Magnitude and components of socioeconomic inequalities in life expectancy in Australia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Seminar
Australia enjoys one of the highest life expectancies in the world, particularly for men. However, these positive national trends mask significant social inequalities in mortality and health within the country. Existing whole-population studies have reported increasing socioeconomic disparities in…
Sub-national Inequalities in Mortality: Developments and applications in decomposition methods
Seminar
Mortality inequalities have become a prevalent public health issue within society as industrialised countries have experienced almost consistent longevity improvements in the past few centuries. The lengths of life for different individuals, measured by life expectancy, as well as the uncertainty…
The Progressive Deterioration of Mental Health in Australia’s Youth and Beyond
Seminar
Population levels of mental health have been declining in many countries, including Australia, and particularly among young people, adolescents, and school-aged children. Much of the discussion has been around generational-shifts in cyberbullying, social media use, and the fallout from the COVID-19…
COVID19 and Gender Gaps in Paid and Unpaid Work
Seminar
A seminar by Janeen Baxter (Life Course Centre, UQ) COVID19 upended many aspects of work and family lives. Early studies during the pandemic in Australia identified worsening outcomes in gender inequality during the pandemic, but we do not know if these patterns have continued afterwards. This…
The Life Expectancy Monitoring Tool to Evaluate Progress towards Mortality Improvements
Seminar
Monitoring changes in health and mortality allows policymakers to prioritise steps towards healthier populations. The effect of a cause of death on life expectancy can be measured by comparing life expectancy with and without that cause operating. A more realistic approach is to simply reduce the…
Climate migration in Australia: Level and socio-economic predictors
Seminar
Recent climate disasters serve as a reminder of the growing—yet overlooked—risk of climate-induced displacement in the Global North. This paper contributes to a nascent literature on climate migration in high-income countries by extending the evidence to a new context: Australia. Applying…
Have it all? Fertility and Gender-Attitudinal Pairings in Germany
Seminar
Linkages between gender dynamics and fertility have been much discussed in demography. The ‘gender revolution’ framework argues that fertility will remain low as long as women’s growing participation in the public sphere is accompanied by sticky gender rigidity in the private sphere, leading to…