Latest Publications

The latest issue, focusing on the different aspects of human wellbeing from a specifically demographic perspective, is out now!

In this paper Brian M. Buh first reviews issues surrounding the conceptualisation and existing measures of employment uncertainty. It then reviews existing measure of employment uncertainty in the context of fertility decisions. Finally, it raises considerations about their use while suggesting directions for further study.

High-level expert meeting and book launch around Wolfgang Lutz's new book 'Advanced Introduction to Demography'.

A.L. Abeliansky and K. Prettner analysed in this paper the effects of declining population growth on automation. Theoretical considerations imply that countries with lower population growth introduce automation technologies faster than those with higher population growth. They tested the theoretical implication on panel data for 60 countries over the time span 1993-2013.

M. Muszynska and M. Luy proposing a new summary measure of population health (SMPH) called well-being-adjusted healthy life expectancy (WAHE).