School of Public Health
AG8: Demography and Health
AG8: Demography and Health Group
Our research agenda is at the intersection of social epidemiology, gerontology, and health demography with a broad focus on inequalities in health associated with gender, international migration, family structures, mobility, and spatial contexts. Through empirical research, AG8 aspire to identify these health inequalities and to quantify how sociodemographic and spatial contexts influence individuals’ health and survival.
The AG8 research adopts lifecourse framework to study how early life conditions (e.g. parental long-distance commuting) and later life experiences (e.g. a health shock in a family) shape individuals’ health and health behaviors. All research projects have the potential to uncover novel results with important policy implications. Analyzing the causal effects and pathways will help to identify policy interventions targeted to improve health and reduce health inequalities and to meet challenges of healthcare provision in times of population aging.