Vienna Yearbook of Population Research

2003 - 2025

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Volume 21, issue 1, 2023

Population decline: Towards a rational, scientific research agenda pp. 1-11

Zuzanna Brzozowska, Ekaterina Zhelenkova and Stuart Gietel-Basten

Like high cholesterol, population decline is a problem, but not in the way you might think pp. 15-20

Wendy Sigle

The human eco-predicament: Overshoot and the population conundrum pp. 21-39

William E. Rees

Population decline will likely become a global trend and benefit long-term human wellbeing pp. 41-55

Wolfgang Lutz

Depopulation or population decline? Demographic nightmares and imaginaries pp. 57-68

Stuart Gietel-Basten

A governance perspective on East Central Europe’s population predicament: Young exit, grey voice and lopsided loyalty pp. 69-80

Pieter Vanhuysse

Low, but not too low, fertility can represent a positive development pp. 81-92

Vegard Skirbekk

The key role of early education in an ageing and shrinking population: The example of Germany pp. 93-103

Elke Loichinger and C. Katharina Spiess

Implementing youth-oriented policies: A remedy for depopulation in rural regions? pp. 107-147

Martina Schorn

Revisiting the impact of urban shrinkage on residential segregation in European cities pp. 151-178

David Huntington

Immigration and the prospects for long-run population decreases in European countries pp. 181-209

Nick Parr

How much would reduced emigration mitigate ageing in Norway? pp. 211-243

Marianne Tønnessen and Astri Syse

The triple burden of depopulation in Ukraine: examining perceptions of population decline pp. 245-275

Brienna Perelli-Harris and Yuliya Hilevych

Is Spanish depopulation irreversible? Recent demographic and spatial changes in small municipalities pp. 277-309

Fernando Gil-Alonso, Jordi Bayona-i-Carrasco and Isabel Pujadas-Rúbies

Neighbourhood effects and determinants of population changes in Italy: A spatial perspective pp. 311-338

Federico Benassi, Annalisa Busetta, Gerardo Gallo and Manuela Stranges

Demographic sustainability in Italian territories: The link between depopulation and population ageing pp. 339-360

Cecilia Reynaud and Sara Miccoli

Parsimonious stochastic forecasting of international and internal migration on the NUTS-3 level – an outlook of regional depopulation trends in Germany pp. 361-415

Patrizio Vanella, Timon Hellwagner and Philipp Deschermeier

Depopulation in Moldova: The main challenge in the context of extremly high emigration pp. 419-443

Olga Gagauz, Tatiana Tabac and Irina Pahomii

Volume 20, issue 1, 2022

The population aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic in 20 papers: an introduction pp. 1-11

Paola Di Giulio, Anne Goujon and Guillaume Marois

Aspects of a sociology of the pandemic: Inequalities and the life course pp. 15-37

Karl Ulrich Mayer

COVID-19, the Russo-Ukrainian War, the global sustainable development project and post-crises demography pp. 39-81

F. Landis MacKellar

Effects of income inequality on COVID-19 infections and deaths during the first wave of the pandemic: Evidence from European countries pp. 85-106

David A. Sánchez-Páez

Assessing the generational impact of COVID-19 using National Transfer Accounts (NTAs) pp. 107-141

Miguel Sánchez-Romero

The mathematics of the reproduction number R for Covid-19: A primer for demographers pp. 143-166

Luis Rosero-Bixby and Tim Miller

Pitfalls and solutions in case fatality risk estimation – A multi-country analysis on the effects of demographics, surveillance, time lags between case reports and deaths and healthcare system capacity on COVID-19 CFR estimates pp. 167-193

Patrizio Vanella, Christian Wiessner, Anja Holz, Gérard Krause, Annika Möhl, Sarah Wiegel, Berit Lange and Heiko Becher

COVID-19 and relationship quality: Emotional, paid work and organizational spheres pp. 195-221

Daniela Bellani and Daniele Vignoli

Narratives of the future and fertility decision-making in uncertain times. An application to the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 223-260

Raffaele Guetto, Giacomo Bazzani and Daniele Vignoli

Cognitive schemas and fertility motivations in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 261-284

Wendy D. Manning, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Monica A. Longmore and Peggy C. Giordano

Human costs of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the major epicentres in Italy pp. 285-2

Simone Ghislandi, Raya Muttarak, Markus Sauerberg and Benedetta Scotti

Excess mortality and COVID-19 in Sweden in 2020: A demographic account pp. 317-348

Martin Kolk, Sven Drefahl, Matthew Wallace and Gunnar Andersson

Regional COVID-19 mortality in Brazil by age pp. 349-365

Emerson A. Baptista, Bernardo L. Queiroz and Everton E. C. Lima

Are homicides and robberies associated with mortality due to COVID-19? Lessons from Urban Mexico pp. 367-390

Claudia Masferrer and Oscar Rodríguez Chávez

Assessing excess mortality in Vienna and Austria after the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 393-414

Ramon Bauer, Markus Speringer, Peter Frühwirt, Roman Seidl and Franz Trautinger

COVID-19 in Hong Kong: Policies and community actions mitigate the effects of age structure and population density pp. 415-435

Zilin Li, Stuart A. Gietel-Basten, Rachel Ganly and Christian Joy Pattawi Cruz

Rapid changes in birth counts in Brazilian major cities during the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 437-457

Everton C. Lima, Camila F. Soares and José H. C. Monteiro da Silva

Pregnancies and contraceptive use in four African countries during the COVID-19 pandemic pp. 459-476

Andreas Backhaus

Exploring psychological vulnerability and responses to the COVID-19 lockdown in Greece pp. 477-498

Lydia Xourafi, Polyxeni Sardi and Anastasia Kostaki

Why did care home residents face an elevated risk of death from COVID-19? A demographic perspective using data from Belgium and from England and Wales pp. 499-526

Nicole Mun Sim Lai

Comparing the loss of life expectancy at birth during the 2020 and 1918 pandemics in six European countries pp. 527-542

Valentin Rousson, Fred Paccaud and Isabella Locatelli

Volume 19, issue 1, 2021

A demographic perspective on human wellbeing: Concepts, measurement and population heterogeneity pp. 1-11

Sonja Spitzer, Vanessa Di Lego, Angela Greulich and Raya Muttarak

EU and UK targets for healthy life expectancy – are they achievable? pp. 15-21

Carol Jagger

Demography and well-being pp. 23-28

Andrew Clark

Sustainable human wellbeing: What can demography contribute? pp. 29-37

Wolfgang Lutz

WELLBYs, cost-benefit analyses and the Easterlin Discount pp. 39-64

Paul Frijters

Comparing global reports of subjective well-being to experiential measures pp. 67-89

Richard E. Lucas

Anthropometric history and the measurement of wellbeing pp. 91-123

Bernard Harris

Going beyond GDP with a parsimonious indicator: inequality-adjusted healthy lifetime income pp. 127-140

David E. Bloom, Victoria Y. Fan, Vadim Kufenko, Osondu Ogbuoji, Klaus Prettner and Gavin Yamey

Global improvements in Years of Good Life since 1950 pp. 141-167

Erich Striessnig, Claudia Reiter and Anna Dimitrova

Mortality evolution in Algeria: What can we learn about data quality? pp. 169-190

Farid Flici and Nacer-Eddine Hammouda

Gender disparities in health at older ages and their consequences for well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean pp. 191-213

Marília R. Nepomuceno, Vanessa di Lego and Cassio Turra

Gender and socioeconomic inequalities in health and wellbeing across age in France and Switzerland pp. 215-254

Anna Barbuscia and Chiara Comolli

Understanding women’s well-being in Turkey pp. 255-291

Dilek Yıldız, Hilal Arslan and Alanur Çavlin

The age U-shape in Europe: the protective role of partnership pp. 293-318

Andrew Clark, Hippolyte d’Albis and Angela Greulich

Singles in the city: happily ever after? pp. 319-353

Bernhard Riederer, Nina-Sophie Fritsch and Lena Seewann

Fathers’ and mothers’ enjoyment of childcare: the role of multitasking pp. 355-382

Marina Zannella and Alessandra de Rose

Well-being in Europe: decompositions by country and gender for the population aged 50+ pp. 383-415

Claudia Reiter and Sonja Spitzer

The life course and subjective well-being across generations – an analysis based on cross-national surveys (2002–2016) pp. 417-466

Hideko Matsuo and Koen Matthijs

Academic track mismatch and the temporal development of well-being and competences in German secondary education pp. 467-502

Felix Bittmann

Is educational wellbeing associated with grade repetition and school dropout rates among Indian students? Evidence from a panel study pp. 503-543

Paul Ronak and Rashmi

Years of Good Life: An illustration of a new well-being indicator using data for Thailand pp. 547-583

Thananon Buathong, Anna Dimitrova, Paolo Miguel M. Vicerra and Montakarn Chimmamee