Pieter Vanhuysse

Sozialwissenschaftler Claus Offe gestorben Claus Offe prägte die Sozialwissenschaften mit scharfsinnigen Analysen und gesellschaftskritischen Perspektiven. Als Grenzgänger zwischen Soziologie und Politologie bleibt sein Werk wegweisend.

A deep and original theorist, a generous colleague, and a kind friend has left us. RIP, Claus. You will be missed dearly.

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Sozialwissenschaftler Claus Offe gestorben Claus Offe prägte die Sozialwissenschaften mit scharfsinnigen Analysen und gesellschaftskritischen Perspektiven. Als Grenzgänger zwischen Soziologie und Politologie bleibt sein Werk wegweisend.

Ein von Michael Zürn und mir verfasster Nachruf auf Claus Offe. Ein bemerkenswerter Mensch und Wissenschaftler www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

How Democracies Fall Apart - Dissent Magazine An interview with Adam Przeworski.

It was a true honor to talk to legendary political scientist Adam Przeworski about how he understands the present crisis, what he learned from Chile and Poland, and how to move forward from here www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...

España tiene un persistente problema de baja fecundidad. ¿Por qué grava la crianza de los hijos? En el análisis de la baja fertilidad española —1,19 hijos por mujer—, Pieter Vanhuysse concluye que se deben replantear las políticas públicas, en especial las fiscales, para permitir que aquellos qu...

¿Por qué grava la crianza de los hijos?
En el análisis de la baja fertilidad española —1,19 hijos por mujer—, Pieter Vanhuysse concluye que se deben replantear las políticas públicas, para permitir que aquellos que quieran ser padres puedan serlo
agendapublica.es/noticia/1894...

What place-specific policies to combat depopulation from Europe's regions?
I was honored to give the keynote to the first International Congress on Depopulation, organised by the Gobierno de Aragon deep in the mountains at Segura de Banos
#demography #policy #regions

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"Democrafting the future" : my podcast on why our welfare states are intergenerational piggy banks, the hidden asymmetric burden of social reproduction in low-fertility Europe, and all things political demography:
democraft.blog

España tiene un persistente problema de baja fecundidad. ¿Por qué grava la crianza de los hijos? En el análisis de la baja fertilidad española —1,19 hijos por mujer—, Pieter Vanhuysse concluye que se deben replantear las políticas públicas, en especial las fiscales, para permitir que aquellos qu...

¿Por qué grava la crianza de los hijos?
En el análisis de la baja fertilidad española —1,19 hijos por mujer—, Pieter Vanhuysse concluye que se deben replantear las políticas públicas, para permitir que aquellos que quieran ser padres puedan serlo
agendapublica.es/noticia/1894...

What place-specific policies to combat depopulation from Europe's regions?
I was honored to give the keynote to the first International Congress on Depopulation, organised by the Gobierno de Aragon deep in the mountains at Segura de Banos
#demography #policy #regions

www.aragon.es/actualidad/i...

"Democrafting the future" : my podcast on why our welfare states are intergenerational piggy banks, the hidden asymmetric burden of social reproduction in low-fertility Europe, and all things political demography:
democraft.blog

First weekend at the European Citizens Panel on #Intergenerational #Fairness as a Knowledge Committee member: answering citizen requests, and a nice view of Parc Leopold, where 19th century scientific Brussels intermingles with contemporary Euro-Brussels

Intergenerational Fairness The European Commission is inviting you to help co-create a groundbreaking strategy on Intergenerational Fairness! Use this platform to share what you want it to look like, what you think is important...

European Commisioner Micallef has just addressed the European Citizens' Panel on #Intergenerational #Fairness in Brussels. This weekend, as part of the Knowledge Committee for this Citizens Panel, I guide 150 citizens' input into the #EU strategy on IF
citizens.ec.europa.eu/intergenerat...

Welfare states as lifecycle redistribution machines:
Why the piggy bank dwarfs Robin Hood in Europe

Policy Brief version at the European Social Observatory:
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Welfare states as lifecycle redistribution machines: Decomposing the roles of age and socio-economic status shows that European tax-and-benefit systems primarily redistribute across age groups Social scientists identify two core functions of modern welfare states as redistribution across (a) socio-economic status groups (Robin Hood) and (b) ‘the lifecycle’ (the piggy bank). But what is the ...

European welfare states are inter-age piggy banks, much more than they are rich-to-poor Robin Hoods.
Understanding the cross-sectional operation of the piggy bank leads to a new focus on intercohort #sustainability & #fairness: the political economy of #generations

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Welfare states as lifecycle redistribution machines: Decomposing the roles of age and socio-economic status shows that European tax-and-benefit systems primarily redistribute across age groups Social scientists identify two core functions of modern welfare states as redistribution across (a) socio-economic status groups (Robin Hood) and (b) ‘the lifecycle’ (the piggy bank). But what is the ...

European welfare states are inter-age piggy banks, much more than they are rich-to-poor Robin Hoods.
Understanding the cross-sectional operation of the piggy bank leads to a new focus on intercohort #sustainability & #fairness: the political economy of #generations

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Glad to have been appointed as a member of the Knowledge Committee of the European Citizens' Panel on Intergenerational Fairness. We will be guiding 150 Europeans' input into EU Commissioner Micallef's developing strategy on intergenerational fairness
citizens.ec.europa.eu/concluded-on...

There is an asymmetry in socialization of downward v upward transfers. Children receive more than twice as many per-capita resources as older persons - but mot from the state. In aging, low-fertility societies, why has investment in children not been socialized more?
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Pro-Elderly Welfare States within Child-Oriented Societies
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How the young get more than the elderly out of society – but not out of the state New research shows childhood in Europe lasts on average until age 25, while old age starts at 60.

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There is an asymmetry in socialization of downward v upward transfers. Children receive more than twice as many per-capita resources as older persons - but mot from the state. In aging, low-fertility societies, why has investment in children not been socialized more?
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Intergenerational Justice in Aging Societies

Glad to have been appointed as a member of the Knowledge Committee of the European Citizens' Panel on Intergenerational Fairness. We will be guiding 150 Europeans' input into EU Commissioner Micallef's developing strategy on intergenerational fairness
citizens.ec.europa.eu/concluded-on...

Social Security Is Turning 90. Here Are 6 Myths About It That Won’t Go Away.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/b...

Opinion | Are We Really Willing to Become Dumber?

"Thinking hard strengthens your mental capacity. Using a bot to think for you or even just massaging what the bot gives you is empty calories for the mind. You’re robbing yourself of an education and diminishing your intellectual potential."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...

Why One of the Causes of Falling Birthrates May Be Prosperity

A second @nytimes.com article citing our "Taxing Reproduction":

"Nordic countries... famed for their subsidized child care and maternity leave...have some of the highest parenting costs in Europe, once parents’ time and out-of-pocket costs are taken into account."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

Opinion | ‘1984’ Hasn’t Changed, but America Has

‘1984’ Hasn’t Changed, but America Has www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

Debunking the ‘Stork Theory’: Why Do Low-Fertility Societies Tax Their Own Reproduction? What and how many resources does it really take to raise a newborn baby to productive adulthood? And who pays for it?

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Why One of the Causes of Falling Birthrates May Be Prosperity

A second @nytimes.com article citing our "Taxing Reproduction":

"Nordic countries... famed for their subsidized child care and maternity leave...have some of the highest parenting costs in Europe, once parents’ time and out-of-pocket costs are taken into account."
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

#Wilmasreview

Flashback: Wilma 7 years ago as a puppy 🐶 It takes a lot of effort to raise a puppy, but a human baby takes extra effort! 👶

A new study by Pieter Vanhuysse, Márton Medgyesi and Róbert Iván Gál shows:
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The Feminist Case for Spending Billions to Boost the Birthrate

Our "Taxing Reproduction" covered by @nytimes.com:

"[Nordic] parents are still left with higher out-of-pocket costs than elsewhere, a 2023 study found.... When the value of parents’ time is added in, the numbers grow even more ... said Pieter Vanhuysse"

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/w...

The New Nordic Paradox: How Family-friendly Welfare States Burden Parents the Most Around most of the world, low fertility has become an urgent challenge. This is the case even in the Nordic societies.

The New Nordic Paradox of fast-falling #fertility in the most #family-friendly welfare states:
today I am at the Norwegian Ministry of Children and Families to present "Taxing Reproduction" and consult with the Birth Rate Commission:
www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/o...

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