Roland Rau
Roland Rau is professor of demography at the University of Rostock where he currently serves also as chair of the department of sociology & demography. In addition, he is a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. He spent two years as a research scholar at Duke University and was guest researcher at Florida State University and the University of Southern Denmark. His main research interests are in mathematical and statistical demography, survival improvements in developed countries, and population ageing.
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12 March 2025 | research article
On the momentum of pseudostable populations
Volume: 52 Article ID: 15
Pages: 445–478
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2025.52.15
01 March 2018 | research article
Gompertz, Makeham, and Siler models explain Taylor's law in human mortality data
Volume: 38 Article ID: 29
Pages: 773–842
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.38.29
17 September 2015 | descriptive finding
Taylor's power law in human mortality
Volume: 33 Article ID: 21
Pages: 589–610
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2015.33.21
17 September 2013 | descriptive finding
Minor gradient in mortality by education at the highest ages
Volume: 29 Article ID: 19
Pages: 507–520
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.29.19
04 November 2003 | descriptive finding
Volume: 9 Article ID: 9
Pages: 197–222
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2003.9.9