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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2026-04-21
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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  
2026-04-20
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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  
2026-04-16
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27 p, 6.0 MB La categorización en el análisis de la segregación residencial : país de nacimiento, nacionalidad y origen migratorio / Bayona, Jordi (Universitat de Barcelona) ; Domingo i Valls, Andreu 1958- (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
Este trabajo aborda el impacto de la categorización de la población objeto de estudio en el análisis de la segregación residencial, entendida como la distancia en el lugar de residencia entre distintos grupos de población. [...]
This paper examines how population categorization shapes analyses of residential segregation, defined as the spatial separation of the residential locations of different population groups. Although scholars have extensively debated the effects of scale, group size, and the choice of segregation index, they have paid comparatively less attention to how defining the groups under study influences the results. [...]

2026 - 10.22325/fes/res.2026.301
Revista Española de Sociologia, Vol. 35, Num. 2 (2026) , art. 301  
2026-04-15
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7 p, 1.1 MB Paths to multimorbidity: a longitudinal perspective on disease accumulation in Catalonia, Spain / Ahmed, Sahar (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ; Permanyer, Iñaki (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ; Solé-Auró, Aïda (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics
With increasing life expectancy, multimorbidity represents a growing global challenge, affecting quality of life. We analyzed electronic health records of individuals aged 45-74 from Catalonia, Spain (2007-2021), who were healthy at the end of 2007. [...]
2026 - 10.1093/eurpub/ckag029
European journal of public health, Vol. 36, Num. 2 (2026) , art. ckag029  
2026-04-09
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12 p, 4.5 MB Work-family trajectories and later-life health in China / Chen, Jianji (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ; Vidal, Sergi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Sociologia) ; Spijker, Jeroen (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics)
The academic recognition that work-family roles are relevant determinants of health over the life course requires more empirical evidence from contexts in the Global South, such as China, where rapid social changes and widening health inequalities among the older population coexist. [...]
2026 - 10.1016/j.alcr.2026.100740
Advances in Life Course Research, Vol. 68 (2026) , art. 100740  
2026-03-23
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20 p, 574.1 KB Migration as a gender equality issue? : A comparative study on gender attitudes across Europe / Cvajner, Martina ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics ; Odasso, Margherita
The aim of this chapter is to examine the change (and stability) of attitudes towards gender equality in Europe. The contribution is divided into two parts. First, using data from the European Values Study, a longitudinal and comparative perspective is adopted to explore how individuals in Austria, Belgium, Italy, Poland, and Spain have changed their views on gender roles over the last three decades. [...]
London : Routledge, 2026 - https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003618874-8
Inclusion and Gender Empowerment in European Civil Society Organisations, 5 March 2026, p. 91-110  
2026-03-26
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34 p, 2.3 MB A Multidimensional projection of future regional inequalities : migration and educational attainment in Spain 2021-2071 / Damoun, Osama (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics ; Yildiz, Dilek (Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital) ; Samir, KC (Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital)
Population projections can be substantially enhanced by incorporating dimensions beyond age and sex. This study presents a multidimensional population projection for Spain by educational attainment, origin, and sub-national region, explicitly accounting for future social heterogeneity. [...]
Laxenburg, Austria : International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 2026  
2026-03-26
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32 p, 1.3 MB Turnover in changing urban landscapes : a demographic perspective of diversity at the submunicipal level / Damoun, Osama (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics ; Domingo i Valls, Andreu 1958- (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics) ; Bayona, Jordi (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics)
In recent decades, migration has played an increasingly central role in population change amid very low fertility and mortality, accelerating population turnover resulting in an unequal increase of diversity across territories and generations, accelerating demographic metabolism, the generational succession driving social change. [...]
2026 - 10.31235/osf.io/y35zt_v1