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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 56m

France Meslé, INED senior researcher emeritus, studies mortality with particular emphasis on causes of death. Her work focuses on mortality at very old ages and longevity.

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 56m

| Interview | France Meslé is the 2025 recipient of the @iussp.bsky.social (International Union for the Scientific Study of Population) Laureate Award honoring exceptional achievements and contributions to the population field.

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What lies behind the last two centuries’ gains in life expectancy?

France Meslé, INED senior researcher emeritus, studies mortality with particular emphasis on causes of death. Her work focuses among other things on mortality at very old ages and longevity.

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 2h

A plunge into the world of population science surveys, with visits to the Surveys and Polls and Data Methods and Processing departments. Plus an opportunity to meet with researchers from our Housing, Spatial Inequalities and Trajectories research team.

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 2h

At the start of this academic year, INED teams hosted a group of students from France's National School of Statistics and Economic Administration (ENSAE) so they could learn about Institute activities, structure, and operation as well as doctoral thesis possibilities.

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 2d

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| France's National Carers Day | Do only children help their parents more than children with siblings?

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 5d

| Maintenance of INED website |
The INED website will be inaccessible for maintenance purposes from 4 pm on Friday 3 October until 5 pm on Saturday 4 October.

INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 5d

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 5d

| AGENDA | The Third Generation in Europe and Beyond

🗓️ October 30, 2025

🔎 This international conference explores the trajectories of the “third generation” — the grandchildren of immigrants — in Europe and beyond, a long-overlooked population of growing demographic and theoretical significance.

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 9d

The Symposium will be dedicated to investigating the main drivers and obstacles to longevity progress in the pre- and post-COVID eras.

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 9d

| AGENDA | Growing divergences in #longevity in high-income populations

7th Human Mortality Database Symposium

9th and 10th October

🔎 More information: www.ined.fr/fr/actualite...

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 13d

Currently, the average time between the births of first and second child is 4.2 years.

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 13d

Once the first child is there, do couples delay the arrival of the next one(s)?

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 13d

The age at which women have their first child has been rising in France for nearly half a century (in 1977 it was 26.5; in 2023, 29.1).

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 13d

| The issue today |
Are parents in France now delaying the birth of a next child longer?

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 14d

Based on newly accessible individual data from the 1926–1936 censuses, the authors examine the characteristics of the Parisian population during the interwar period, when the city was at its most heavily populated.

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 14d

Who were the men and women living in Paris 100 years ago? Did they already constitute a separate population from the rest of the country? Were they different from the French capital’s current population?

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 14d

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| Release | Paris 100 years ago: more people than today—and mostly born elsewhere

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 16d

The Population Early-Career Researcher Prize is open to students and early-career researchers working in population studies and will be awarded to an outstanding, original paper.

📆 Deadline to submit an article: before October 15, 2025.

🔎More information: www.journal-population.com/how_to_compe...

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 20d

INED researchers Elise de La Rochebrochard and Virginie Rozée explain why France is behind other countries on this matter.

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Medically assisted human reproduction: Progress toward greater reproductive justice?

Medically assisted human reproduction accounts for nearly 4% of births in France. Despite a 2021 bill making these procedures accessible to a greater number, inequalities persist for single women and ...

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 20d

This October 24, 2025, INED celebrates its 80th anniversary. Since its founding, the Institute has been at work analyzing population dynamics in France and the world to better understand future demographic and social trends and developments.

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 20d

Medically assisted human reproduction or ART for assisted reproductive technology accounts for nearly 4% of births in France. Despite a 2021 bill making these procedures accessible to a greater number, inequalities persist, most notably in the cases of single women and lesbian couples.

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 20d

Why is it still difficult to access assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment in France?
What percentage of births in France today are the result of ART? Who is eligible for ART in France? Did the 2021 legislative revisions successfully pave the way for greater reproductive justice in France?

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 20d

🔎 Read the interview with Delphine Remillon ➡️ www.ined.fr/en/everythin...

Higher education and careers: gender disparities persist

While women’s initial education attainment now stands above men’s, they continue to be underrepresented in the sciences and in selective programs. These disparities appear early and are due to women’s...

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 20d

Despite educational attainment higher than men’s, women are still underrepresented in science and highly selective higher education programs. Their access to ongoing work training is also still below men’s due to childbearing and raising constraints and work-family life balancing.

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INED (in english) @ined-english.bsky.social · 20d

| INTERVIEW | What gender inequalities are observed in higher education? What disciplines or orientations are concerned?
What about in continuing education?
What role do students’ intentions for their future family-work balance play in their educational trajectories?

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