Registration

 

Submit the "registration for the master examination" form to master.demography@univie.ac.at

Please bear in mind that your supervisor has up to 2 months for grading your thesis. After you have received the grade you have at least 14 days to prepare for the master's examination.

Literature List

Compulsory Literature for all master's examinations

Lutz, W. (2021). Advanced Introduction to Demography

Further compulsory literature (depending on the examiner)

Eva Beaujouan

  1. Cleland, J. G. (2017). Trends in Human Fertility. In International Encyclopedia of Public Health (pp. 212–218). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-803678-5.00470-7
  2. Reher, D. S. (2004). The demographic transition revisited as a global process. Population, Space and Place, 10(1), 19–41. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.313
  3. Bongaarts, J. and Casterline, J. (2012). Fertility Transition: Is Sub-Saharan Africa different? Population and Development Review, 38, 153-168. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4011385/.
  4. Frye, Margaret, and Bachan, L. (2017). The Demography of Words: The Global Decline in Non-Numeric Fertility Preferences, 1993–2011. Population Studies, 71 (2): 187–209. https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2017.1304565.
  5. Sobotka, T. and Berghammer, C. (2021). Demography of family change in Europe. In: Research Handbook on the Sociology of the Family. 162-186. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352665672_Demography_of_family_change_in_Europe.
  6. Lesthaeghe, R. (2020). The second demographic transition, 1986–2020: sub-replacement fertility and rising cohabitation—a global update. Genus, 76(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-020-00077-4
  7. Goldscheider, Frances & Bernhardt, Eva & Lappegård, Trude. (2015). The Gender Revolution: A Framework for Understanding Changing Family and Demographic Behavior. Population and Development Review. 41. 207-239. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279057747_The_Gender_Revolution_A_Framework_for_Understanding_Changing_Family_and_Demographic_Behavior.
  8. Doignon, Y., & Banerjee, A. (2025). Can Spatial Diffusion Process Explain Family Changes? A Spatio‐Temporal Analysis of Nonmarital Births Over 50 Years in Belgium (1968–2017). Population, Space and Place, 31(7), e70102. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.70102
  9. Cohen SA, Richards CL. The Cairo consensus: population, development and women. Family Planning Perspectives, 1994; 26:272-277. https://doi.org/10.2307/2135895
  10. Gietel-Basten, S., Rotkirch, A., & Sobotka, T. (2022). Changing the perspective on low birth rates: why simplistic solutions won’t work. Bmj, e072670. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-072670

Endale Kebede

  1. Bongaarts, J. (1990). The Measurement of Wanted Fertility. Population and Development Review, 16(3), 487. doi.org/10.2307/1972833 
  2. Bongaarts, J., & Casterline, J. (2013). Fertility Transition: Is sub-Saharan Africa Different? Population and Development Review, 38, 153–168. doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00557.x 
  3. Bradley, S. E. K., Croft, T. N., Fishel, J. D., & Westoff, C. F. (2012). Revising unmet need for family planning (DHS Analytical Studies No. 25). ICF International. https://peerj.com/articles/10065/Supplemental_file_10-Revising_unmet_need_for_contraception-Bradley_et_al_2012_DHS.pdf
  4. Casterline, J. B., & El-Zeini, L. O. (2007). The estimation of Unwanted Fertility. Demography, 44(4), 729–745. doi.org/10.1353/dem.2007.0043 
  5. Günther, I., & Harttgen, K. (2016). Desired Fertility and Number of Children Born Across Time and Space. Demography, 53(1), 55–83. doi.org/10.1007/s13524-015-0451-9 
  6. Kebede, E., Goujon, A., & Lutz, W. (2019). Stalls in Africa’s fertility decline partly result from disruptions in female education. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(8), 2891–2896. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1717288116 
  7. Moultrie, T. A., Sayi, T. S., & Timæus, I. M. (2012). Birth intervals, postponement, and fertility decline in Africa: A new type of transition? Population Studies, 66(3), 241–258. doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2012.701660 
  8. Population, N. R. C. (US) C. on, & Casterline, J. B. (2001). Diffusion Processes and Fertility Transition: Introduction. National Academies Press (US). www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK223862/
  9. Schoumaker, B. (2017). Measuring male fertility rates in developing countries with Demographic and Health Surveys: An assessment of three methods. Demographic Research, 36, 803–850. https://dx.doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2017.36.28
  10. Schoumaker, B. (2019). Stalls in Fertility Transitions in sub‐Saharan Africa: Revisiting the Evidence. Studies in Family Planning, 50(3), 257–278. doi.org/10.1111/sifp.12098

Ester Lazzari

  1. Ajzen, I., & Klobas, J. (2013). Fertility intentions: An approach based on the theory of planned behavior. Demographic Research, 29(8), 203-232. doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.8
  2. Chanfreau, J., Goisis, A., & Kravdal, Ø. (2025). Conceptualizing and Measuring the Contribution of Assisted Reproductive Technologies to Fertility Rates. Population and Development Review, 51(2), 828-857. doi.org/10.1111/padr.70009
  3. Esping-Andersen, G., & Billari, F. C. (2015). Re-theorizing family demographics. Population and Development Review, 41(1), 1–31. doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2015.00024.x
  4. Heard G. (2011). Socioeconomic marriage differentials in Australia and New Zealand. Population and Development Review, 37(1), 125–160. doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2011.00392.x
  5. Iacovou, M., & Tavares, L.P. (2011). Yearning, learning, and conceding: Reasons men and women change their childbearing intentions. Population and Development Review, 37(1), 89-123. 
    doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2011.00391.x
  6. Lazzari, E., & Beaujouan, É. (2025). Self-assessed physical and mental health and fertility expectations of men and women across the life course. Demography, 62(2), 543–569. doi.org/10.1215/00703370-11873109
  7. Lazzari, E., Compans, M. C., & Beaujouan, É. (2025). Change in the perceived reproductive age window and delayed fertility in Europe. Population Studies, 79(1), 81–101. doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2023.2298678
  8. McDonald, P. (2000). Gender equity in theories of fertility transition. Population and Development Review, 26(3), 427-439. doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2000.00427.x
  9. Rackin, H.M., & Bachrach, C.A. (2014). Assessing the predictive value of fertility expectations through a cognitive-social model. Population Research and Policy Review, 35: 527-551. doi.org/10.1007/s11113-016-9395-z
  10. Raymo, J.M., Iwasawa, M. & Bumpass, L. Cohabitation and family formation in Japan. Demography 46, 785–803 (2009). doi.org/10.1353/dem.0.0075

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marc Luy

  1. Bergeron-Boucher, M.-P., Alvarez, J.-A., Kashnitsky, I., & Zarulli, V. (2022). Probability of males to outlive females: An international comparison from 1751 to 2020. BMJ Open, 12(8), e059964. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059964
  2. Bongaarts, J. (2006). How Long Will We Live? Population and Development Review, 32(4), 605–628.
  3. Bongaarts, J., & Feeney, G. (2002). How Long Do We Live? Population and Development Review, 28(1), 13–29. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2002.00013.x
  4. Christensen, K., Doblhammer, G., Rau, R., & Vaupel, J. W. (2009). Ageing populations: The challenges ahead. The Lancet, 374(9696), 1196–1208. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61460-4
  5. Luy, M. (2003). Causes of male excess mortality: Insights from cloistered populations. Population and Development Review, 29(4), 647–676.
  6. Luy, M., Di Giulio, P., Di Lego, V., Lazarevič, P., & Sauerberg, M. (2020). Life Expectancy: frequently used, but hardly understood. Gerontology, 66(1), 95–104. https://doi.org/10.1159/000500955
  7. Luy, M., Zannella, M., Wegner-Siegmundt, C., Minagawa, Y., Lutz, W., & Caselli, G. (2019). The impact of increasing education levels on rising life expectancy: A decomposition analysis for Italy, Denmark, and the USA. Genus, 75(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41118-019-0055-0
  8. Oksuzyan, A., Juel, K., Vaupel, J. W., & Christensen, K. (2008). Men: Good health and high mortality. Sex differences in health and aging. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 20(2), 91–102. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03324754
  9. Smits, J., & Monden, C. (2009). Length of life inequality around the globe. Social Science & Medicine, 68(6), 1114–1123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.12.034
  10. Vallin, J., & Meslé, F. (2004). Convergences and divergences in mortality: A new approach of health transition. Demographic Research, Special 2, 11–44. https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2004.S2.2

 

Erich Striessnig

Population History

 

  1. Biraben, J.-N. (2003). The rising numbers of humankind. Population & Societies, 394 (October 2003), 1–4. 
    https://www.ined.fr/fichier/s_rubrique/18827/publi_pdf2_pop_and_soc_english_394.en.pdf
  2. Bongaarts, J., & Casterline, J. (2013). Fertility Transition: Is sub-Saharan Africa Different? Population and Development Review, 38, 153–168. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00557.x
  3. Buettner, T. (2021). World Population Prospects – A Long View. Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, 520–521, 9–27. https://doi.org/10.24187/ecostat.2020.520d.2030
  4. Livi-Bacci, M. (2015). What we can and cannot learn from the history of world population. Population Studies, 69(sup1), S21–S28. https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2014.975909

 

Methods

 

  1. Kashyap, R. (2021). Has demography witnessed a data revolution? Promises and pitfalls of a changing data ecosystem. Population Studies, 75(sup1), 47–75. https://doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2021.1969031
  2. Ryder, N. B. (1965). The Cohort as a concept in the study of Social Change. American Sociological Review, 30(6), 843-861. https://doi.org/10.2307/2090964

 

Environment

 

  1. Lutz, W., Striessnig, E., Dimitrova, A., Ghislandi, S., Lijadi, A., Reiter, C., Spitzer, S., & Yildiz, D. (2021). Years of good life is a well-being indicator designed to serve research on sustainability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(12), e1907351118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1907351118
  2. Muttarak, R., Lutz, W., & Jiang, L. (2016). What can demographers contribute to the study of vulnerability? Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 1, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1553/populationyearbook2015s1
  3. Schneider-Mayerson, M., & Leong, K. L. (2020). Eco-reproductive concerns in the age of climate change. Climatic Change, 163(2), 1007–1023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-020-02923-y
  4. Wynes, S., & Nicholas, K. A. (2017). The climate mitigation gap: Education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions. Environmental Research Letters, 12(7), 074024. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7541