Centre for Demographic Studies (CED-CERCA)

The Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) is a CERCA center, a center for research and training in demography, founded in 1984, through a consortium between the Generalitat de Catalunya and the UAB, being currently one of the European centers of reference in demography . CED research is organized into three major areas: Families, Inequality, and Social Change; Globalization, migration and space; and Health and aging. In terms of training, the CED offers, together with the UAB Department of Geography, the Doctoral Program in Demography. The CED is also a member of the European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD), being its headquarters for several academic years.

 

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2026-05-13
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31 p, 2.6 MB Unequal chores, unequal joy? : perceptions of housework satisfaction in Spain and Sweden / Almirall Llambrich, Mireia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Oláh, Livia Sz. (Stockholm University Demography Unit) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
Despite advances in gender equality, the division of domestic labour remains unequal to women's disadvantage, with significant consequences for individual well-being and couple relationships. This article analyses the satisfaction with the division of housework among heterosexual couples in Spain and Sweden, two countries with contrasting institutional and normative contexts regarding gender equality. [...]
2026 - 10.1007/s11205-026-03839-3
Social indicators research, Vol. 183, Num. 1 (May 2026) , p. 3  
2026-05-12
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40 p, 1.3 MB Partnership life courses and completed fertility in Spain / Vidal, Sergi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sociologia) ; Lozano, Mariona (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ; Bolano, Danilo (Università degli Studi di Firenze) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
BACKGROUND Fertility in Spain has declined and shifted to later ages alongside diversification of family formation, raising questions about how partnership life courses shape completed fertility by late reproductive age. [...]
2026 - 10.4054/DemRes.2026.54.29
Demographic Research, Vol. 54 (2026) , art. 29  
2026-05-11
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38 p, 2.1 MB Weaponizing kinship: a demographic analysis of bereavement in the Colombian conflict / Acosta, Enrique (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Alburez-Gutierrez, Diego (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research) ; Gargiulo, Maria (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) ; Torres, Catalina (Universidad de la República. Montevideo) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
The ongoing Colombian armed conflict has produced widespread homicides and enforced disappearances, as armed actors used violence to terrorize communities and consolidate power. Family bereavement-one of the most pervasive and enduring consequences of this violence-remains critically understudied from a quantitative perspective. [...]
2026 - 10.1111/padr.70048
Population and development review, Vol. 0, Num. 0 (January 2026) , p. 1-38  
2026-05-06
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22 p, 9.8 MB Problematic social media use and adolescent wellbeing : the role of family socioeconomic status across 43 countries / Gracia, Pablo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sociologia) ; Fernandez-Urbano, Roger (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sociologia) ; Rubio Cabañez, Maria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sociologia) ; Celik, Seyma (Trinity College Dublin) ; Cineli, Cemile Beyda (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sociologia) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
For adolescents, Problematic Social Media Use (PSMU) is associated with more psychological complaints and lower life evaluation in all 43 countries we examined. These associations are most pronounced in Anglo-Celtic countries and least problematic in the Caucasus-Black Sea region. [...]
Oxford : University of Oxford: Wellbeing Research Centre, 2026
World Happiness Report 2026, 11 March 2026, p. 177-198  
2026-04-27
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2 p, 226.2 KB Evaluating care innovations : a RCT of home teleassistance for older adults in need of care in Costa Rica / Alexander Chaverri-Carvajal (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
Costa Rica faces increasing pressure to develop Long-Term Care services for dependent individuals. In 2022, the government enacted a law granting care rights to dependent older adults. However, a comprehensive nationwide network of residential, home-based, or teleassistance services has yet to be implemented. [...]
2025 - 10.1093/geroni/igaf122.2688
Innovation in aging, Vol. 9, Num. Suppl 2 ( December 2025) , p  
2026-04-21
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15 p, 4.1 MB The joint impact of temperature, humidity, and air pollution on COVID-19 incidence : a multi-country time-series study in 439 cities / Wagatsuma, Keita (Niigata University) ; Feurer, Denise (University of Padua) ; Yu, Wenhua (Monash University) ; Xu, Rongbin (Monash University) ; Riffe, Timothy (Universidad del País Vasco) ; Kniffka, Maxi Stella (Universität Rostock) ; Acosta, Enrique (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ; Armstrong, Ben (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) ; Mistry, Malcolm (University of Venice) ; Lowe, Rachel (Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats) ; Royé, Dominic (Climate Research Foundation (FIC), Madrid) ; Hashizume, Masahiro (The University of Tokyo) ; Tobías, Aurelio (Nagasaki University) ; Vicedo-Cabrerat, Ana Maria (University of Bern) ; Madaniyazi, Lina (Nagasaki University) ; Sheng Ng, Chris Fook (The University of Tokyo) ; Íñiguez, Carmen (Universitat de València) ; Ragettli, Martina S. (University of Basel) ; Lavigne, Eric (University of Ottawa) ; Matus Correa, Patricia (Universidad de los Andes) ; Valdés Ortega, Nicolás (Universidad de los Andes) ; Kyselý, Jan (Czech University of Life Sciences) ; Urban, Aleš (Czech University of Life Sciences) ; Orru, Hans (University of Tartu) ; Indermitte, Ene (University of Tartu) ; Maasikmets, Marek (Estonian Environmental Research Centre) ; Breitner-Busch, Susanne (German Research Center for Environmental Health) ; Schneider, Alexandra (German Research Center for Environmental Health) ; Honda, Yasushi (University of Tsukuba) ; Alahmad, Barrak (Harvard University) ; Zanobetti, Antonella (Harvard University) ; Schwartz, Joel (Harvard University) ; Carrasco, Gabriela (Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia) ; Holobâca, Iulian Horia (Babes-Bolyai University) ; Kim, Ho (Seoul National University) ; Lee, Whanhee (Pusan National University) ; Bell, Michelle L. (Yale University) ; Scovronick, Noah (Emory University) ; Acquaotta, Fiorella (University of Torino) ; de Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio Coélho, Micheline (Universidade de São Paulo) ; Hurtado Diaz, Magali (Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Public Health) ; Félix Arellano, Eunice Elizabeth (Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Public Health) ; Michelozzi, Paola (Lazio Regional Health Service) ; Stafoggia, Massimo (Lazio Region Health Service) ; de'Donato, Francesca (Lazio Region Health Service) ; Rao, Shilpa (Norwegian Institute of Public Health) ; Seposo, Xerxes (Hokkaido University) ; Tong, Shilu (Queensland University of Technology) ; Klompmaker, Jochem (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) ; Guo, Yuming (Monash University) ; Masselot, Pierre (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) ; Gasparrini, Antonio (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) ; Sera, Francesco (Università degli Studi di Firenze) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics ; Fundació Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Several studies have explored the short-term effects of environmental stressors on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission and severity. However, evidence on the interactive effects of meteorological conditions and air pollution remains limited and geographically variable. [...]
2026 - 10.1016/j.envint.2026.110090
Environment International, Vol. 208 (February 2026) , art. 110090  
2026-04-27
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20 p, 9.4 MB Adult children's unemployment and parental mental health in India: social and economic heterogeneity / Tyagi, Rishabh (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ; Baranowska-Rataj, Anna (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ; Gugushvili, Alexi (University of Oslo) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
This study explores the relationship between adult children's unemployment and parental mental health. Given India's large inequalities in social capital and income, we examine the heterogeneous effects of these factors on the relationship. [...]
2026 - 10.1016/j.ssmph.2026.101905
SSM - Population Health, Vol. 33 (March 2026) , art. 101905  
2026-04-20
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Arriaga meets Kitagawa : life expectancy decomposition with population subgroups / Trias Llimós, Sergi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Tursun-zade, Rustam (Universidad del País Vasco) ; Riffe, Timothy (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
An Arriaga decomposition partitions differences in life expectancy into contributions from mortality rate differences in each age. A Kitagawa decomposition partitions a difference between two weighted means into effects from differences in structure and from differences in each element of the weighted value. [...]
2026 - 10.1111/gean.70033
Geographical Analysis, Vol. 58, (2026) , e70033  
2026-04-16
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6 p, 333.8 KB Cuidados de larga duración no remunerados en Costa Rica: ahorro estatal y deuda social / Alexander Chaverri-Carvajal (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ; Alvarenga Fournier, Ximena (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
Objetivo: Cuantificar el ahorro estatal derivado de los trabajos de cuidados de larga duración no remunerados realizados por personas cuidadoras informales en Costa Rica y estimar la inversión que correspondería al Estado si la población recibiera los servicios mandatados por ley según su grado de dependencia. [...]
Objective: To quantify the state savings derived from unpaid long-term care work provided by informal caregivers in Costa Rica and to estimate the public investment that would be required if the population received the legally mandated services according to their level of dependency. [...]

2026 - 10.1016/j.gaceta.2026.102579
Gaceta sanitaria, Vol. 40 (2026) , art. 102579  
2026-04-16
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20 p, 7.0 MB Learning individual reproductive behaviour from aggregate fertility rates via neural posterior estimation / Permanyer, Iñaki (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ; Ciganda, Daniel (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Alemanya)) ; Macke, Jakob H. (University of Tübingen) ; Campón, Ignacio (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Alemanya)) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
Age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) provide the most extensive record of reproductive change, but their aggregate nature obscures the individual-level behavioural mechanisms that drive fertility trends. [...]
2026 - 10.1093/jrsssa/qnag045
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A: Statistics in Society, 20 March 2026