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IUSSP @IUSSP

International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)

Joined November 2010
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IUSSP@IUSSP
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N-IUSSP: Slow growth  of the U.S. unauthorized foreign-born population during the 2010s niussp.org/migration-and-for… #poptwitter #demography

Slow growth  of the U.S. unauthorized foreign-born population during the 2010s - N-IUSSP

Despite a  large number of unauthorized immigrants entering the United States across the U.S.-Mexico border, the size of the undocumented foreign-born population remained almost constant at around 11...

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Human Mortality Database@HMDatabase
30 Jan 2025
📢#poptwitter Interested in investigating the drivers and obstacles to longevity progress, pre- and post-COVID ❓ Submit your abstract for the 7th HMD Symposium by March 30, 2025 More details ⬇️ mortality.org/File/GetDocume… 📅 9-10 October 2025 📍 @INEDEng , Aubervilliers, France
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IUSSP@IUSSP
30 Jan 2025
Early bird 🐤 registrations for IPC 2025 now open! Join us at the International Population Conference in Brisbane, Australia, 13-18 July 2025, and elevate your professional expertise. Plan your visit to Australia this year! createsend.com/t/y-2C3ADA548… #demography #IPC2025
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IUSSP@IUSSP
27 Jan 2025
N-IUSSP: Concentration of reproduction in developing countries  niussp.org/fertility-and-rep… @poptwitter @demography

Concentration of reproduction in developing countries  - N-IUSSP

Thomas Spoorenberg* updates earlier studies on the increased concentration of reproduction as fertility declines, a trend that is now also apparent in developing countries. When discussing population...

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IUSSP@IUSSP
20 Jan 2025
N-IUSSP: How will two billion more people affect food, water, energy, and CO2? niussp.org/environment-and-d… IUSSP is also on bluesky (@iussp.bsky.social) #poptwitter #demography

How will two billion more people affect food, water, energy, and CO2? - N-IUSSP

David Lam looks at the resource impact of the projected 2.1 billion increase in world population by 2084. He concludes that population change will increase demand for food and water, ... Read more

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IUSSP@IUSSP
13 Jan 2025
N-IUSSP: America’s single-parent households and missing fathers  niussp.org/family-and-househ… #poptwitter #demography

America’s single-parent households and missing fathers  - N-IUSSP

America leads the world in single-parent household rates, with the large majority of those households missing a father. Despite the public’s recognition of the importance of two-parent households for...

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16 Dec 2024
N-IUSSP: Fertility transitions in the Global South: do preferences matter? niussp.org/fertility-and-rep… #poptwitter #demography

Fertility transitions in the Global South: do preferences matter? - N-IUSSP

Fertility transitions in low- and middle-income countries are driven by changes in both preferences for smaller families and their implementation. Claims of an overwhelming dominance of either...

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11 Dec 2024
N-IUSSP: Child care in America niussp.org/family-and-househ… #poptwitter #demography
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2 Dec 2024
N-IUSSP: Stagnating mortality convergence across European regions in recent years niussp.org/health-and-mortal… #poptwitter #demography

Stagnating mortality convergence across European regions in recent years - N-IUSSP

While mortality is low in Europe, progress is slowing down and regional convergence, once notable, may have come to a halt. Markus Sauerberg, Florian Bonnet, Carlo-Giovanni Camarda, and Pavel...

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25 Nov 2024
N-IUSSP: Infant mortality after an unintended birth niussp.org/health-and-mortal… #poptwitter #demography

Infant mortality after an unintended birth - N-IUSSP

There is a longstanding interest in understanding whether children born following unplanned pregnancy could be at higher risk of negative health outcomes, including early life mortality. Using...

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Population Research Centre@PopResGroningen
19 Nov 2024
Hinke Haisma, Louise Meijering & Adrien Remund won @DemographieLLN's Demog-crazy award for a humorous, thought-provoking #PopStudies article. They address Ron Lee's doughnut critique 🍩of Demography, proposing the Dutch oliebol as an optimistic new metaphor. Here’s their speech.
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IUSSP@IUSSP
19 Nov 2024
N-IUSSP: Family planning and children’s development in urban Malawi (2016-2018) niussp.org/family-and-househ… #poptwitter #demography

Family planning and children’s development in urban Malawi (2016-2018) - N-IUSSP

In Malawi, in a trial carried out between 2016 and 2018, children grew taller and exhibited more rapid cognitive development when their mothers’ access to family planning and reproductive health ......

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IUSSP@IUSSP
7 Nov 2024
Call for Nominations linkedin.com/pulse/call-nomi… via @LinkedIn

Call for Nominations

2025 IUSSP-Mattei Dogan Foundation Award for Comparative Research in Demography Deadline for Nominations: 2 December 2024 This award honours a scientist of high international renown for the contrib...

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IUSSP@IUSSP
4 Nov 2024
N-IUSSP: Education and the timing of family formation: a quantile regression analysis niussp.org/family-and-househ… #poptwitter #demography

Education and the timing of family formation: a quantile regression analysis - N-IUSSP

Early union formation and motherhood are frequently observed in low- and middle-income countries, where heterogeneity in the timing of family formation is also high. Using Demographic and Health...

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IUSSP@IUSSP
29 Oct 2024
On the move. The new reality for China's migrant children niussp.org/migration-and-for…

On the move. The new reality for China's migrant children - N-IUSSP

Massive internal migration in China has transformed the landscape of childhood for millions. Analyzing census data from 2000 to 2020, Mengyao Cheng, Yu Chen, Lidan Lyu, and Yu Bai find ... Read more

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IUSSP@IUSSP
21 Oct 2024
N-IUSSP: Introducing child benefits in pension systems: rationale, pros and cons niussp.org/education-work-ec… #poptwitter #demography

Introducing child benefits in pension systems: rationale, pros and cons - N-IUSSP

Child benefits are never explicitly included in pension systems, although mothers often receive other forms of compensation, such as provisions for earlier retirement or higher pensions. There are...

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IUSSP@IUSSP
14 Oct 2024
N-IUSSP: Threshold ages and automatic adjustment mechanisms  in PAYGO pension systems niussp.org/education-work-ec… #poptwitter #demography

Threshold ages and automatic adjustment mechanisms  in PAYGO pension systems - N-IUSSP

Pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) pension systems are problematic: commitments are meant to be long term, but reality changes rapidly, which forces a frequent revision of rules. Gustavo De Santis suggests an...

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IUSSP@IUSSP
7 Oct 2024
N-IUSSP: Unilateral divorce legislation supported the rise in educational homogamy in the US niussp.org/family-and-househ… #poptwitter #demography

Unilateral divorce legislation supported the rise in educational homogamy in the US - N-IUSSP

The introduction of unilateral divorce legislation in the US in the 1970s and 1980s, which led to spikes in divorce rates, coincided with rising educational assortative matching into marriage....

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IUSSP@IUSSP
2 Oct 2024
Building gender, climate and environment sustainability - IPC 2025 - Brisbane, Australia - 13-18 July 2025 createsend.com/t/t-594AA912B… #poptwitter #demography
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IUSSP@IUSSP
30 Sep 2024
N-IUSSP: A quarter of a century of euthanasia and assisted suicides niussp.org/health-and-mortal… #poptwitter #demography

A quarter of a century of euthanasia and assisted suicides - N-IUSSP

Statistics on euthanasia and assisted suicides are rarely available, in part because very few countries have legalized this form of end of life, and usually only in recent or very ... Read more

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