Healthy Life Years between 16 European countries by gender and education level.

Baby foots and wedding rings in the hands of the mother

Does the birth of a child still prompt marriage?

A comparison of Austria, France, Germany and Hungary
Nicolai Gröpler, Johannes Huinink and Timo Peter (University of Bremen) look at under which conditions the birth of a child actually leads to marriage (or not).

Nicolai Gröpler, Johannes Huinink and Timo Peter (University of Bremen) look at under which conditions the birth of a child actually leads to marriage (or not).