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Mikko Myrskylä

Mikko Myrskylä

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
42
Citations
7852
World Ranking
4731
National Ranking
129

Overview

Mikko Myrskylä is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of social sciences and medicine, with a particular focus on demography and general health professions. Their scientific endeavors also cover subfields including health, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, as well as sociology and political science.

The scientist's work deeply explores topics related to health disparities and outcomes, global health care issues, and family dynamics and relationships. Other notable research areas include assisted reproductive technology and twin pregnancy, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, insurance, mortality, demography, risk management, and the epidemiology of COVID-19.

Myrskylä has an extensive record of publications in various venues. The most frequent publication outlets include Demography, European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie, Population Studies, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and The Journals of Gerontology Series B.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Mikko Myrskylä encompass:

  • "Years of life lost to COVID-19 in 81 countries," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "US life expectancy stalls due to cardiovascular disease, not drug deaths," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Monitoring trends and differences in COVID-19 case-fatality rates using decomposition methods: Contributions of age structure and age-specific fatality," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Cognitive impairment in the U.S.: Lifetime risk, age at onset, and years impaired," 2020, SSM - Population Health
  • "Less Partnering, Less Children, or Both? Analysis of the Drivers of First Birth Decline in Finland Since 2010," 2022, European Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Pekka Martikainen, Neil K. Mehta, Enrique Acosta, Christian Dudel, and Frank J. van Lenthe.

Best Publications

  • Advances in development reverse fertility declines

    Mikko Myrskylä;Hans-Peter Kohler;Francesco C. Billari

  • Happiness: before and after the kids

    Mikko Myrskylä;Rachel Margolis

  • A global perspective on happiness and fertility

    Rachel Margolis;Mikko Myrskylä

  • New Cohort Fertility Forecasts for the Developed World: Rises, Falls, and Reversals

    Mikko Myrskylä;Joshua R. Goldstein;Yen-hsin Alice Cheng

  • Maternal age and offspring adult health: evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

    Mikko Myrskylä;Andrew T. Fenelon

  • US life expectancy stalls due to cardiovascular disease, not drug deaths

    Neil K. Mehta;Leah R. Abrams;Mikko Myrskylä

  • Years of life lost to COVID-19 in 81 countries.

    Héctor Pifarré i Arolas;Enrique Acosta;Guillem López-Casasnovas;Adeline Lo

  • Advanced maternal age and the risk of low birth weight and preterm delivery: a within-family analysis using Finnish population registers

    Alice Goisis;Alice Goisis;Hanna Remes;Kieron Barclay;Kieron Barclay;Kieron Barclay;Pekka Tapani Martikainen;Pekka Tapani Martikainen

  • High Development and Fertility: Fertility at Older Reproductive Ages and Gender Equality Explain the Positive Link

    Mikko Myrskylä;Hans-Peter Kohler;Francesco C. Billari

  • Monitoring trends and differences in COVID-19 case-fatality rates using decomposition methods: Contributions of age structure and age-specific fatality.

    Christian Dudel;Timothy Riffe;Enrique Acosta;Alyson A. van Raalte

  • Advanced Maternal Age and Offspring Outcomes: Reproductive Aging and Counterbalancing Period Trends

    Kieron Barclay;Kieron Barclay;Kieron Barclay;Mikko Myrskylä

  • Weight Change, Initial Bmi, and Mortality Among Middle- and Older-aged Adults

    Mikko Myrskylä;Virginia W. Chang

  • Always the Third Rail?: Pension Income and Policy Preferences in European Democracies

    Julia Lynch;Mikko Myrskylä

  • Cognitive impairment in the U.S.: Lifetime risk, age at onset, and years impaired.

    Jo Mhairi Hale;Jo Mhairi Hale;Daniel C. Schneider;Neil K. Mehta;Mikko Myrskylä;Mikko Myrskylä;Mikko Myrskylä

  • Less Partnering, Less Children, or Both? Analysis of the Drivers of First Birth Decline in Finland Since 2010

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  • Income differences in life expectancy: the changing contribution of harmful consumption of alcohol and smoking.

    Pekka Martikainen;Pia Mäkelä;Riina Peltonen;Mikko Myrskylä

  • Parental Well-being Surrounding First Birth as a Determinant of Further Parity Progression

    Rachel Margolis;Mikko Myrskylä;Mikko Myrskylä;Mikko Myrskylä

  • Lifespan variation by occupational class: compression or stagnation over time?

    Alyson A. van Raalte;Pekka Martikainen;Mikko Myrskylä

  • Childlessness drives the sex difference in the association between income and reproductive success of modern Europeans

    Julia A. Barthold;Mikko Myrskylä;Owen R. Jones

  • Not just later, but fewer: novel trends in cohort fertility in the Nordic countries

    Julia Hellstrand;Jessica Nisén;Vitor Miranda;Peter Fallesen

  • Is Later Better or Worse? Association of Advanced Parental Age With Offspring Cognitive Ability Among Half a Million Young Swedish Men

    Mikko Myrskylä;Karri Silventoinen;Per Tynelius;Finn Rasmussen

  • Is a positive relationship between fertility and economic development emerging at the sub-national regional level? Theoretical considerations and evidence from Europe

    Jonathan Fox;Sebastian Klüsener;Mikko Myrskylä

Frequent Co-Authors

Pekka Martikainen
Pekka Martikainen University of Helsinki
Brendan P. Zietsch
Brendan P. Zietsch University of Queensland
Catarina Almqvist
Catarina Almqvist Karolinska Institute
Karin J. H. Verweij
Karin J. H. Verweij University of Amsterdam
Karri Silventoinen
Karri Silventoinen University of Helsinki
Lars Penke
Lars Penke University of Göttingen
Emily Grundy
Emily Grundy University of Essex
Francesco C. Billari
Francesco C. Billari Bocconi University
Fernando G. Benavides
Fernando G. Benavides Pompeu Fabra University
Hans-Peter Kohler
Hans-Peter Kohler University of Pennsylvania

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