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Finland's fertility rate has fallen by almost a third since the turn of the millennium — the steepest decline in the European Union. Now the Family Federation of Finland is proposing a radical fix: a state-backed intergenerational Baby Fund that would give every newborn a €5,000 investment,...
The Nordic Yearbook of Population Research (formerly the Finnish Yearbook of Population Research) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Population Research Institute of the Family Federation of Finland (Väestöliitto), in collaboration with the Finnish Demographic Society and the...
The ageing of the population in a region does not necessarily lead to an increase in low income. A new study published in the Nordic Yearbook of Population Research shows that the link between ageing and low income among working-age people varies across regions and over time in Finland, highlighting...
The Population Research Institute (PRI) at Väestöliitto - Family Federation of Finland and the University of Helsinki invite applications for three positions as Postdoctoral research fellow to study population projections, migration dynamics, and human capital development. Applicants with...
The Stratogic Research Council has granted over 1,4 million euros of funding for the consortium “Population projections for migration scenarios, human capital development, and sustainable integration” (MigScene), led by Väestöliitto’s Population Research Institute. Wolfgang Lutz is the...
The Finnish Yearbook of Population Research is a peer reviewed, open access journal published since 1946 by the Population Research Institute of the Family Federation of Finland (Väestöliitto) in collaboration with The Finnish Demographic Society and The Migration Institute of Finland.
A new study published in the Finnish Yearbook of Population Research compared 11 European countries and found that attitudes towards filial responsibility had decreased between 2001 and 2017. The shift was observed in 10 countries, and most substantially in Hungary, France, Denmark, and Finland....
The Board of the Alli Paasikivi Foundation awarded 12 research project grants, which were announced at the Finnish Conference on Research on Family and Personal Relationships in Kuopio on 26.4.2024.
The first Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) Baltic Sea conference will take place in August.