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Socioeconomic inequalities in survival to retirement age in Denmark: a register-based analysis - Genus Around the world, people are increasingly living to older ages. This challenges the sustainability of the pension systems. In Denmark, statutory retirement age increases gradually to account for changes in life expectancy. However, the chances of reaching retirement age are not equal across the Danish population, and raising the retirement age could disproportionally impact those of lower socioeconomic status. In this study, we investigated socioeconomic inequalities in mortality before reaching retirement age in Denmark and how a higher retirement age would affect survival to retirement across socioeconomic groups. We used Danish registry data over a 30-year period, focusing on 19 consecutive birth cohorts: 1936–1954. We assessed the probability of dying between age 50 and retirement age, set at 65 and 67, across socioeconomic groups using three dimensions of socioeconomic status: education, occupation, and income. We found that the gap in survival has widened over time between the lowest and highest socioeconomic groups for each indicator, driven mostly by limited or stagnant improvements in the lowest socioeconomic groups. Our findings show that raising the retirement age from 65 to 67 disproportionately affects individuals from lower socioeconomic groups, especially men, in absolute terms. Pension reforms that link retirement age to life expectancy are sharpening inequalities, as lower-SES groups are not only facing higher early mortality, but also experience much slower improvements in mortality.

[Paper alert] Mortality decreases for highest socioeconomic groups in Denmark 🇩🇰 while stagnating for lowest ones | Survival to retirement | Danish registry | @cosmostrozza.bsky.social in @genus.bsky.social with @svigezzi.bsky.social @juliacalla.bsky.social @sandrsalek.bsky.social @ikashnitsky.phd

👉Systematic review finds same-sex & different-sex parents show similar mental health, parenting stress & relationship quality. Same-sex parents face more stress related to discrimination and less family help.
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📣 New paper just published:

"The influence of the documentation status on first employment outcomes in the host country: the case of Albanian returnees" - by Thaís García-Pereiro, Anna Paterno & Roberta Pace.

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Calling for submissions to our w. @timriffe1.bsky.social
Healthy Life Expectancy methodology collection on @genus.bsky.social! We're seeking innovative approaches to statistical modelling and empirical analysis of health inequalities 📈
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📣 Great news from our community!

👉 @cosmostrozza.bsky.social has been awarded the European Demographer Award 2025 for a promising & upcoming researcher! 🚀

🏆 The prize, promoted by Population Europe, will be presented at the Berlin Demography Days. 👏

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❓: Is marriage ‘just a paper’?

"Why men and women choose cohabitation over marriage in the Philippines: insights from focus group data"

👉 New paper by Bernice Kuang just published!
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Despite Spain’s high life expectancy, migrants from Latin America, Asia & Africa are found to have a significant mortality advantage over natives, particularly men.

New paper by @farid-flici.bsky.social, @sergitl.bsky.social & Permanyer available here:

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Socioeconomic inequalities in survival to retirement age in Denmark: a register-based analysis - Genus Around the world, people are increasingly living to older ages. This challenges the sustainability of the pension systems. In Denmark, statutory retirement age increases gradually to account for chang...

Mortality stagnates for Denmark's lowest socioeconomic groups while decreasing for highest, driving widening survival gaps to retirement ‼️

Check out our newest publication in @genus.bsky.social with @svigezzi.bsky.social @juliacalla.bsky.social @sandrsalek.bsky.social @ikashnitsky.phd

Socioeconomic inequalities in survival to retirement age in Denmark: a register-based analysis - Genus Around the world, people are increasingly living to older ages. This challenges the sustainability of the pension systems. In Denmark, statutory retirement age increases gradually to account for chang...

Survival inequalities expand in DK by socioeconomic group. New paper by @cosmostrozza.bsky.social, @svigezzi.bsky.social, @juliacalla.bsky.social, @sandrsalek.bsky.social, @ikashnitsky.phd, find that almost 1/4 poor men vs 1/20 rich men die pre-retirement.

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Recent trends in parenthood in Swedish same- and different-sex legal unions: emerging gender and socioeconomic differences - Genus Parentalization, or becoming a parent and being legally and socially recognized as such, has long been constrained for sexual minorities. Although many studies have examined the outcomes of children o...

Parenthood among same-sex couples has changed as policy & social contexts have evolved. Swedish data revealed that same-sex parenting increased over time among women, but remained rare among men.

👉 New paper by Mollborn, @martinkolk.bsky.social & Evertsson

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How does couples' stress relate to their shared childbearing goals? @karenguzzo.bsky.social, VanBergen, @wendymanning.bsky.social, @clairekampdush.bsky.social use @nchatstudy.bsky.social to find out!

Link to the study #openaccess:
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New publication by @manuelastranges.bsky.social & Wolff!

👉 Family matters: among young migrants, minors entering with relatives stay much longer in reception centers. Over one half leave voluntarily, with exit reasons varying by origin and family status.

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👉 New paper by Caltabiano, Meggiolaro & Tocchioni (@florenceups.bsky.social) suggests that parental separation has a strong cultural effect on children’s trajectories to adulthood, especially on the formation of household, but also on economic independence.

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How do different uncertainties shape fertility intentions in the US? Badolato, @karenguzzo.bsky.social, @srhayford.bsky.social unpack goal uncertainty, realization uncertainty & intensity of fertility goals highlighting age, parity & socioeconomic differences
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Here’s a fresh read for your Monday brain🧠:

A new article by Mendola and Busetta on refugees’ health in Germany - now out in GENUS and available #openaccess.

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That’s a wrap for #PopDays2025!
A huge thank you to all participants — so many of you, from so many places, and with such high-level contributions.

The atmosphere was truly inspiring!
See you all in Trento for the next edition in two years! 🇮🇹✨

Final session of #PopDays2025: presentation of the Population Report “Towards a Positive Demography”

📍Aula A — starting now!

The second PopDay is about to start! 🙌

You can find #PopDays2025 programme with sessions details here 👇
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We hope to see many of you around!

Levels of #loneliness decline across cohorts, possibly because the negative impact of increased individualism on loneliness outweighs the positive effect of reduced family size across generations.

👉 New paper by Liat Raz-Yurovich available #OpenAccess

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Using longitudinal population-based survey data from Australia, Ester Lazzari examines whether dealing with the uncertainty of #infertility prompts men and women to revise their pre-existing fertility preferences.

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New publication by Karun, McDougal & Singh:

👉Sex disparities in health of older adults in India: assessing the morbidity-mortality paradox through disability-free life expectancy.

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👉 Can distinct trajectories of fertility expectations be identified among Dutch childless? Do trajectories differ in terms of self-reported societal pessimism?

Read the answers in the new paper by @katyaoivanova.bsky.social 👇

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❓How open and effective are EU asylum systems?

Forte, Gatti, Gabrielli, Benassi & Strozza propose the RIP index to measure States’ capability to grant protection. Major disparities emerged before, during and after 2015–2016 refugee crisis.

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👉 Check our new publication - by Li, Cheng, Liu & @emitanaka.org:

"Analysis of international life expectancies with manifold learning and neural networks"

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🚨 Concern about climate change is linked to lower fertility intentions in Italy.

👉 New study out in Genus by @chiarapuglisi.bsky.social, Daniele Vignoli @florenceups.bsky.social & Raya Muttarak.

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📢 The Population Days 2025 conference is coming!

Join us in Cagliari from June 4 to 6, 2025, for insightful discussions on population studies.

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Family and humanitarian migrant women in Italy face higher unemployment but better job quality than labour migrants. Humanitarian men initially lag in upward job mobility but catch up after a decade.

➡️ New paper by Impicciatore & Molinari just published!

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New paper by Stathopoulou and colleagues examines teachers' perspectives on the factors shaping access to #education and the educational experiences of refugee youth in Greece.

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📣 Aaaaaand...

👉 The Italian Association for Population Studies is also on Bluesky!

Definitely a must-follow!

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