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Gender differences in social mortality differentials in Switzerland (1990-2005)
Schumacher, Reto; Vilpert, Sarah - In: Demographic Research 25 (2011) 8, pp. 285-310
Using data from the 1990 and 2000 Swiss Federal Censuses linked to the death records of the years 1990-1995 and 2000-2005, this paper investigates gender differences in mortality differentials by level of educational achievement and by marital status. In both periods, the differential by level...
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To what extent do rising mortality inequalities by education and marital status attenuate the general mortality decline? The case of Finland in 1971-2030
Shkolnikov, Vladimir M.; Andreev, Evgueni M.; Jdanov, … - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2009
This study examines the relationship between growing inequality within the population, and the general mortality decline in Finland after 1971. The general mortality trend is considered as a simultaneous shift of population groups toward lower mortality over time, with the group-specific...
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Trends in geographical mortality differentials in India
Saikia, Nandita; Jasilionis, Domantas; Ram, Faujdar; … - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2009
This study examines the variation in mortality and mortality trends among different regions in India since the 1970s using data from the Sample Registration System (SRS). Evaluation of the SRS data quality confirms reliability for children and adults under the age of 60 years. Analysis of...
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Changes in educational differentials in old-age mortality in Finland and Sweden between 1971-1975 and 1996-2000
Zarulli, Virginia; Jasilionis, Domantas; Jdanov, Dmitri A. - In: Demographic Research 26 (2012) 19, pp. 489-510
The majority of the studies on developed countries confirm that socioeconomic mortality inequalities have been persisting or even widening. It has also been suggested that inequalities have been becoming increasingly important for old ages. The vast majority of the findings on mortality...
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Mortality by marital status in a rapidly changing society: Evidence from the Czech Republic
Pechholdová, Markéta; amanová, Gabriela Å - In: Demographic Research 29 (2013) 12, pp. 307-322
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Parental benefits improve parental well-being: evidence from a 2007 policy change in Germany
Myrskylä, Mikko; Margolis, Rachel - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2013
Germany is generally considered unsuccessful because changes in fertility and labor force participation were modest. However …
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Economic stress or random variation? Revisiting german reunification as a natural experiment to investigate the effect of economic contraction on sex ratios at birth
Schnettler, Sebastian; Klüsener, Sebastian - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2013
interesting test case. The economy in East Germany, but not in West Germany, underwent a rapid decline in 1991. In the same year …, the sex ratio decreased in East Germany, but not in West Germany. Catalano (2003) interpreted these developments as … ESH. First, the sex ratio in East Germany shows stronger deviations from the time trend in several years, and is seemingly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851045
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Normative and allocation role strain: role incompatibility, outsourcing, and the transition to a second birth in Eastern and Western Germany
Raz-Yurovich, Liat - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2012
in the two different institutional and normative contexts of Eastern and Western Germany. Using the German Socio … a second birth in Germany, due to the decline in allocation role strain. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851048
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Geschlechtsspezifische Arbeitsmarktsegregation und Geburtenverhalten: neue Befunde auf Basis der „Biografiedaten ausgewählter Sozialversicherungsträger in Deutschland“ (BASiD)...
Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Vatterrott, Anja - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2013
This paper uses recently available data from linked pension and employment registers for Germany, which contain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010851051
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Reproductive behavior of landless agricultural workers, small farmers, and the economic elite in the historical Krummhörn region [East Frisia, Germany, 1720-1870]
Willführ, Kai P.; Störmer, Charlotte - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2013
The historical population of the Krummhörn region [1720-1850] in the northwest of Germany can be characterized as a non …
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