Vegard Skirbekk
@VSkirbekk
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@vegardskirbekk.bsky.social Professor Columbia & Oslo - PI @theCEFH. Demography, Fertility, Aging, Cognition, Productivity, Religion. Interdisciplinarity.
Joined October 2020
My book, "Decline and Prosper!", presents an accessible, comprehensive and evidence-based overview of the causes and consequences of global fertility decline. It argues that continued low fertility is likely inevitable – but comes along with many benefits
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RT @UNICEFEval: 🌍📄 Every Child Counts: Advancing Birth Registration for All 📄🌍.On this African Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Day,….
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RT @MartinKolk: Sweden reached near gender parity in employment in the late 1980s, and if anything, the gender gap has increased since then….
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Interesting essay from the Boston Review Winter 2025 issue:. The Parenting Panic -- which feature a discussion of my book 'Decline and Prosper'.
bostonreview.net
Contrary to both far right and mainstream center-left, there’s no epidemic of chosen childlessness.
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New study:. Health-adjusted dependency ratios in Asia-Pacific (1990-2021) show lower aging burdens in older populations. Policymakers must factor in health to understand which countries that will face greater demographic aging challenges.
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Traditional dependency ratios typically define dependency based on a fixed age cutoff, which may not accurately reflect the true burden of an aging population.
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New study: . Health-adjusted dependency ratios in Asia-Pacific (1990-2021) show lower aging burdens in older populations. Policymakers must factor in health to understand which countries that will face greater demographic aging challenges.
adb.org
Traditional dependency ratios typically define dependency based on a fixed age cutoff, which may not accurately reflect the true burden of an aging population.
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RT @NickP1963: In contrast to national and global trends, the Total Fertility Rate for Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wo….
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Genetic Contributions of the Childless. Childless adults aren’t excluded from genetic legacy. Using population-wide multigenerational data, we show they pass on genes via extended family—siblings, nieces/nephews, and cousins’ children.
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The Overlooked Legacy: Genetic Contributions of the Childless - Volume 28 Issue 3
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From Yuan Xin - China can cope with demographic 'new normal' -
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The decline in the proportion who are partnered has had a negative contribution to fertility levels in Australia.
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Journal of Population Research - Most children are born to cohabiting or married parents and being in a relationship is largely seen as a pre-requisite to childbearing. As such, the overall...
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RT @Oli_Shannon: 🔔 Come and join out team 🔔 . We're looking to hire a post-doc (full time 29 month position) for an exciting new project fu….
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New publication:. The transition to adulthood is occurring later, despite the fact that puberty now begins earlier than in the past.
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RT @TothGCsaba: Life expectancy at age 20 for Hungarian men finally surpassed the 1960 level in the past decade—after a recovery that took….
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RT @conradhackett: Total number of children that US women aged 20-24 plan to have.2002: 2.4 children.2012: 2.3 children.2023: 1.5 children….
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RT @Arun_balachandr: Thanks @ColumbiaMSPH for this reference to our new work. A newly refined method for measuring the Pace of Aging in pop….
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RT @BBCWorld: Denmark to raise retirement age to highest in Europe
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From 2040, Danish people born after 31 December 1970 will be eligible to retire at 70 years old.
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RT @AndersFjell: Very nice in @pnas - people who slept closer to their own culture's norms for sleep duration had better overall health. Sl….
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Past research finds that sleep duration is reliably linked with health yet sleep durations differ substantially between countries. We investigated ...
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RT @TothGCsaba: Malta is losing its women. In just 10 years, the number of women per 100 men plunged from 100 to 89 — a unique demographic….
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Indian low fertility state of Sikkim to conduct free infertility health camp to boost population growth.
telegraphindia.com
Initiative aims to raise awareness about infertility issues, offer medical consultations and provide guidance on treatment options to couples facing conception challenges
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