Presentation Gunnar Andersson
Demographic developments in the Nordicand Baltic Sea regionGunnar Andersson, Stockholm University Demography UnitDemography: fertility, mortality, migrationNordic fertility declinesMigration events 2015FertilityMigrationMortalityCovid-19 pandemicDemography and COVID-19 mortalityMigrationFertilityCOVID-19MortalityDemographic research at SUDANew action in population processes, new need fordemographic researchFertility: unexplained fertility declines during the 2010sMigration: the aftershocks of the 2015 movementsMortality: new pandemic in 2020Possibilities for research:excellent Nordic register dataAge Structure Sweden• Mortality• Migration• FertilityAge Structure GermanyFamily Policy and FertilityNordic countries with relatively high fertilityUniversalistic welfare state:- With a set of policies that support thereconciliation of parenthood and labor-forceparticipation of women and men- Individual taxation, parental leave, childcare- Focus on gender equalityNordic Total Fertility, 1975-20202,32,22,12,01,91,81,71,61,5Sweden Norway1,4Denmark Finland1,3Iceland1,21975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020Source: Nordic Statistical Central BureausPuzzling fertility declinesNew data neededNew Generations and Gender Surveys beinglaunched: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland,Germany, EstoniaNew modules with data on perceiveduncertainties, trust, fertility intentionsMigration trends in Sweden, 1875-20201800001600001400001200001000008000060000400002000001875 1895 1915 1935 1955 1975 1995 2015Immigrations EmigrationsSource: Statistics Sweden (SCB)sdnasuohtninoitargiMCOVID-19 mortality, men in Sweden 2020Log hazard ratiosof death, by:CoronaOther causesSource:Drefahl et al. 2020Stockholm Research Reports in Demographywww.suda.su.seEducation, Gender, and Cohort Fertilityin the Nordic CountriesMarika Jalovaara, Gerda Neyer, Gunnar Andersson, Johan Dahlberg,Lars Dommermuth, Feter Fallesen, Trude LappegårdEuropean Journal of Population (2019)Beyond the Economic Gaze:Childbearing during and after recessions in the Nordic CountriesChiara Comolli, Gerda Neyer, Gunnar Andersson, Lars Dommermuth, PeterFallesen,Marika Jalovaara,Ari Jónsson,Martin Kolk,Trude LappegårdEuropean Journal of Population (2020)