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. Bongaarts, J., & Casterline, J. (2013). Fertility Transition: Is sub-Saharan Africa Different? Population and Development Review, 38, 153–168. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4011385/
  2. Caldwell, J. C., & Caldwell, B. K. (2005). The causes of the Asian Fertility Decline: Macro and micro approaches. Asian Population Studies, 1(1), 31–46. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441730500125714
  3. de Bruijn, B. J. (2006). Fertility: Theories, frameworks, models, concepts. In: Demography: Analysis and synthesis: A treatise in population studies (pp. 549–569). https://nidi.nl/shared/content/output/2006/ap-2006-debruijn.pdf.
  4. Dyson, T., & Murphy, M. (1985). The Onset of Fertility Transition. Population and Development Review, 11(3), 399-440. https://doi.org/10.2307/1973246
  5. Frye, M., & 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
  6. Goldscheider, F., Bernhardt, E., & Lappegård, T. (2015). The Gender Revolution: A Framework for Understanding Changing Family and Demographic Behavior. Population and Development Review, 41(2), 207–239. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279057747_The_Gender_Revolution_A_Framework_for_Understanding_Changing_Family_and_Demographic_Behavior
  7. Guinnane, T. W. (2011). The Historical Fertility Transition: A Guide for Economists. Journal of Economic Literature, 49(3), 589–614. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jel.49.3.589
  8. Pesando, L. M. (2019). Global Family Change: Persistent Diversity with Development. Population and Development Review, 45, 133–168. https://doi.org/10.1111/padr.12209
  9. Schultz, T. P. (2001). The Fertility Transition: Economic Explanations. Discussion Papers. 841. https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/egcenter-discussion-paper-series/841.
  10. Sobotka, T., & Berghammer, C. (2021). Demography of family change in Europe. In: Research Handbook on the Sociology of the Family (pp. 162–186). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352665672_Demography_of_family_change_in_Europe

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

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

 

Sonja Spitzer

  1. Case, A., & Deaton, A. (2017). Mortality and Morbidity in the 21st Century. Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2017(1), 397–476. https://doi.org/10.1353/eca.2017.0005
  2. Cutler, D., Lleras-Muney, A., & Vogl, T. (2008). Socioeconomic Status and Health: Dimensions and Mechanisms (No. w14333; p. w14333). National Bureau of Economic Research. https://doi.org/10.3386/w14333
  3. Hammer, B., Spitzer, S., & Prskawetz, A. (2022). Age-Specific Income Trends in Europe: The Role of Employment, Wages, and Social Transfers. Social Indicators Research, 162(2), 525–547. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-021-02838-w
  4. Kleven, H., Landais, C., Posch, J., Steinhauer, A., & Zweimüller, J. (2023). Child Penalties across Countries. 109. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26723926
  5. Mason, A., Lee, R., & members of the NTA Network. (2022). Six Ways Population Change Will Affect the Global Economy. Population and Development Review, 48(1), 51–73. https://doi.org/10.1111/padr.12469
  6. Olivetti, C., & Petrongolo, B. (2017). The Economic Consequences of Family Policies: Lessons from a Century of Legislation in High-Income Countries. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 31(1), 205–230. https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.31.1.205
  7. Omran, A. R. (1971). The Epidemiologic Transition: A Theory of the Epidemiology of Population Change. The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, 49(4), 509. https://doi.org/10.2307/3349375

  8. Permanyer, I., Spijker, J., Blanes, A., Renteria, E., 2018. Longevity and Lifespan Variation by Educational Attainment in Spain: 1960–2015. Demography 55, 2045–2070. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-018-0718-z

  9. Sanderson, W. C., & Scherbov, S. (2010). Remeasuring Aging. Science, 329(5997), 1287–1288. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1193647
  10. Spitzer, S. (2020). Biases in health expectancies due to educational differences in survey participation of older Europeans: It’s worth weighting for. The European Journal of Health Economics, 21(4), 573–605. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-019-01152-0

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