Upcoming event: Is it all about developing new skills?
Demographic changes and the future of work in Europe. Join the online discussion on May 30th with the following experts: Prof. Dr. Jani Erola, Mapineq project coordinator; Dr. Tina Weber, research manager at Eurofund’s Employment Unit; and Dr Sebastian Königs, senior economist at the OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, Jobs and Income Division.
Are low-SES students more affected by poor air quality?
A new study by Fabrizio Bernardi (UNED*) and Risto Conte (MPIDR**) revealed a harmful impact of air pollution on academic performance, which was more pronounced among low-SES students. Such differentiated effects among students with different socioeconomic backgrounds could lead to increased disparities in educational outcomes later on.
UNED hosted a workshop on geo-spatial data analysis
Risto Conte (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostok) and Douglas Leasure (Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford) shared novel ways to estimate population values using geo-located data.