The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) organized a workshop to clarify the goals, techniques, and applications of machine learning methods for population research. The Süßmilch lecture series continues with the topic of machine learning with a visit from Vanessa Didelez on 25 February. More
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11 AM: Jordan D. Klein - Must Whatever Goes up Come Down? Mortality Gradients in the Emergence of COVID-19 Hybrid Format Süßmilch Auditorium 057 and Zoom More
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New research shows a strong correlation between higher levels of female education and lower fertility rates in sub-Saharan Africa. A study by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) and partners finds that educated women are leading the shift towards smaller family sizes, even influencing the decisions of less educated women around them. The study's innovative forecasting model based on education levels provides policymakers with better tools to understand how women's education can shape future population trends and promote sustainable development. More
Dudel, C.; Schneider, D. C.:
How bad could it be? Worst-case bounds on bias in multistate models due to unobserved transitions Sociological Methods and Research 52:4, 1816–1837. (2021)
Klein, J. D.; Weber, I. G.; Zagheni, E.:
Stop, in the name of COVID! Using social media data to estimate the effects of COVID-19-related travel restrictions on migration Demography, 1–19. (2024)
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The Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and the University of Oxford have honored Henrik Schubert, a doctoral student in the Laboratory of Fertility and Well-Being at the MPIDR and the University of Oxford, for his paper “Too many men? Subnational population imbalances and male childlessness in Finland.” More