COVID-19 in unequally ageing European regions – new article in World Development
Population age structures alone may account for four-fold variation in average regional COVID-19 infection-fatality ratios across Europe according to a ,new map and comment piece by ,Ilya Kashnitsky ,and ,José Manuel Aburto, published in World Development.
The Linear Link: Deriving Age-Specific Death Rates from Life Expectancy – new article in Risks
The prediction of human longevity based on forecasting life expectancy offers multiple advantages, but the reconstruction of age-specific mortality is more challenging. A new article led by Marius Pascariu and coauthored by José Manuel Aburto, Newton Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science and the Department of Sociology, proposes the Linear Link model to tackle this challenge.
COVID-19 vaccine: reliable communications needed to beat ‘infodemic’ of misinformation
A coordinated programme to combat anti-vaxx misinformation and encourage confidence in a COVID-19 vaccine is essential if a take-up target of eight in ten people in the UK is to be achieved, according to Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science Director Professor Melinda Mills, author of a report published today by the British Academy and the Royal Society for the SET-C (Science in Emergencies Tasking: COVID-19) group.
Primary children learned ‘little or nothing’ at home during school lockdown closures
News update: The Dutch Government has announced it is spending EUR 8.5 billion to help children catch up on learning they've lost due to COVID-19. The funding will provide programs and tutoring. Our study demonstrated that primary school children's education suffered severely during lockdown, and informed the Dutch Government's decision.