Vegard Skirbekk

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Vegard Skirbekk is affiliated with the following schools: University of Oslo, University of Rostock, Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital, Columbia University

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Vegard Skirbekk's Degrees

PhD Demography University of Rostock
Masters Demography University of Rostock

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According to Wikipedia, Vegard Skirbekk is a Norwegian population economist and social scientist specializing in demographic analysis and cohort studies. He is a senior researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and also Professor of Population and Family Health at the Columbia Aging Center at Columbia University.

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Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (2014) (9033)
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (2015) (5270)
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (2016) (4388)
Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (2015) (4152)
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990–2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition (2015) (1618)
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (2016) (1580)
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2018) (1515)
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (2015) (1475)
Global, regional, and national levels and causes of maternal mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (2014) (1271)
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (2015) (1241)
The global burden of injury: incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years and time trends from the Global Burden of Disease study 2013 (2015) (945)
The State of US Health, 1990-2016: Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Among US States (2018) (866)
Global, regional, and national incidence and mortality for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (2014) (853)
Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (2014) (673)
Economic recession and fertility in the developed world. (2011) (671)
Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (2016) (623)
Age and Individual Productivity: A Literature Survey (2003) (555)
Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980–2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (2016) (549)
Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2018) (538)
Global and National Burden of Diseases and Injuries Among Children and Adolescents Between 1990 and 2013: Findings From the Global Burden of Disease 2013 Study. (2016) (475)
Healthcare Access and Quality Index based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015: a novel analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (2017) (452)
Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (2016) (394)
The future of world religions: population growth projections, 2010-2015 (2015) (353)
Fertility trends by social status (2008) (327)
The Low Fertility Trap Hypothesis: Forces that May Lead to Further Postponement and Fewer Births in Europe (2006) (310)
Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study (2020) (286)
Projection of Populations by Level of Educational Attainment, Age and Sex for 120 Countries for 2005-2050 (2010) (282)
Measuring population ageing: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2019) (278)
Adolescence and the next generation (2018) (210)
Global Mortality From Firearms, 1990-2016 (2018) (202)
Progress in adolescent health and wellbeing: tracking 12 headline indicators for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016 (2019) (167)
Age and Productivity Capacity: Descriptions, Causes and Policy Options (2008) (151)
Variation in cognitive functioning as a refined approach to comparing aging across countries (2011) (148)
Policies addressing the tempo effect in low-fertility countries (2005) (147)
Global Christianity: A report on the size and distribution of the world's Christian population (2011) (135)
The changing face of cognitive gender differences in Europe (2014) (130)
Does Education Improve Cognitive Performance Four Decades After School Completion? (2014) (129)
Birth month, school graduation, and the timing of births and marriages (2004) (104)
The end of secularization in Europe? A socio-demographic perspective (2012) (102)
Association of Household Income With Life Expectancy and Cause-Specific Mortality in Norway, 2005-2015. (2019) (93)
Musculoskeletal disorders in Norway: prevalence of chronicity and use of primary and specialist health care services (2015) (92)
Secularism, Fundamentalism, or Catholicism? The Religious Composition of the United States to 2043 (2010) (88)
Social involvement, behavioural risks and cognitive functioning among older people (2009) (81)
Abuse against elderly in India – The role of education (2014) (80)
Age and productivity potential: A new approach based on ability levels and industry-wide task demand (2008) (76)
The association of grip strength from midlife onwards with all-cause and cause-specific mortality over 17 years of follow-up in the Tromsø Study (2016) (64)
The Coming Generational Storm: What You Need to Know about America's Economic Future (2005) (64)
The Demography of Growing European Identity (2006) (63)
The impact of population ageing on innovation and productivity growth in Europe (2005) (62)
The Flynn effect and population aging (2013) (62)
How Education Drives Demography and Knowledge Informs Projections (2013) (56)
Skill demand and the comparative advantage of age: Jobs tasks and earnings from the 1980s to the 2000s in Germany (2013) (53)
The future size of religiously affiliated and unaffiliated populations (2015) (48)
Educational inequalities in obesity and gross domestic product: evidence from 70 countries (2015) (48)
Personality Traits Increasingly Important for Male Fertility: Evidence from Norway (2014) (43)
National stereotypes of older people's competence are related to older adults' participation in paid and volunteer work. (2013) (42)
Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (2021) (42)
Life expectancy and disease burden in the Nordic countries: results from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017 (2019) (38)
Global, regional, and national burden of diseases and injuries for adults 70 years and older: systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study (2022) (37)
Methodology of the Pew Research Global Religious Landscape Study (2014) (36)
New Times, Old Beliefs: Projecting the Future Size of Religions in Austria (2007) (35)
Can personality predict retirement behaviour? A longitudinal analysis combining survey and register data from Norway (2012) (32)
How to Measure Population Aging? The Answer Is Less than Obvious: A Review (2018) (31)
As You Sow, So Shall You Reap: Gender-Role Attitudes and Late-Life Cognition (2017) (30)
Mapping disparities in education across low- and middle-income countries (2019) (30)
Alcohol‐attributed disease burden in four Nordic countries: a comparison using the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries and Risk Factors 2013 study (2016) (30)
Age and productivity (2010) (29)
Is Buddhism the low fertility religion of Asia (2015) (27)
Erratum: Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (The Lancet (2016) 388(10053) (1775–1812)(S0140673616314702)(10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31470-2)) (2017) (27)
Fertility Patterns of Native and Migrant Muslims in Europe (2016) (25)
Are the Norwegian health research investments in line with the disease burden? (2014) (24)
FERTILITY-REDUCING DYNAMICS OF WOMEN'S SOCIAL STATUS AND EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT (2012) (24)
Why Not Start Younger? Implications of the Timing and Duration of Schooling for Fertility, Human Capital, Productivity, and Public Pensions (2005) (22)
Global Population Projections by Religion: 2010–2050 (2015) (22)
Covid-fatigued? A longitudinal study of Norwegian older adults’ psychosocial well-being before and during early and later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic (2021) (21)
The changing religious composition of Nigeria: causes and implications of demographic divergence (2016) (20)
Does Schooling Improve Cognitive Functioning at Older Ages? (2012) (20)
Trends in health and retirement in Latin America: Are older workers healthy enough to extend their working lives? (2019) (19)
Education and the Global Fertility Transition- Foreword (2012) (19)
Old age expectations are related to how long people want to live (2016) (19)
The End of Secularisation through Demography? Projections of Spanish Religiosity (2015) (18)
Religious Affiliation Among Older Age Groups Worldwide: Estimates for 2010 and Projections Until 2050 (2016) (17)
Disease burden in Norway in 2016. (2018) (16)
Does School Duration Affect Student Performance? Findings from Canton-Based Variation in Swiss Educational Length (2006) (16)
Trends and determinants of the Flynn effect in cognitive functioning among older individuals in 10 European countries (2018) (15)
Educational differences in life expectancy over five decades among the oldest old in Norway. (2015) (15)
Vast Majority Of Development Assistance For Health Funds Target Those Below Age Sixty. (2017) (15)
Age and Individual Productivity : A Literature Survey MPIDR WORKING PAPER WP 2003-028 AUGUST 2003 (2003) (15)
Yearbook of international religious demography (2017) (14)
Longitudinal evidence on the development of socioeconomic inequalities in mental health due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway (2022) (14)
Firm productivity, work-force age and educational structure in Austrian industries in 2001 (2007) (14)
Income in midlife and dementia related mortality over three decades: A Norwegian prospective study (2015) (13)
Fertility history and use of antidepressant medication in late mid-life: a register-based analysis of Norwegian women and men (2017) (13)
Hearing loss, family status and mortality - Findings from the HUNT study, Norway. (2019) (13)
The Aging of the Workforce in European Countries (2012) (13)
The Religious Composition of the Chinese Diaspora, Focusing on Canada (2012) (13)
New times, old beliefs: Investigating the future of religions in Austria, Canada, and Switzerland (2007) (12)
Childlessness and union histories: evidence from Finnish population register data (2019) (12)
Relative Mortality among Criminals in Norway and the Relation to Drug and Alcohol Related Offenses (2013) (12)
Women's Education in the Muslim World (2018) (11)
Decomposing the change in labour force indicators over time (2005) (10)
Variations in Productivity over the Life Span: A Review and Some Implications (2002) (10)
Are Daughters' Childbearing Intentions Related to Their Mothers' Socio-Economic Status? (2016) (10)
Social involvement, behavioural risks and cognitive functioning among the aged (2010) (9)
Consequences of a universal European demographic transition on regional and global population distributions (2015) (9)
American political affiliation, 2003–43: A cohort component projection (2012) (9)
Consequences of a universal European demographic transition on regional and global population distributions (2015) (9)
Trends in Disability-Free Life Expectancy (DFLE) from 1995 to 2017 in the older Norwegian population by sex and education: The HUNT Study (2021) (8)
How Would 'Tempo Policies' Work? Exploring the Effect of School Reforms on Period Fertility in Europe (2004) (8)
RESEARCHERS, RELIGION AND CHILDLESSNESS (2015) (8)
Living Too Long or Dying Too Soon? Exploring How Long Young Adult University Students in Four Countries Want to Live (2019) (8)
Retirement and mortality in Norway - Is there a real connection? (2010) (8)
Measures for Human Reproduction Should Be Linked to Both Men and Women (2014) (8)
The Marginal Effect of School Leaving Age on Demographic Events. A Contribution to the Discussion on Causality (2006) (8)
Population Ageing Negatively Affects Productivity (2005) (7)
The Religiously Unaffiliated in Germany, 1949–2013: Contrasting Patterns of Social Change in East and West (2020) (7)
Completing education and the timing of births and marriage: findings from a birth-month experiment in Sweden (2003) (7)
Report on methods for demographic projections at multiple levels of aggregation (2007) (7)
Religious Affiliation and Environmental Challenges in the 21st Century (2020) (7)
Sykdomsbyrde i Norge 1990-2013. Resultater fra Global burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors study 2013 (GBD 2013) (2016) (7)
Neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality and morbidity burden in the Eastern Mediterranean region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study (2017) (7)
Prospects for later-life migration in urban Europe (2010) (7)
Income inequality and religion globally 1970–2050 (2018) (7)
Secularism or Catholicism? The Religious Composition of the United States to 2043 (2021) (6)
A cross-country comparison of math achievement at teen age and cognitive performance 40 years later (2014) (6)
The health-adjusted dependency ratio as a new global measure of the burden of ageing: a population-based study. (2022) (6)
International Variation in Ageing and Economic Dependency: A Cohort Perspective (2016) (6)
Do less populous countries receive more development assistance for health per capita? Longitudinal evidence for 143 countries, 1990–2014 (2018) (6)
Does Childbearing Affect Cognitive Health in Later Life? Evidence From an Instrumental Variable Approach. (2022) (5)
Social Engagement , Behavioural Risks and Cognitive Functioning Among the Aged (2008) (5)
Poor health as a potential risk factor for job loss due to automation: the case of Norway (2017) (5)
Decline and Prosper! (2022) (4)
Low Fertility in Europe in a Global Demographic Context (2008) (4)
Demographic projections for NUTS2 regions in EU countries based on national probabilistic population projection (2008) (4)
'Go forth and multiply': the politics of religious demography (2012) (4)
The Size and Demographic Structure of Religions in Europe (2014) (4)
Forced migration in childhood and subsequent fertility: The Karelian displaced population in Finland (2018) (4)
Towards a Catholic North America (2015) (4)
Yearbook of International Religious Demography 2018 (2018) (4)
Ageing and productivity (2010) (3)
Population. The demography of growing European identity. (2006) (3)
Religious affiliation at time of death – Global estimates and projections (2018) (3)
Women’s spousal choices and a man’s handshake: Evidence from a Norwegian study of cohort differences (2018) (3)
Measurement of Global Citizenship Education (2014) (3)
What Are the Prospects for Continued Low Fertility in Japan (2015) (3)
Young Adults Failure to Thrive Syndrome (2014) (3)
Education and the global fertility transition - introduction (2012) (3)
Towards a Catholic North America? Projections of Religion in Canada and the US Beyond the Mid-21st Century (2021) (3)
Projections of religiosity for Spain (2010) (2)
Demographic structure and firm productivity in Austria (2012) (2)
Fading family lines- women and men without children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in 19th, 20th and 21st Century Northern Sweden. (2019) (2)
Publisher Correction: Adolescence and the next generation (2018) (2)
Fathers of children conceived using ART have higher cognitive ability scores than fathers of naturally conceived children. (2020) (2)
Could nations invest in cognitive skills and become effectively younger (2013) (2)
National variation in cognitive life cycle development (2011) (2)
Technology-induced job loss risk, disability and all-cause mortality in Norway (2021) (2)
The religious switching of immigrants in Canada (2017) (2)
World Religions by Country (2015) (1)
Living Too Long or Dying Too Soon (2018) (1)
National Variation in Cognitive Life Cycle Development (Revised 7 November 2013) (2011) (1)
Department of Error (2017) (1)
Preferred life expectancy and the association with hypothetical adverse life scenarios among Norwegians aged 60+ (2021) (1)
Does Grandparenting Influence Engagement in Social Activities (2014) (1)
The Impact of a Lower School Leaving Age and a Later Retirement on the Financing of the Norwegian Public Pension System (2005) (1)
The demography of religions and their changing distribution in the world (2012) (1)
Religions in Vienna in the Past, Present and Future - Key Findings from the WIREL Project (2015) (1)
Faith and Health Globally (2016) (1)
The Decline of Spanish Fertility: The Role of Religion. (2022) (1)
Cohort profile: Norwegian survey of health and ageing (NORSE) (2021) (1)
Hearing loss, sick leave, and disability pension: findings from the HUNT follow-up study (2022) (1)
Intergenerational transmission of fertility in six European countries: the role of mother’s socio-economic status (2013) (1)
Labour Productivity and Workforce Age in Austrian ICT Manufacturing and Service Sectors (2012) (1)
Marital Histories and Associations With Later-Life Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment Risk in the HUNT4 70+ Study in Norway. (2022) (1)
Religiosity, Sex Frequency, and Sexual Satisfaction in Britain: Evidence from the Third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal) (2022) (1)
Religious Demography of Emerging Economies Age structures and fertility in the BRIC countries and the global religious consequences of their economic growth (2011) (0)
Demographic projections by religion and education in India (2015) (0)
Childhood hearing impairment and fertility in Norway (2022) (0)
Demographic Change and Productive Potential Across the Globe (2012) (0)
Subjective age and the association with intrinsic capacity, functional ability, and health among older adults in Norway (2023) (0)
Is divorce green? Energy use and marital dissolution (2015) (0)
Publisher Correction: Adolescence and the next generation (2018) (0)
Correction: Subjective age and the association with intrinsic capacity, functional ability, and health among older adults in Norway (2023) (0)
Pew forum Muslim religious demography report: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom (2010) (0)
Rather Die Younger? Old Age Expectations and Preferred Life Expectancy (2016) (0)
Employment changes during the COVID-19-pandemic and mental health: Evidence from a longitudinal study (2021) (0)
Age Differences in Religious Belief Worldwide (2016) (0)
What is the relation between retirement and mortality (2012) (0)
Trends in the use of home care services among Norwegians 70+ and projections towards 2050: The HUNT study 1995-2017. (2023) (0)
The Decline of Spanish Fertility: The Role of Religion (2022) (0)
The Next American Voter: The Political Demography of American Partisanship (2009) (0)
Longitudinal evidence on the development of socioeconomic inequalities in mental health due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway (2022) (0)
Ageing and Economic Dependency : A Cohort Perspective (2016) (0)
Erratum: Correction to Lancet HIV ((2016) 3 (e361–87)(S235230181630087X)(10.1016/S2352-3018(16)30087-X) (2016) (0)
Cohort Fertility Trends and Religion Affiliation in Latin America: a Glimpse Through Time (2019) (0)
Book reviews (2010) (0)
The Grand View on Age and Productivity (2011) (0)
Sons and parental cognition in mid-life and older adulthood. (2022) (0)
Ageing in the European regions (2008) (0)
Religious Contention Today and Scenarios for the Future (2016) (0)
Eight Billion Ageing Citizens (2022) (0)
Religious Deregulation : A Key to Understanding whether Religious Plurality Leads to Strife * (2011) (0)
Global and Regional Population Growth if European Demographic Transition Patterns Had Been Universal (2014) (0)
Childhood hearing impairment and fertility in Norway (2022) (0)
IR-02-061 / September Variations in Productivity over the Life Span : A Review and Some Implications (2002) (0)
The relation between mother's socio-economic status and daughter's fertility intentions in Austria, Italy, Bulgaria, and Norway (2016) (0)
Poverty and Religious Affiliation Worldwide, 1970–2010 (2021) (0)
Age and Absenteeism (2010) (0)
Mapping Expected Change in Muslim and Christian Populations, 2010–2050 (2016) (0)
Age and Working Capacity (2010) (0)
Can personality predict retirement behaviour? A longitudinal analysis combining survey and register data from Norway (2012) (0)
Conclusions and Policy Implications (2010) (0)
Does forming a nuclear family increase religiosity? Longitudinal evidence from the British Household Panel Survey (2022) (0)
Age and Productivity: An Analysis at the Plant and the Team Level (2010) (0)
Corrigendum to "Sons and parental cognition in mid-life and older adulthood" [J. Psychiatr. Res. 156 (2022) 284-290]. (2023) (0)
How education drives demography and knowledge informs (2014) (0)
The multiple impacts of the crisis: an additional challenge for policy to address European population issues (2010) (0)
Childlessness Among Heterosexual Partnered Individuals: Register-Based Evidence from the Finnish Cohorts Born 1952–1966 (2022) (0)
The Educational Effect on Cognitive Functioning: National versus Individual Educational Attainment (2014) (0)
MARRIAGE, STRENGTH, AND MORTALITY RISK AMONG SUCCESSIVE COHORTS OF NORWEGIAN OLDER ADULTS (2017) (0)
Modeling Social Status and Fertility Decisions Under Differential Mortality (2020) (0)
Is divorce green? Energy use and marital dissolution (2015) (0)

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