Vegard Fykse Skirbekk
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Biography
Vegard Skirbekk is a population economist and social scientist specialising in demographic analysis and cohort studies. He holds a professorial position at the Population and Family Health at Colombia Aging Centre at Columbia University, USA. Skirbekk received his PhD from Rostock University, Germany and has also worked at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. He has two decades of international experience and has held professorships and scientific leadership positions in Austria and Germany. He has received research grants from ERC, PEW and UNESCO. Skirbekk’s main research focus is on health, productivity, and associated determinants from a multidisciplinary perspective, with an emphasis on the role of changing labor market demands, technological and cultural changes as well as variation in the attitudes, beliefs, and competences of new cohorts. He has published widely on comparative health and cultural studies for countries from all world regions. Skirbekk has worked extensively on causality, global comparative assessments and projections.
Projects and publications
- Teferi Mekonnen, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Ekaterina Zotcheva, Bo Lars Engdahl, Bernt Magne Bratsberg, Astanand Jugessur, Catherine Bowen, Geir Selbæk, Hans-Peter Kohler, Jennifer Ruth Harris, Sarah E. Tom, Yehani Wedatilake, Katrin Wolfova, Dana Kristjansson, Yaakov Stern, Asta Håberg, Bjørn Heine Strand, (2025). Number of children and dementia risk: a causal mediation analysis using data from the HUNT study linked with national registries in Norway. BMC Neurology doi: 10.1186/s12883-025-04044-4
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Morten Blekesaune, Hans Fredrik Sunde, (2025). Personality and fertility dynamics in Norway across four decades – Findings from the HUNT survey. Personality and Individual Differences doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2024.112862
- Bernt Magne Bratsberg, Anders Martin Fjell, Ole Røgeberg, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Kristine B Walhovd, (2024). Differences in cognitive function at 18 y of age explain the association between low education and early dementia risk. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) doi: 10.1073/pnas.2412017121
- Thomas Spoorenberg, Ellen Øen Carlsen, Martin Flatø, Marcin Jan Stonawski, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2024). The Global Adolescent Fertility Decline is Counteracted by Increasing Teen Births in Sub-Saharan Africa. Studies in family planning doi: 10.1111/sifp.12273
- Torleif Halkjelsvik, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2024). Concurrent decline in teenage fertility rate and binge drinking? An observational study across 45 nations. Drug and Alcohol Review s. 1451-1460. doi: 10.1111/dar.13867
- Katrin Wolfova, Barbora Frycova, Dominika Seblova, Sarah E. Tom, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Pavla Brennan Kearns, (2024). Sex differences in cognitive decline among middle-aged and older adults: a cohort study in Europe. Age and Ageing s. 1-10. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afae078
- Trine Holt Edwin, Asta Håberg, Ekaterina Zotcheva, Bernt Magne Bratsberg, Astanand Jugessur, Bo Lars Engdahl, Catherine Bowen, Geir Selbæk, Hans-Peter Kohler, Jennifer Ruth Harris, Sarah E. Tom, Steinar Krokstad, Teferi Mekonnen Yitayew, Yaakov Stern, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Bjørn Heine Strand, (2024). Trajectories of Occupational Cognitive Demands and Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Later Life The HUNT4 70+ Study. Neurology doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000209353
- Bjørn Heine Strand, Asta Håberg, Harpa Sif Eyjólfsdóttir, Almar Kok, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Oliver Huxhold, Gøril Kvamme Løset, Carin Lennartsson, Henrik Schirmer, Katharina Herlofson, Marijke Veenstra, (2024). Spousal bereavement and its effects on later life physical and cognitive capability: the Tromsø study. GeroScience s. 6055-6069. doi: 10.1007/s11357-024-01150-y
- Fredrik Methi, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Thomas Hansen, (2024). The double-edged sword of becoming a caregiver: dynamic impact on four dimensions of well-being in Norway. BMC Psychology s. 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s40359-024-01623-x
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2023). Low, but not too low, fertility can represent a positive development. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research s. 81-92. doi: 10.1553/P-CMBB-HHEG
- Thomas Hansen, Kamila Angelika Hynek, Anne McMunn, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Margarete E. Vollrath, Fredrik Methi, (2023). Emerging costs in a “hidden” workforce: The longitudinal psychosocial effects of caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic among Norwegian adults. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology s. 1-10. doi: 10.1111/sjop.12986
- Anthony Medford, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Bjørn Heine Strand, (2023). Trends in ages at death of Norwegian centenarians: the 1870–1904 birth cohorts. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health doi: 10.1177/14034948231206529
- Ekaterina Zotcheva, Bernt Magne Bratsberg, Bjørn Heine Strand, Astanand Jugessur, Bo Lars Engdahl, Catherine Bowen, Geir Selbæk, Hans-Peter Kohler, Jennifer Ruth Harris, Jordan Weiss, Sarah E. Tom, Steinar Krokstad, Teferi Mekonnen Yitayew, Trine Holt Edwin, Yaakov Stern, Asta Kristine Håberg, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2023). Trajectories of occupational physical activity and risk of later-life mild cognitive impairment and dementia: the HUNT4 70+ study. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2023.100721
- Jonathan Wörn, Bjørn-Atle Reme, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2023). Job loss and psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: a national prospective cohort study. BMC Public Health s. 1-6. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-16303-5
- Ekaterina Zotcheva, Bjørn Heine Strand, Catherine E Bowen, Bernt Magne Bratsberg, Astanand Jugessur, Bo Lars Engdahl, Geir Selbæk, Hans-Peter Kohler, Jennifer Ruth Harris, Jordan Weiss, Maja Weemes Grøtting, Sarah E. Tom, Steinar Krokstad, Yaakov Stern, Asta Håberg, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2023). Retirement age and disability status as pathways to later-life cognitive impairment: Evidence from the Norwegian HUNT Study linked with Norwegian population registers. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry s. 1-10. doi: 10.1002/gps.5967
- Kamila Angelika Hynek, Aslaug Gotehus, Fredrik Methi, Ragnhild Bang Nes, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Thomas Hansen, (2023). Caregiving + Migrant Background = Double Jeopardy? Associations between Caregiving and Physical and Psychological Health According to Migrant Backgrounds in Norway. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) doi: 10.3390/ijerph20105800
- Milan Chang, Mona Michelet, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Ellen Melbye Langballe, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Erik Reidar Sund, Steinar Krokstad, Bjørn Heine Strand, (2023). Trends in the use of home care services among Norwegians 70+ and projections towards 2050: The HUNT study 1995–2017. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences s. 752-765. doi: 10.1111/scs.13158
- Ellen Melbye Langballe, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Bjørn Heine Strand, (2023). Subjective age and the association with intrinsic capacity, functional ability, and health among older adults in Norway. European Journal of Ageing s. 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s10433-023-00753-2
- Bernt Magne Bratsberg, Ole Røgeberg, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2023). The Relevance of Cognition in the Context of Population Aging.
- Morten Blekesaune, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2022). Does forming a nuclear family increase religiosity? Longitudinal evidence from the British Household Panel Survey. European Sociological Review s. 663-675. doi: 10.1093/esr/jcac060
- Ryohei Mogi, Albert Esteve, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2022). The Decline of Spanish Fertility: The Role of Religion. European Journal of Population s. 1333-1346. doi: 10.1007/s10680-022-09644-1
- Katrin Wolfova, Di Wu, Jordan Weiss, Pavla Cermakova, Hans-Peter Kohler, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Yaakov Stern, Alison Gemmill, Sarah E. Tom, (2022). Sons and parental cognition in mid-life and older adulthood. Journal of Psychiatric Research s. 284-290. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.10.026
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Catherine E Bowen, Asta Håberg, Astanand Jugessur, Bo Lars Engdahl, Bernt Magne Bratsberg, Ekaterina Zotcheva, Geir Selbæk, Hans-Peter Kohler, Jordan Weiss, Jennifer Ruth Harris, Sarah E. Tom, Steinar Krokstad, Yaakov Stern, Bjørn Heine Strand, (2022). Marital Histories and Associations With Later-Life Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment Risk in the HUNT4 70+ Study in Norway. Journal of Aging and Health s. 543-555. doi: 10.1177/08982643221131926
- Nitzan Peri-Rotem, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2022). Religiosity, Sex Frequency, and Sexual Satisfaction in Britain: Evidence from the Third National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal). Journal of Sex Research s. 13-35. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2022.2108745
- Eric Bonsang, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2022). Does Childbearing Affect Cognitive Health in Later Life? Evidence From an Instrumental Variable Approach. Demography s. 975-994. doi: 10.1215/00703370-9930490
- Astrid Ytrehus Jørgensen, Lisa Aarhus, Bo Lars Engdahl, Bernt Magne Bratsberg, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum, (2022). Hearing loss, sick leave, and disability pension. Findings from the HUNT follow-up study. BMC Public Health doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13760-2
- Martin Kolk, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2022). Fading family lines- women and men without children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in 19th, 20th and 21st Century Northern Sweden. Advances in Life Course Research doi: 10.1016/j.alcr.2022.100481
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Joseph L. Dieleman, Marcin Stonawski, Krystian Fejkiel, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Angela Y. Chang, (2022). The health-adjusted dependency ratio as a new global measure of the burden of ageing: a population-based study. The Lancet Healthy Longevity s. 332-338. doi: 10.1016/S2666-7568(22)00075-7
- Bjørn-Atle Reme, Jonathan Wörn, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2022). Longitudinal evidence on the development of socioeconomic inequalities in mental health due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway. Scientific Reports doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-06616-7
- Jan Saarela, Melissa Hardy, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2022). Childlessness Among Heterosexual Partnered Individuals: Register-Based Evidence from the Finnish Cohorts Born 1952-1966. Journal of Comparative Family Studies s. 189-215. doi: 10.3138/jcfs.53.2.030
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Eric Bonsang, Bo Lars Engdahl, (2022). Childhood hearing impairment and fertility in Norway. Scientific Reports doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04195-7
- Stefanos Tyrovolas, Andy Stergachis, Varsha Sarah Krish, Angela Y. Chang, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Joseph L. Dieleman, Somnath Chatterji, Foad Abd-Allah, Mohammad Abdollahi, Aidin Abedi, Hassan Abolhassani, Akine Eshete Abosetugn, Lucas Guimarães Abreu, Michael R. M. Abrigo, Abdulaziz Khalid Abu Haimed, Maryam Adabi, Oladimeji M. Adebayo, Isaac Akinkunmi Adedeji, Victor Adekanmbi, Olatunji O Adetokunboh, Davoud Adham, Shailesh M. Advani, Mohsen Afarideh, Gina Agarwal, Mohammad Aghaali, Seyed Mohammad Kazem Aghamir, Anurag Agrawal, Sohail Ahmad, Johan Ärnlöv, Tone Bjørge, Juan J. Carrero, David Edvardsson, Nermin Ghith, Shoaib Hassan, Sezer Kisa, Adnan Kisa, Anders O. Larsson, John J. McGrath, Dara K. Mohammad, Natalie C. Momen, Bo Norrving, Christoph Nowak, Morteza Shamsizadeh, Søren Thorgaard Skou, Leo Stockfelt, Gerhard Sulo, Cong Zhu, Xiu-Ju Zhao, Georgios A. Kotsakis, Nicholas J Kassebaum, (2022). 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. The BMJ doi: 10.1136/bmj-2021-068208
- Bjørn Heine Strand, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Ellen Melbye Langballe, Sverre Bergh, Brynjar Fowels Landmark, Sigrid Wangensteen, Geir Selbæk, Øyvind Kirkevold, (2021). Cohort profile: Norwegian survey of health and ageing (NORSE). BMC Public Health s. 1-7. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-12294-3
- Joseph L. Ward, Peter S. Azzopardi, Kate Louise Francis, John S. Santelli, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Susan M. Sawyer, Nicholas J. Kassebaum, Ali H. Mokdad, Simon I. Hay, Foad Abd-Allah, Amir Abdoli, Mohammad Abdollahi, Aidin Abedi, Hassan Abolhassani, Lucas Guimarães Abreu, Michael R.M. Abrigo, Eman Abu-Gharbieh, Abdelrahman I. Abushouk, Oladimeji M. Adebayo, Victor Adekanmbi, Davoud Adham, Shailesh M. Advani, Khashayar Afshari, Anurag Agrawal, Tauseef Ahmad, Keivan Ahmadi, Anwar E Ahmed, Budi Aji, Blessing Akombi-Inyang, Fares Alahdab, Ziyad Al-Aly, Khurshid Alam, Fahad Mashhour Alanezi, Turki M Alanzi, Jacqueline Elizabeth Alcalde-Rabanal, Biresaw Wassihun Alemu, Samar Al-Hajj, Robert K Alhassan, Saqib Ali, Mehran Alijanzadeh, Gianfranco Alicandro, Syed Mohamed Aljunid, Amir Almasi-Hashiani, Nihad A. Almasri, Pétur Benedikt Juliusson, Adnan Kisa, Sezer Kisa, Simon Nygaard Øverland, George C. Patton, Russell M. Viner, (2021). 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. The Lancet s. 1593-1618. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01546-4
- Bernt Bratsberg, Ole Røgeberg, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2021). Technology-induced job loss risk, disability and all-cause mortality in Norway. Occupational and Environmental Medicine s. 32-37. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2021-107598
- Thomas Hansen, Thomas Sevenius Nilsen, Marit Knapstad, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Øystein Vedaa, Ragnhild Bang Nes, (2021). Covid-fatigued? A longitudinal study of Norwegian older adults’ psychosocial well-being before and during early and later stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. European Journal of Ageing s. 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s10433-021-00648-0
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Ellen Melbye Langballe, Bjørn Heine Strand, (2021). Preferred life expectancy and the association with hypothetical adverse life scenarios among Norwegians aged 60+. Age and Ageing s. 2012-2018. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afab113
- Siri Høivik Storeng, Simon Nygaard Øverland, Vegard Skirbekk, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Erik Reidar Sund, Steinar Krokstad, Bjørn Heine Strand, (2021). Trends in Disability-Free Life Expectancy (DFLE) from 1995 to 2017 in the older Norwegian population by sex and education: The HUNT Study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health doi: 10.1177/14034948211011796
- Sergey Orlov, Elena Rovenskaya, Matthew Cantele, Marcin Stonawski, Vegard Skirbekk, (2021). Modeling Social Status and Fertility Decisions Under Differential Mortality. s. 1-25. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-54576-5_5
- Vegard Skirbekk, Alex de Sherbinin, Susana B. Adamo, Jose Navarro, Tricia Chai-Onn, (2020). Religious Affiliation and Environmental Challenges in the 21st Century. Journal of Religion and Demography s. 238-271. doi: 10.1163/2589742X-12347110
- Rupert RA Bourne, Jaimie D Steinmetz, Seth Flaxman, Paul Svitil Briant, Hugh R Taylor, Serge Resnikoff, Robert James Casson, Amir Abdoli, Eman Abu-Gharbieh, Ashkan Afshin, Hamid Ahmadieh, Yonas Akalu, Alehegn Aderaw Alamneh, Wondu Alemayehu, Ahmed Samir Alfaar, Vahid Alipour, Etsay Woldu Anbesu, Sofia Androudi, Jalal Arabloo, Aries Arditi, Malke Asaad, Eleni Bagli, Atif Amin Baig, Till Winfried Bärnighausen, Maurizio Battaglia Parodi, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Nikha Bhardwaj, Pankaj Bhardwaj, Krittika Bhattacharyya, Ali Bijani, Mukharram Bikbov, Michele Bottone, Tasanee Braithwaite, Alain M. Bron, Zahid A. Butt, Ching-Yu Cheng, Dinh-Toi Chu, Maria Vittoria Cicinelli, João M Coelho, Baye Dagnew, Xiaochen Dai, Reza Dana, Lalit Dandona, Rakhi Dandona, Sezer Kisa, Adnan Kisa, Vegard Skirbekk, Sheila K West, Jost B. Jonas, Theo Vos, (2020). Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. The Lancet Global Health s. e130-e143. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30425-3
- Bernt Bratsberg, Ole Jørgen Røgeberg, Vegard Skirbekk, (2020). Fathers of children conceived using ART have higher cognitive ability scores than fathers of naturally conceived children. Human Reproduction s. 1461-1468. doi: 10.1093/humrep/deaa119
- Martin Kolk, Vegard Skirbekk, (2019). Fading family lines -Women and men without children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in 19th, 20th, and 21stcentury Northern Sweden. Stockholm Research Reports in Demography
- Everton E. C. Lima, José H. C. Monteiro da Silva, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2019). Cohort Fertility Trends and Religion Affiliation in Latin America: a Glimpse Through Time. Journal of Religion and Demography s. 252-281. doi: 10.1163/2589742X-00602004
- Nicholas Graetz, Lauren Woyczynski, Katherine F. Wilson, Jason B. Hall, Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Foad Abd-Allah, Oladimeji M. Adebayo, Victor Adekanmbi, Mahdi Afshari, Olufemi Ajumobi, Tomi Akinyemiju, Fares Alahdab, Ziyad Al-Aly, Jacqueline Elizabeth Alcalde Rabanal, Mehran Alijanzadeh, Vahid Alipour, Khalid Altirkawi, Mohammadreza Amiresmaili, Nahla Hamed Anber, Catalina Liliana Andrei, Mina Anjomshoa, Carl Abelardo T. Antonio, Jalal Arabloo, Olatunde Aremu, Krishna K. Aryal, Mehran Asadi-Aliabadi, Suleman Atique, Marcel Ausloos, Ashish Awasthi, Beatriz Paulina Ayala Quintani, Samad Azari, Alaa Badawi, Joseph Adel Mattar Banoub, Suzanne Lyn Barker-Collo, Anthony H Barnett, Neeraj Bedi, Derrick A. Bennett, Natalia V. Bhattacharjee, Krittika Bhattacharyya, Suraj Bhattarai, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Ali Bijani, Boris Bikbov, Gabrielle Britton, Roy Burstein, Zahid A. Butt, Adnan Kisa, Simon Nygaard Øverland, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Andrea Sylvia Winkler, (2019). Mapping disparities in education across low- and middle-income countries. Nature s. 235-238. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1872-1
- Ann Kristin Knudsen, Peter Allebeck, Mette Christophersen Tollånes, Jens Christoffer Skogen, Kim Moesgaard Iburg, John J. McGrath, Knud Juel, Emilie Elisabet Agardh, Johan Ärnlöv, Tone Bjørge, Juan J. Carrero, Christopher R. Cederroth, Anne Elise Eggen, Ziad El-Khatib, Christian Lycke Ellingsen, Seyed-Mohammad Fereshtehnejad, Mika Gissler, Kishor Hadkhale, Rasmus Havmoeller, Lars Johansson, Petur Benedikt Juliusson, Aliasghar A. Kiadaliri, Sezer Kisa, Adnan Kisa, Tea Lallukka, Teferi Mekonnen Yitayew, Tuomo J. Meretoja, Atte Meretoja, Mohsen Naghavi, Subas Neupane, Truc Trung Nguyen, Max Petzold, Oleguer Plana-Ripoll, Rahman Shiri, Rannveig Sigurvinsdottir, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Søren T. Skou, Inga Dora Sigfusdottir, Timothy J. Steiner, Gerhard Sulo, Thomas Clement Truelsen, Tommi Juhani Vasankari, Elisabete Weiderpass, Stein Emil Vollset, Theo Vos, Simon Nygaard Øverland, (2019). Life expectancy and disease burden in the Nordic countries: results from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2017. The Lancet Public Health s. e658-e669. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30224-5
- Catherine E. Bowen, Solveig Tobie Glestad Christiansen, Anastasia Emelyanova, Elena Golubeva, Marcin Jan Stonawski, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2019). Living Too Long or Dying Too Soon? Exploring How Long Young Adult University Students in Four Countries Want to Live. Journal of Adult Development doi: 10.1007/s10804-019-09335-y
- Melissa Hardy, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Marcin Stonawski, (2019). The Religiously Unaffiliated in Germany, 1949–2013: Contrasting Patterns of Social Change in East and West. The Sociological Quarterly (SQ) doi: 10.1080/00380253.2019.1593064
- Jan Saarela, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2019). Childlessness and union histories: Evidence from Finnish population register data. Journal of Biosocial Science s. 1-19. doi: 10.1017/S0021932019000257
- Jonas Minet Kinge, Jørgen Heibø Modalsli, Simon Nygaard Øverland, Håkon K. Gjessing, Mette Christophersen Tollånes, Ann Kristin Knudsen, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Bjørn Heine Strand, Siri Eldevik Håberg, Stein Emil Vollset, (2019). Association of Household Income with Life Expectancy and Cause-Specific Mortality in Norway, 2005-2015. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) s. 1916-1925. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.4329
- Peter S. Azzopardi, Stephen J. C. Hearps, Kate L. Francis, Elissa C. Kennedy, Ali H. Mokdad, Nicholas J. Kassebaum, Stephen Lim, Caleb Mackay Salpeter Irvine, Theo Vos, Alex Brown, Surabhi Dogra, Stuart A. Kinner, Natasha S. Kaoma, Mariam Naguib, Nicola J. Reavley, Jennifer Requejo, John S. Santelli, Susan M. Sawyer, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Marleen Temmerman, Jordan Tewhaiti-Smith, Joseph L. Ward, Russell M. Viner, George C. Patton, (2019). Progress in adolescent health and wellbeing: tracking 12 headline indicators for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016. The Lancet s. 1101-1118. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32427-9
- Angela Y. Chang, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Nicholas J. Kassebaum, Joseph L. Dieleman, (2019). Measuring population ageing: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet Public Health s. E159-E167. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(19)30019-2
- Bo Lars Engdahl, Mariann Idstad, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2019). Hearing loss, family status and mortality – Findings from the HUNT study, Norway. Social Science and Medicine s. 219-225. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.11.022
- Hmwe Hmwe Kyu, Degu Abate, Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Lars Jacob Stovner, Tone Bjørge, Ann Kristin Knudsen, Simon Nygaard Øverland, Elisabete Weiderpass, Anne Elise Eggen, Aung Soe Htet, Adnan Kisa, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Gerhard Sulo, Timothy J. Steiner, Christopher J L Murray, H C Williams, Archie Bleyer, J Nansseu, P B Michell, Anglia Ruskin, O J Brady, S M Langam, N Pearce, M McKee, D Prabhakaran, J J Choi, H Christensen, D J Christopher, S Chung, H Haghparast Bidgoli, M R Mathur, Daniel Collado-Mateo, P R Olivares, P A Cortesi, E Cousin, BB Duncan, M H Criqui, TR Driscoll, S. Islam, James Leigh, J. A. Crump, D T Hibstu, A F Dadi, P I Dargan, R Das Gupta, H De Steur, N Dervenis, D C Des Jarlais, S D Dharmaratne, J.R Ehrlich, D F Santomauro, M Leili, Andrea Sylvia Winkler, (2018). 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.. The Lancet s. 1859-1922. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32335-3
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Ursula M. Staudinger, Joel E. Cohen, (2018). How to measure population aging? The answer is less than obvious: A review. Gerontology doi: 10.1159/000494025
- JD Stanaway, A Afshin, E Gakidou, Stephen S Lim, Degu Abate, Kalkidan Hassen Abate, Cristiana Abbafati, Nooshin Abbasi, Hedayat Abbastabar, Foad Abd-Allah, Jemal Abdela, Ibrahim Abdollahpour, Ahmed Abdelalim, Rizwan Suliankatchi Abdulkader, Molla Abebe, Zegeye Abebe, Semaw F Abera, Olifan Zewdie Abil, Haftom Niguse Abraha, Roba Abrham Aklilu, Laith Abu-Raddad, Niveen ME Abu-Rmeileh, M. Accrombessi, D Acharya, Pawan Acharaya, Abdu Abdullahi Adamu, Akilew Awoke Adane, O. Adebayo, Rufus Adesoji Adedoyin, V. Adekanmbi, Zanfina Ademi, Olatunji Adetokunboh, Mina Adib, Amha Admasie, Jose C. Adsuar, Kossivi Agbelenko Afanvi, Mohsen Afarideh, Gina Agarwal, Andrea Sylvia Winkler, SRM Zimsen, S Zodpey, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Gerhard Sulo, CJL Murray, Tone Bjørge, Ole Frithjof Norheim, Ann Kristin Knudsen, Simon Nygaard Øverland, Anne Elise Eggen, Adnan Kisa, Elisabete Weiderpass, (2018). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. . The Lancet s. 1923-1994. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32225-6
- Jan Saarela, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2018). Forced migration in childhood and subsequent fertility: The Karelian displaced population in Finland. Population, Space and Place doi: 10.1002/psp.2223
- Laeticia R De Souza, Bernardo L Queiroz, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2018). Trends in health and retirement in Latin America: Are older workers healthy enough to extend their working lives?. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing doi: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2018.03.008
- Daniel Dicker, Grant Nguyen, Degu Abate, Adnan Kisa, Ann Kristin Knudsen, Simon Nygaard Øverland, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Gerhard Sulo, Christopher J L Murray, Anne Elise Eggen, Christian Lycke Ellingsen, Aung Soe Htet, Andrea Sylvia Winkler, (2018). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. The Lancet s. 1684-1735. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31891-9
- Mette Christophersen Tollånes, Ann Kristin Knudsen, Stein Emil Vollset, Jonas Minet Kinge, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Simon Nygaard Øverland, (2018). Sykdomsbyrden i Norge i 2016. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet) doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.18.0274
- Hanne-Merete Eriksen, Bjørn Heine Strand, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2018). Helse hos eldre i Norge.
- Devina Nand, Mohsen Naghavi, Laurie B Marczak, Michael Kutz, Katya Anne Shackelford, Megha Arora, Molly Miller-Petrie, Miloud Taki Eddine Aichour, Nadia Akseer, Rajaa M. Al-Raddadi, Khurshid Alam, Suliman A. Alghnam, Carl Abelardo T. Antonio, Olatunde Aremu, Amit Arora, Mohsen Asadi-Lari, Reza Assadi, Tesfay Mehari Atey, Leticia Avila-Burgos, Ashish Awasthi, Beatriz Paulina Ayala Quintanilla, Suzanne Lyn Barker-Collo, Till Winfried Bärnighausen, Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi, Masoud Behzadifar, Meysam Behzadifar, James R. Bennett, Ashish Bhalla, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta, Arebu Issa Bilal, Guilherme Borges, Rohan Borschmann, Alexandra Brazinova, Julio Cesar Campuzano Rincon, Felix Carvalho, Carlos A. Castañeda-Orjuela, Lalit Dandona, Rakhi Dandona, Paul I Dargan, Diego De Leo, Samath Dhamminda Dharmaratne, Eric L. Ding, Huyen Phuc Do, David Teye Doku, Kerrie E. Doyle, Tim Robert Driscoll, Dumessa Edessa, Ziad El-Khatib, Aman Yesuf Endries, Alireza Esteghamati, Andre Faro, Farshad Farzadfar, Valery L. Feigin, Florian Fischer, Kyle J. Foreman, Richard Charles Franklin, Nancy Fullman, Neal D. Futran, Tsegaye Tewelde Gebrehiwot, Reyna Alma Gutiérrez, Nima Hafezi-Nejad, Hassan Haghparast Bidgoli, Gessessew Bugssa Hailu, Josep Maria Haro, Hamid Yimam Hassen, Caitlin Hawley, Delia Hendrie, Martha Hijar, Guoqing Hu, Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, Mihajlo Jakovljevic, Spencer L. James, Sudha Jayaraman, Jost B. Jonas, Amaha Kahsay, Amir Kasaeian, Peter Njenga Keiyoro, Yousef Khader, Ibrahim A. Khalil, Young-Ho Khang, Jagdish Khubchandani, Aliasghar Ahmad Kiadaliri, Christian Kieling, Yun Jin Kim, Soewarta Kosen, Kristopher J. Krohn, G. Anil Kumar, Faris Hasan Lami, Van C. Lansingh, Heidi Jane Larson, Shai Linn, Raimundas Lunevicius, Hassan Magdy Abd El Razek, Muhammed Magdy Abd El Razek, Reza Malekzadeh, Deborah Carvalho Malta, Amanda J. Mason-Jones, Richard Matzopoulos, Peter T.N. Memiah, Walter Mendoza, (2018). Global mortality from firearms, 1990-2016. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) s. 792-814. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.10060
- David McClendon, Conrad Hackett, Michaela Potancokova, Marcin Stonawski, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2018). Women's Education in the Muslim World. Population and Development Review s. 311-342. doi: 10.1111/padr.12142
- Nancy Fullman, Jamal Yearwood, Solomon M. Abay, Cristiana Abbafati, Foad Abd-Allah, Jemal Abdela, Ahmed Abdelalim, Zegeye Abebe, Teshome Abuka Abebo, Victor Aboyans, Haftom Niguse Abraha, Daisy M. X. Abreu, Laith J. Abu-Raddad, Akilew Awoke Adane, Rufus Adesoji Adedoyin, Olatunji Adetokunboh, Tara Ballav Adhikari, Mohsen Afarideh, Ashkan Afshin, Gina Agarwal, Dominic Agius, Anurag Agrawal, Sutapa Agrawal, Aliasghar Ahmad Kiadaliri, Miloud Taki Eddine Aichour, Mohammed Akibu, Rufus Olusola Akinyemi, Tomi F. Akinyemiju, Nadia Akseer, Faris Hasan Al Lami, Fares Alahdab, Ziyad Al-Aly, Khurshid Alam, Tahiya Alam, Deena Alasfoor, Mohammed I. Albittar, Kefyalew Addis Alene, Ayman Al-Eyadhy, Syed Danish Ali, Mehran Alijanzadeh, Syed M. Aljunid, Ala'a Alkerwi, Francois Alla, Peter Allebeck, Christine Allen, Mahmoud A. Alomari, Rajaa Al-Raddadi, Ubai Alsharif, Khalid A. Altirkawi, Nelson Alvis-Guzman, Azmeraw T. Amare, Kebede Amenu, Walid Ammar, Yaw Ampem Amoako, Nahla Anber, Catalina Liliana Andrei, Sofia Androudi, Carl Abelardo T. Antonio, Valdelaine E. M. Araujo, Olatunde Aremu, Johan Arnlöv, Al Artaman, Krishna Kumar Aryal, Hamid Asayesh, Ephrem Tsegay Asfaw, Solomon Weldegebreal Asgedom, Rana Jawad Asghar, Mengistu Mitiku Ashebir, Netsanet Abera Asseffa, Tesfay Mehari Atey, Sachin R. Atre, Madhu S. Atteraya, Leticia Avila-Burgos, Euripide Frinel G. Arthur Avokpaho, Ashish Awasthi, Beatriz Paulina Ayala Quintanilla, Animut Alebel Ayalew, Henok Tadesse Ayele, Rakesh Ayer, Tambe Betrand Ayuk, Peter Azzopardi, Natasha Azzopardi-Muscat, Tesleem Kayode Babalola, Hamid Badali, Alaa Badawi, Maciej Banach, Amitava Banerjee, Amrit Banstola, Ryan M. Barber, Miguel A. Barboza, Suzanne L. Barker-Collo, Till Bärnighausen, Simon Barquera, Lope H. Barrero, Quique Bassat, Sanjay Basu, Bernhard T. Baune, Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi, Neeraj Bedi, Ettore Beghi, (2018). Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet s. 2236-2271. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30994-2
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Megan Todd, Marcin Stonawski, (2018). Religious affiliation at time of death - Global estimates and projections. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health s. 229-239. doi: 10.1177/1403494817733870
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Melissa Hardy, Bjørn Heine Strand, (2018). Women’s spousal choices and a man’s handshake: Evidence from a Norwegian study of cohort differences. SSM - Population Health s. 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.04.004
- Ali H. Mokdad, Katherine Ballestros, Michelle Echko, Scott Glenn, Helen E. Olsen, Erin Mullany, Alex Lee, Abdur Rahman Khan, Alireza Ahmadi, Alize J. Ferrari, Amir Kasaeian, Andrea Werdecker, Austin Carter, Ben Zipkin, Benn Sartorius, Berrin Serdar, Bryan L. Sykes, Chris Troeger, Christina Fitzmaurice, Colin D. Rehm, Damian Santomauro, Daniel Kim, Danny Colombara, David C. Schwebel, Derrick Tsoi, Dhaval Kolte, Elaine Nsoesie, Emma Nichols, Eyal Oren, Fiona J. Charlson, George C. Patton, Gregory A. Roth, H. Dean Hosgood, Harvey A. Whiteford, Hmwe Kyu, Holly E. Erskine, Hsiang Huang, Ira Martopullo, Jasvinder A. Singh, Jean B. Nachega, Juan R. Sanabria, Kaja Abbas, Kanyin Ong, Karen Tabb, Kristopher J. Krohn, Leslie Cornaby, Louisa Degenhardt, Mark Moses, Maryam Farvid, Max Griswold, Michael Criqui, Michelle Bell, Minh Nguyen, Mitch Wallin, Mojde Mirarefin, Mostafa Qorbani, Mustafa Younis, Nancy Fullman, Patrick Liu, Paul Briant, Philimon Gona, Rasmus Havmoller, Ricky Leung, Ruth Kimokoti, Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi, Simon I. Hay, Simon Yadgir, Stan Biryukov, Stein Emil Vollset, Tahiya Alam, Tahvi Frank, Talha Farid, Ted Miller, Theo Vos, Till Barnighausen, Tsegaye Telwelde Gebrehiwot, Yuichiro Yano, Ziyad Al-Aly, Alem Mehari, Alexis Handal, Amit Kandel, Ben Anderson, Brian Biroscak, Dariush Mozaffarian, E. Ray Dorsey, Eric L. Ding, Eun-Kee Park, Gregory Wagner, Guoqing Hu, Honglei Chen, Jacob E. Sunshine, Jagdish Khubchandani, Janet Leasher, Janni Leung, Joshua Salomon, Jürgen Unützer, Leah Cahill, Leslie Cooper, Masako Horino, Michael Brauer, (2018). The state of US health, 1990-2016: Burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors among US states. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) s. 1444-1472. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.0158
- George C Patton, Craig A Olsson, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Richard Saffery, Mary E Wlodek, Peter S Azzopardi, Marcin Stonawski, Bruce Rasmussen, Elizabeth Spry, Kate Francis, Zulfiqar A Bhutta, Nicholas J Kassebaum, Ali H Mokdad, Christopher J L Murray, Andrew M Prentice, Nicola Reavley, Peter Sheehan, Kim Sweeny, Russell M Viner, Susan M Sawyer, (2018). Adolescence and the next generation. Nature s. 458-466. doi: 10.1038/nature25759
- Philipp Hessel, Jonas Minet Kinge, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Ursula M Staudinger, (2018). Trends and determinants of the Flynn effect in cognitive functioning among older individuals in 10 European countries. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health s. 383-389. doi: 10.1136/jech-2017-209979
- Eric Caron-Malenfant, Anne Goujon, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2018). The religious switching of immigrants in Canada. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies s. 2582-2602. doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2017.1392848
- Lene Martinsen, Trygve Ottersen, Joseph Dieleman, Philipp Hessel, Jonas Minet Kinge, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2018). Do less populous countries receive more development assistance for health per capita? Longitudinal evidence for 143 countries, 1990–2014. BMJ Global Health s. 1-8. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000528
- Vegard Skirbekk, Michaela Potancokova, Conrad Hackett, Marcin Jan Stonawski, (2018). Religious Affiliation among Older Age Groups Worldwide: Estimates for 2010 and Projections until 2050. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences s. 1439-1445. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbw144
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2022). Decline and Prosper!.
- Simon Nygaard Øverland, Ann Kristin Knudsen, Stein Emil Vollset, Jonas Minet Kinge, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Mette Christophersen Tollånes, (2018). Sykdomsbyrden i Norge i 2016. Resultater fra Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2016 (GBD 2016).
- Ann Kristin Skrindo Knudsen, Mette Christophersen Tollånes, Øystein Ariansen Haaland, Jonas Minet Kinge, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Stein Emil Vollset, (2017). Sykdomsbyrde i Norge 2015. Resultater fra Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 (GBD 2015).
- Kayla Marie Tungodden, Elin Anita Fadum, Anna Malmø-Lund, Jeanette Engeland, Eirik Jansen, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Leif Åge Strand, Kristine Vejrup, (2024). Forsvarets arkiver som kunnskapsressurs - digitalisering og transkribering av militære helsedata. Norsk arkivforum doi: 10.18261/naf.30.1.4
- Helena Kames Kjeldgaard, Tone Kristin Omsland, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Martin O'Flaherty, Haakon Eduard Meyer, Kristin Holvik, (2024). Forecasting the burden of hip fracture in Norway towards 2050 by educational level. The Norwegian Epidemiologic Osteoporosis Studies (NOREPOS). Norsk Epidemiologi, Supplement s. 21-21.
- Ellen Melbye Langballe, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Bjørn Heine Strand, (2023). Correction: Subjective age and the association with intrinsic capacity, functional ability, and health among older adults in Norway (European Journal of Ageing, (2023), 20, 1, (4), 10.1007/s10433-023-00753-2). European Journal of Ageing doi: 10.1007/s10433-023-00757-y
- Katrin Wolfova, Di Wu, Jordan Weiss, Pavla Cermakova, Hans-Peter Kohler, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Yaakov Stern, Alison Gemmill, Sarah E. Tom, (2023). Corrigendum to “Sons and parental cognition in mid-life and older adulthood” [J. Psychiatr. Res. 156 (2022) 284–290, (S0022395622005696), (10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.10.026)]. Journal of Psychiatric Research doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.01.048
- Ekaterina Zotcheva, Bjørn Heine Strand, Asta Håberg, Geir Selbæk, Bernt Magne Bratsberg, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2022). Sex-specific associations of occupational physical demands and dementia risk: the HUNT Study.
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2022). Understanding the Global Transition to Low Fertility.
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2022). Over halvparten av oss kan bli uten etterkommere.
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2022). What will a population of 8 billion people mean for us and the planet?.
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2022). Elon Musk Is Totally Wrong About Population Collapse.
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2022). Centre talk: Why has fertility more than halved? .
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2022). Social and biological drivers of low fertility.
- Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, (2022). Vegard Skirbekk on why we should embrace low fertility rates.
- Bjørn Heine Strand, Erik Reidar Sund, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Siri Høivik Storeng, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Steinar Krokstad, (2021). Gode nyheter fra FHI: Vi lever ikke bare lenger. Vi får også flere år med god helse.. Aftenposten Viten
- Vegard Skirbekk, (2018). Forced migration and fertility: the Karelian displaced population in Finland.
- Vegard Skirbekk, (2018). Functional Aging.
- Vegard Skirbekk, (2018). Which Sociodemographic Groups Are at Greatest Risk of Being Displaced Due to Automation?.
- Vegard Skirbekk, (2018). Living Too Long or Dying Too Soon?.
- George C. Patton, Craig A. Olsson, Vegard Fykse Skirbekk, Richard Saffery, Mary E. Wlodek, Peter S. Azzopardi, Marcin Stonawski, Bruce Rasmussen, Elizabeth Spry, Kate Francis, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Nicholas J. Kassebaum, Ali H. Mokdad, Christopher J. L. Murray, Andrew M. Prentice, Nicola Reavley, Peter Sheehan, Kim Sweeny, Russell M. Viner, Susan M. Sawyer, (2018). Publisher Correction: Adolescence and the next generation. Nature doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0069-3
- N.J. Kassebaum, R.M. Barber, L. Dandona, S.I. Hay, H.J. Larson, S.S. Lim, A.D. Lopez, A.H. Mokdad, M. Naghavi, C. Pinho, C. Steiner, T. Vos, H. Wang, T. Achoki, G.M. Anderson, M. Arora, S. Biryukov, J.D. Blore, A. Carter, D.C. Casey, M.M. Coates, M. Coggeshall, D.J. Dicker, E. Dossou, T. Fleming, M.S. Fraser, J. Friedman, N. Fullman, N. Graetz, J. Hancock, C. Huynh, M. Iannarone, L. Kemmer, X.R. Kulikoff, M.J. Kutz, P.Y. Liu, N. Marquez, A. Misganaw, M.D. Mooney, M. Moradi-Lakeh, M. Ng, G. Nguyen, A. Pain, K.A. Shackelford, N. Silpakit, A. Sligar, J.M. Smith, R.J.D. Sorensen, Stein Emil Vollset, J.A. Wagner, T. Wolock, Y. Zhao, M. Zhou, C.J.L. Murray, B.E. Ebel, N.D. Futran, K.M. Harun, Z.A. Bhutta, M.I. Nisar, N. Akseer, P. Jeemon, R. Dandona, S. Goenka, G.A. Kumar, P.W. Gething, D. Bisanzio, A. Deribew, C. Cooper, R. Ali, D.A. Bennett, V. Jha, K. Rahimi, Y. Kinfu, G.V.S. Murthy, Y. Li, S. Liu, L. Wang, X. Liang, S. Yu, P. Azzopardi, K.B. Gibney, A. Meretoja, C.E.I. Szoeke, K. Alam, S.M. Colquhoun, R.G. Weintraub, T. Wijeratne, R. Lozano, I.R. Campos-Nonato, J.C. Campuzano, H. Gomez-Dantes, H. Lamadrid-Figueroa, F. Mejia-Rodriguez, Hernandez Montañez Hernandez, P. Montero, G.A. Mensah, J.A. Salomon, A.L. Thorne-Lyman, O.N. Ajala, T. Bärnighausen, (2017). 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)). The Lancet doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32609-5
- Vegard Skirbekk, (2017). Religion and Educational Attainment Around the World.
- Vegard Skirbekk, (2017). Culture and demographic development.
- Vegard Skirbekk, (2017). Extinction of family lines. Great-grandchildlessness in 19th, 20th, and 21st century in Northern Sweden.
- Vegard Skirbekk, (2017). Protecting Health in Hard Times: The Changing Role of Families in Mitigating Adverse Effects of Labor Market Shocks.
- Vegard Skirbekk, (2017). The Leveling-Off of Secular Cohort Gains in Cognitive Functioning in Europe.