Objectif Advanced maternal and paternal ages are associated with a range of negative offspring outcomes, and have been estimated to have population-level health effects comparable to those of obesity. This project analyses the health and well-being consequences of fertility postponement, focusing on three previously unanswered questions. Project A assesses the causality of the advanced parental age-offspring outcomes association. The existing literature is largely associational. Using innovative methods that allow me to control for previously unanalysed factors, I test the causality of this association and produce new estimates for the population level health impact of advanced parental age. Project B focuses on the role of the environment. Since health improves over cohorts, can postponement of parenthood – which means that the child is born to a later cohort – improve offspring outcomes? Moreover, does the environment influence the young parental age effect on the offspring? Project C analyses the implications of postponed parenthood on parental subjective well-being, which is critical for both child and parental health, but has not been analysed before.Each of the three sub-projects has the potential for producing ground-breaking results with important policy implications and large impact on both demography and on other disciplines. Project A either confirms that the social process of fertility postponement is an important public health threat, or shows that the health effects of postponement have been grossly overestimated. Project B may revolutionise the way postponement is seen: if the cohort trend hypothesis is found to be true, the assumption that postponement has a positive effect on offspring outcomes at the individual level will be confirmed. Project C provides an innovative analysis of a neglected outcome that is critically related to child health and will advance our knowledge of the motivation for fertility postponement. Champ scientifique medical and health scienceshealth sciencespublic healthepidemiologyepidemics preventionsocial sciencessociologydemographyfertilitymedical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutritionobesity Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Thème(s) ERC-SG-SH3 - ERC Starting Grant - Environment and society Appel à propositions ERC-2013-StG Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Institution d’accueil LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE Contribution de l’UE € 1 305 599,60 Adresse Houghton Street 1 WC2A 2AE London Royaume-Uni Voir sur la carte Région London Inner London — West Westminster Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contact administratif Keri Rowsell (Ms.) Chercheur principal Mikko Myrskyla (Prof.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée Bénéficiaires (1) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution de l’UE Tout développer Tout réduire LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE Royaume-Uni Contribution de l’UE € 1 305 599,60 Adresse Houghton Street 1 WC2A 2AE London Voir sur la carte Région London Inner London — West Westminster Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Contact administratif Keri Rowsell (Ms.) Chercheur principal Mikko Myrskyla (Prof.) Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Coût total Aucune donnée