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: New study: individual lifespans are becoming more similar

New study: individual lifespans are becoming more similar

The higher the life expectancy in a society, the smaller the difference between the ages at which people will die. An international team of scientists, including researchers from the Population Europe Partners, including the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and the Max-Planck Odense Center on the Biodemography of Aging, has discoverd a novel regularity for vastly different human societies and epochs.
From Age-Flex to Flex-Work

From Age-Flex to Flex-Work

How increasing life expectancy could contribute to gender equality in leadership positions
by James W. Vaupel Everyone talks about our new life courses in view of increasing life expectancy – but what about reconciliation of family and career? In numerous sectors of the economy and other branches of society, many of the leading positions are predominantly occupied by men. This has led to, for example, debates about obligatory quota regulations within the governing boards of listed companies to allow females to break through the so-called “glass ceiling” of gender-specific career paths.
Population Europe Inter-Faces: Katalin Kovács

Population Europe Inter-Faces: Katalin Kovács

An interview with Katalin Kovács (Hungarian Demographic Research Institute) on life expectancy. Questions: 1. The media often report that men die earlier than women, and non-affluent people sooner than those who are wealthy, is this really true? 2. Comparing the impact of gender and education on mortality, which is stronger? 3. Are these patterns similar everywhere in Europe, or is the situation different in post-socialist central and eastern European countries?

The Science and Conditions of Ageing

On 9th December 2014, the Nobel Week Dialogue was held in Stockholm. Representatives from politics, society and the scientific community – among them many Nobel Laureates – came together to engage in dialogue on aging society. MPIDR-Director Jim Vaupel took an active part in the discussions. The theme of the third Nobel Week Dialogue was "The Age to Come - New scientific and cultural perspectives on ageing". Watch all the speeches here. MPIDR-Director James W. Vaupel gave a talk on the demographic consequences of an aging society, his presentation starts at 13:30.
L’espérance de vie est en augmentation – mais de combien exactement ?

L’espérance de vie est en augmentation – mais de combien exactement ?

Une nouvelle méthodologie de projection du taux de mortalité qui prend en compte l’épidémiologie du tabagisme
Fumer est incontestablement l’un des facteurs de mortalité les plus importants dans les pays européens. Toutefois, l’impact du tabagisme (différent pour les hommes et les femmes, selon les générations et les pays) est difficile à appréhender par les méthodes conventionnelles de projection de la mortalité. Les chercheurs Fanny Janssen, Leo van Wissen et Anton Kunst présentent une nouvelle méthodologie prenant en compte la nature non-linéaire et complexe de l’épidémiologie du tabagisme.
L’espérance de vie est en augmentation – mais de combien exactement ?

La esperanza de vida está aumentando, pero ¿Cuánto exactamente?

Efectos de una nueva metodología de proyección de la mortalidad que considera el consumo de tabaco
El consumo del tabaco es sin duda uno de los factores determinantes en los niveles y tendencias de mortalidad en los países europeos. Sin embargo, su impacto, diferente entre hombres y mujeres de diferentes generaciones y países, resulta difícil de medir a través de los métodos de proyección de mortalidad convencionales. Los investigadores neerlandeses Fanny Janssen, Leo van Wissen y Anton Kunst presentan una nueva metodología que considera la naturaleza no lineal y compleja de la epidemia del consumo de tabaco.
L’espérance de vie est en augmentation – mais de combien exactement ?

Life Expectancy Is Increasing - But By How Much Exactly?

A new mortality projection methodology takes the smoking epidemic into account
Smoking is undoubtedly one of the most important determinants of mortality levels and trends in European countries. However, its impact - different for men and women, across generations and countries - can hardly be captured by conventional mortality projection methods. The Dutch researchers Fanny Janssen, Leo van Wissen, and Anton Kunst now present a new methodology accounting for the smoking epidemic’s non-linear and complex nature.
L’espérance de vie est en augmentation – mais de combien exactement ?

Die Lebenserwartung steigt – aber um wie viel genau?

Neue Methode für Mortalitätsprognosen berücksichtigt die Tabakepidemie
Rauchen ist zweifellos eine der wichtigsten Determinanten der Mortalitätsraten und -trends in den europäischen Staaten. Doch dessen Einfluss – unterschiedlich bei Männern und Frauen, sowie nach Generationen und Ländern – lässt sich durch die herkömmlichen Methoden für Mortalitätsprognosen kaum fassen. Die niederländischen Forscher Fanny Janssen, Leo van Wissen und Anton Kunst stellen jetzt ein neues Verfahren vor, das der nicht-linearen und komplexen Natur der Tabakepidemie Rechnung trägt.
Books and Reports: The Demography Of Europe

The Demography Of Europe

Abstract And Download Details
This book, edited by Gerda Neyer, Gunnar Andersson, Hill Kulu, Laura Bernardi, and Christoph Bühler, brings together leading population researchers in the area of fertility, family, migration, life-expectancy, and mortality. The contributions present key issues of the new demography of Europe and discuss key research advances to understand the continent’s demographic development at the turn of the 21st century.
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