George C Alter
George C Alter
In historical populations, death rates for females often exceeded those of males in reproductive ages. However, childbirth-related deaths were not the only cause of excess mortality among adult women. This study expands on work by Schofield...
Unemployment, return migration, and immigrant mortality: The case of the Great Recession in Spain [0.03%]
失业、回迁与移民死亡率：西班牙“大衰退”的一个例子
Néstor Aldea
Néstor Aldea
This paper aims to assess the effect of the Great Recession on population-level immigrant mortality in Spain, highlighting the mediating effects of migration flows that shape the composition of immigrant populations. To investigate this, I ...
Cohort fertility differences between men and women in a developed population: Evidence from Spain [0.03%]
发达人口中男性和女性的队列生育差异——来自西班牙的证据
Miguel Requena,David S Reher
Miguel Requena
Despite its significance, men's fertility has been largely overlooked in demographic research. This study seeks to address this gap by conducting a systematic comparative analysis of men's and women's fertility using data from the Spanish E...
Shifting the reproductive window: The contribution of ART and egg donation to fertility rates in the UK [0.03%]
生殖窗口的转移：英国辅助生育和捐卵对生育率的贡献
Luzia Bruckamp,Ester Lazzari
Luzia Bruckamp
Delayed childbearing in advanced economies has increased reliance on assisted reproductive technologies (ART). Yet, how ART and especially donor egg treatments contribute to population-level fertility rates remains under-studied. Analysing ...
Fertility, birth, reproduction: Connecting formal demographic frameworks [0.03%]
生育、出生和繁殖：正式人口学框架的联系与发展
Annette Baudisch,Antonino Polizzi
Annette Baudisch
The conventional framework of fertility research conceptualizes childbirth from the mother's perspective. From her perspective, birth is an uncertain and potentially recurring event. In contrast, the Born once, die once (B1D1) framework con...
Child trafficking from south-west to south-east China: An investigation of Fujian Province as a final destination [0.03%]
中国西南至东南地区儿童贩卖现象——以福建作为最终目的地的案例调查研究
Annan Jin,Gang Li,Shuyan Xue et al.
Annan Jin et al.
Fujian Province has been confirmed by several studies as one of China's hotspot destinations for child trafficking, making it a typical region for understanding the characteristics, routes, and causes of child trafficking. This study explor...
Francesca Luppi,Daniela Bellani,Alessandro Rosina
Francesca Luppi
In examining Italy's low fertility, recent studies have emphasized the role played by socio-economic factors, uncertainty, and the welfare state. Meanwhile, emerging research is highlighting a potential downward revision of fertility ideals...
Trend breaks in life expectancy in the United States over 120 years and potential sources of future gains [0.03%]
美国120年来预期寿命变化及其未来增长的潜在来源
Jiaxin Shi,Jason M Fletcher
Jiaxin Shi
Research indicates a significant slowdown in life expectancy growth in the United States (US) post 2010, marking a departure from the consistent progress in longevity throughout the twentieth century. We extend this understanding, tracing t...
Health in early adulthood and fertility: A study based on the 1958 British cohort [0.03%]
成人早期的健康状况与生育能力——基于1958年英国世代人的研究
Eleonora Trappolini,Alyce Raybould,Giammarco Alderotti
Eleonora Trappolini
Health is rarely used as an explanatory variable in fertility studies in high-income contexts, unlike in low-income settings. Using the 1958 National Child Development Study, we explore how self-rated health (SRH) and body mass index (BMI) ...
Too many men? Subnational population imbalances and men's childlessness in Finland [0.03%]
男人太多？芬兰地方人口失衡与男性不育问题
Henrik-Alexander Schubert,Christian Dudel
Henrik-Alexander Schubert
Men's childlessness is increasing in many high-income countries. In Finland, 29 per cent of all men aged 45 were childless in 2022. The cause of these high levels of childlessness is unclear. In this paper, we use rich Finnish population re...