The relevance of demographic change for present economic and societal dynamics cannot be ignored.
Low fertility and population ageing have emerged in developed countries, while high fertility, high population growth and health threats, largely intertwined with poverty, continue to affect population dynamics and economic development in developing countries. Migration connects the North and South of the world in an important way. This course provides a graduate-level introduction to the study of
01/10/2021
October 7 Webinar - Centre for Research on Pandemics & Society (PANSOC) Contact [email protected] if you need a link to Thursday’s webinar. Guido Alfani, Bocconi University, will present: “Unravelling the Mysteries of Seventeenth-Century Plagues: The Contribution of Micro-Demographic Approaches” Of all the major pandemics of the past, those which have been cause...
20/01/2021
Ai programmi di PhD in Bocconi ogni anno vengono ammessi circa 50 nuovi iscritti, su un totale di oltre 700 domande. Chi sono, cosa studiano oggi e come ha influito sulla loro carriera l'esperienza della Scuola di Dottorato della Bocconi? Leggi le interviste di dieci ex studenti 👉 http://bit.ly/3qoFz0m
04/01/2021
South Korea's population falls for first time in its history Ageing population and low birth rate create demographic tipping point in Asia’s fourth-largest economy
28/11/2020
Climate ‘apocalypse’ fears stopping people having children – study Survey of 600 people finds some parents regret having offspring for same reason
23/11/2020
Political instability and birth outcomes: Evidence from the 1981 military coup in Spain We study the effect of exposure to political instability in‐utero on health at birth. We exploit the coup d’état that took place in Spain on February 23, 1981. Although short‐lived and unsuccessful, ...
11/09/2020
No one who has experienced food poverty would stand by and let it spread like this | Jack Monroe Those pushing for a no-deal Brexit should try to feed two people for a tenner a week as I did, says the campaigner and writer Jack Monroe
07/09/2020
Why Covid school closures are making girls marry early The pandemic’s impact is long-term: the UN warns that it could lead to 13 million more child marriages over a decade
24/07/2020
Very proud of our two former Population Dynamics students, Nicolò Cavalli and Samuel Sam Plach, who did a great job in getting this paper published in Science (just out today). Nicolò has just completed his PhD in Oxford and joining Bocconi as Assistant Professor in September, whereas Samuel is working at the Dondena center for a year before going for the PhD.
The COVID-19 pandemic and human fertility The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will have consequences for human populations. Worldwide, mortality levels are certainly affected. The worst-hit northern Italian provinces recorded losses of period life expectancy of 2 to 3.5 years for men and 1.1. to 2.5 years for women, the largest...