News: Maria Ioannis Baganha Dissertation Award 2019

Maria Ioannis Baganha Dissertation Award 2019

IMISCOE has opened nominations for its 2019 Maria Ioannis Baganha Dissertation Award. The Network has awarded this prize annually since 2010 to stimulate and recognise excellent PhD research in the field of migration, integration and social cohesion in Europe. The 2019 competition is open to all PhD recipients whose dissertations were defended within the 24-month period before the deadline for submission of 15 January 2019.
Books and Reports: Levels and Trends in Child Mortality Report 2018

Levels and Trends in Child Mortality Report 2018

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A new study by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation released on 18 September 2018 reveals that the world has made considerable progress in reducing child mortality since 1990. The under-five morality rate has declined by 58 per cent since 1990, and the number of under-five deaths dropped from 12.6 million in 1990 to 5.4 million in 2017.   Key findings:  The remarkable progress in improving child survival since 1990.
Women Are More Likely to Reach Extreme Ages – but Men Will Catch Up

Women Are More Likely to Reach Extreme Ages – but Men Will Catch Up

More and more people are living until the ages of 100 or 105, becoming so-called centenarians or semi-supercentenarians. Women are far more likely than men to reach this old age, but according to a new study by Graziella Caselli, Marco Battaglini and Giorgia Capacci, the age gap is likely to grow smaller in the following decades.
Discussion Paper No. 9: Ageing Workforce, Social Cohesion and Sustainable Development

Discussion Paper No. 9: Ageing Workforce, Social Cohesion and Sustainable Development

Political Challenges within the Baltic Sea Region
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The analyses presented in the Discussion Paper ‘Ageing Workforce, Social Cohesion and Sustainable Development’ are a result of thorough scientific evidence and discussions among experts from research, policy and societal organisations from eleven Baltic Sea States. Results suggest, for instance, that regional and national policies aimed at creating sustainable ageing societies should better support small and medium-sized enterprises in adapting to new characteristics of the working force.
Parents Tend to Live Longer than Childless Individuals – Why is That?

Parents Tend to Live Longer than Childless Individuals – Why is That?

Childless men and women have an overall higher mortality than adults with children, meaning that they die earlier, recent studies show. Mothers and fathers with two biological children have the lowest mortality risks, but it increases for parents with three or more biological children. What are the explanations for the relationship between having children and mortality risks?
News: Kieron Barclay Appointed as Pro Futura Scientia XIV Fellow
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Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe

Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe

SHARE, the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, is a multidisciplinary longitudinal survey for the study of the social, economic and health situation of people aged 50 and older in Europe. In 2004, SHARE started collecting representative data of the generation 50+ in eleven countries. Today, data from 27 European countries and Israel is available. SHARE has collected data from 140,000 respondents in 380,000 interviews.
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