Maxi Kniffka vom Max-Planck-Institut für demografische Forschung spricht im neuen „Ach, Mensch“- Podcast darüber, wie sich Klinikschließungen, Fachkräftemangel und die Krankenhausreform auf die Geburt...

Decades of German data suggest that strong environmental concerns generally did not delay or deter parenthood, while such worries tended to fade with age among parents and non-parents alike. Whether today’s youngest generations, growing up with climate change as a constant reality, will follow the same pattern remains an open question.

Estimating kinship networks is a data-intensive undertaking, usually conducted using empirical sources or demographic models. Although empirical data, such as population registers, provide observed...