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Invitation: European Day of DemographyGenerational Issues: On the Past and Future of Demography

Join us for an online panel discussion on the occasion of the European Day of Demography, on Tuesday, 4 February 2025. This event is organized by Population Europe and the BiB, in collaboration with the European Commission.

Focus themes and articles

Press Release Opportunities and challenges: Focus on migrant mothers

A new BiB-Study makes it clear that immigrant mothers support their children more in school matters if the children have a German passport. more : Opportunities and challenges: Focus on migrant mothers …

Press release Protection seekers from Ukraine: making better use of potential for the German labour market

New data from the Federal Institute for Population Research show a further increase in the employment rate among Ukrainian refugees. This has almost doubled from 16 per cent in summer 2022 to 30 per cent in spring 2024. more : Protection seekers from Ukraine: making better use of potential for the German labour market …

Global migration flows (2015-2020) (refer to: Global migration flows)
Global migration flows (2015-2020) (refer to: Global migration flows)
Journal “Comparative Population Studies” (refer to: Comparative Population Studies)
Journal “Comparative Population Studies” (refer to: Comparative Population Studies)
BiB Population Research Series (refer to: BiB Population Research Series)
BiB Population Research Series (refer to: BiB Population Research Series)

Publications

Stewart, Kitty; Gambaro, Ludovica; Reader, Mary (2024): 

Levelling down? Understanding the decline of the maintained nursery sector in England.

British Educational Research Journal (online first).

Huebener, Mathias; Jessen, Jonas; Kuehnle, Daniel; Oberfichtner, Michael (2024): 

Parental Leave, Worker Substitutability, and Firms' Employment.

The Economic Journal, ueae114.

Mühlichen, Michael; Cilek, Laura Ann (2024): 

What was killing babies in Rostock? An investigation of infant mortality using individual-level cause-of-death data, 1800–1904.

Historical Life Course Studies 14: 16–40.

Bujard, Martin (2024): 

Rushhour des Lebens: Familien- und Erwerbsarbeit im Lebensverlauf.

Statistisches Bundesamt; Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung; Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (Eds.) Sozialbericht 2024. Ein Datenreport für Deutschland. Reihe Zeitbilder. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung: 172–177.

Sauerberg, Markus; Bonnet, Florian; Camarda, Carlo-Giovanni; Grigoriev, Pavel (2024): 

Mortality convergence in Europe? Spatial differences in life expectancy gains between 1995 and 2019.

Population and Development Review 50(4): 1401–1427.

Surveys and Data of the BiB

FReDA - The German Family Demography Panel Study

“FReDA – The German Family Demography Panel Study” is a data collection infrastructure that integrates both, the German “Generations and Gender Survey” (GGS) as well as the German Family Panel (pairfam).

Generations and Gender Survey (GGS)

The Generations and Gender Survey collects data on family demographics, including relationships between parents and children (Generations) and relationships between women and men in partnerships (Gender). The new GGS-II data collection round has been running since 2020.

German Emigration and Remigration Panel Study (GERPS)

In at least four survey waves, the study examines the individual consequences of international mobility for German nationals. The first survey was conducted from November 2018 to February 2019.

Transitions and Old Age Potential (TOP)

Two waves were conducted in 2013 and 2016. A third wave was conducted in 2019. This survey focuses on retirement transitions and the potential of older adults on the labour market, in civil society and in the family.

Familienleitbilder (FLB) – Concepts of Family in Germany

This survey was conducted in two waves: 2012 and 2016. The questionnaire focuses on the issues of relationship, family, children, parenthood and personal life circumstances.

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