Demographics
Life expectancy after retirement: a very unbalanced Europe
Friday 09 November 2018 |
Roxana Torre | VoxEurop
Looking at life expectancy in European countries combined with retirement age, we see stark differences: Austrian women and Maltese men enjoy the longest retirement, while in Bulgaria this period is almost 10 years shorter for both women and men.
Cancer remains a burden on EU societies
Monday 03 February 2020 |
Emanuela Barbiroglio | VoxEurop
Data shows awareness is key on World Cancer Day, the global initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC).
Migrating to reproduce
in depth
Wednesday 12 December 2018 |
Irene Savio | VoxEurop
Each year thousands of Europeans go abroad to undergo fertility treatment. A two-month investigation analyses what is known and what remains to be discovered about this largely hidden phenomenon.
Europe, both populating and depopulating
Saturday 25 May 2019 |
Guillaume Duval | Alternatives Economiques
Since 2008 Europe has seen major demographic changes. In particular due to migration: internal as a result of the economic crisis, external linked to geopolitical instability in Europe’s neighborhood.
2019: escape from the Balkans
in depth
Monday 25 November 2019 |
Francesca Rolandi Christian Elia
| OBC Transeuropa
A growing phenomenon with worrying implications: the flight of workers, skilled or otherwise, from former Yugoslavia. A look at the data and political responses.
Suicides around the world (WHO)
Friday 06 December 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques Suicide is the second leading cause of death among people aged 15 to 24. According to WHO, one person commits suicide every 40 seconds around the world.
Secret to a long life? More money for healthcare
Tuesday 03 December 2019 |
Laszlo Arato | EUrologus
In Western Europe and Scandinavia, people spend more on healthcare and live longer, while in Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic States, less money is spent and life expectancy at birth is lower too. The EU average for healthcare spending is 9.9 percent of GDP. In Hungary it is 7.4 percent.
Is your region a brain gainer or drainer?
Thursday 20 June 2019 |
Newsworthy The battle for talent within the European Union is a story about both brain drain and gain. We have analyzed the migration patterns across the continent to create hundreds of reports going down to the regional level, paying special attention to highly skilled workers.
Child births: only 13 out of 328 regions in Europe above replacement level
Wednesday 11 December 2019 |
Newsworthy To keep a country’s population stable from one generation to the next, at least two children should be born per woman. But how many European regions pass that threshold? In this report we look closer at the fertility rates across Europe region by region.
Assisted reproductive technologies in Europe (ESHRE)
Friday 30 August 2019 |
Alternatives Economiques What is the current status with assisted reproductive technologies in the different European countries?
