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The COVID-19 pandemic posed a major threat to the well-being of older Europeans. This multidisciplinary book addresses all the important policy-related issues. [Axel Börsch-Supan , Anita [...]

Between 1 January 2021 and 1 January 2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU’s population decreased by 265 257 people, due to natural population changes (more deaths than births), as net [...]

The study shows how various measures of partnership quality develop over time and whether trends differ by respondent’s sex and education. [Martin Kreidl and Barbora Hubatková – Demographic [...]

Conversation orientation was positively associated with information sharing and scientific discussion. The effects of scientific discussions were stronger for older parents than for adult [...]

Children exposed to COVID-19 pandemic in Japan are behind 4 months in development at age 5. [Koryu Sato, Taiyo Fukai, Keiko K. Fujisawa et all – JAMA Pediatrics, 10 July 2023.] READ MORE

The recent pandemic demonstrated the critical contribution of social services to the resilience of European societies. [Miguel Buitrago, Renaud Scheuer, Angela Corbi, Nina Kozlowitz, Thomas [...]

The chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography stressed the need for the government to fulfill its commitments and responsibilities, regardless of the lifting of the state of [...]

Nevertheless, these pandemic babies were very similar to babies born before the pandemic in other areas, like behaviour and development. [Susan Byrne and Jonathan Hourihane – The [...]

Child poverty increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. Left unaddressed, this would not only affect individuals’ life prospects and well-being but also have long-term economic [...]

COVID-19 pandemic will further inhibit residents’ intention to have a third child by affecting their childcare arrangements, increasing their childcare costs, and increasing their exposure [...]