If you were worried about your teenager failing a year of school and having to redo it - look on the bright side: This study asses that he/she stands to gain about one extra life-year due to the additional year of education. Is this in-fact a pathway to immortality?😝

BREAKING NEWS: The 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded with one half to David Card and the other half jointly to Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens. #NobelPrize

A great summary of our research on social inequalities in survival to and after retirement and accuracy of life expectancy forecast in 🇩🇰 Who has lower survival to retirement? Is Denmark under-predicting their future life expectancy? Check it out (EN): en.rockwoolfonden.dk/publications/c…

#Europe has a low-fertility problem. So why does it tax its own reproduction? In The Royal Society OS, Gal, Medgyesi & I give new theory & evidence: the invisible transfer cost of rearing children (a public good) is very high & #unequally distributed. Thread: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Enacting early COVID-19 restrictions as voluntary, rather than enforcing them as mandatory, resulted in lower reductions to daily mobility for Swedes in spring '20🏃‍♀️. Lacking credible infection-data, excess mortality best shows the consequences: 4500 additional deaths in excess

New MSc. in Population Studies in Odense 🇩🇰 CPop SDU is delighted to design and launch this program 🎉 ⏰ Starting in Fall 2024 Welcoming 🇩🇰 and 🌐 students! Possibility for accommodation and education grant (for🇪🇺). Learn more👇 sdu.dk/en/uddannelse/…

We are honouring Prof Dennis C. Spies who passed away 3 years ago on 19 June 2021. Just 40 years of age and an educational riser, he had just become the Heisenberg Chair of Political Economy Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf PRUF Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies Uni Duisburg-Essen @unidue.bsky.social Institut für Politikwissenschaft achimgoerres.de/eulogy-for-pro… 1/2

Despite lockdowns globally, documenting effects is tricky. Here I analyse a rare natural policy experiment: 😷 Two weeks of strict lockdowns were able to reduce infections by about 31%🦠⬇️ Know why we shouldn't estimate the effects of just any lockdown? nature.com/articles/s4159…

Join us for an online information meeting about our MSc. in Population Studies! We will talk about the programme structure, entry requirements, student life in Denmark and much more! When: 12 November, 14:00 (CET) Register and learn more here: sdu.dk/en/uddannelse/…

Why are birth rates plummeting in the 21st century? Pioneering sociologist and welfare scholar Gøsta Esping-Andersen sheds light on #fertility trends next week at DIAS - join us! 🗓️ 4 Dec. 11.15-12.15 📍DIAS Auditorium, Syddansk Universitet ✔️Open event Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social CPop SDU

DaWS professor Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social & CPop SDU researcher Florian @florianege.bsky.social host Goesta Esping-Andersen in their Political Demography MA course today at 9h15 U74: '#family #demography today: the stratified return of households'