The latest issue of the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research contains chapters derived from the EUfunded AGENTA project, which uses and extends the methods of the National Transfer Accounts (NTA) project to shed light on the ways in which the families and governments of Europe draw on the earnings of the working-age population to support both children and the elderly. Before turning to the fascinating studies included in this Yearbook, we will provide some context regarding support systems,...

Marc Luy et al. on the sensitivity of life expectancy to sudden changes and call for caution against making premature conclusions.

Rural-urban differences in the realization of fertility intentions with longitudinal data from 11 European countries.

Bloom, D.E., Kuhn, M. and Prettner, K.

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance

2019

Frankovic, I., Kuhn, M.

The Journal of the Economics of Ageing

2019

Chen, S., Kuhn, M., Prettner, K., Bloom, D.E.

PlosOne

2018

De Mulder, W., Rengs, B., Mohlenberghs, G., Fent, T. & Verbeke G.

Taylor&Francis online, Journal of Simulation

2018

Sanchez-Romero, M., Ediev, D., Feichtinger, G. and Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, A.

Demographic Research

2017

Sanchez-Romero M. Prskawetz A

The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Science Direct

2017

Understanding child-related costs is crucial given their impact on fertility and labour supply decisions. We quantify and compare the cost of children in Europe by analysing the effect of child births on parents’ self-reported ability to make ends meet. This study is based on EU-SILC longitudinal data for 30 European countries from 2004 to 2015, enabling comparisons between country groups of different welfare regimes.