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New paper by Carlsson & @wooseongkim.bsky.social available #openaccess!

👉 Using GGS data, this study links depression to reduced propensity to state positive fertility intentions among Norwegian women and lower realisation of such intentions among Swedish women.

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Country-of-destination patterns vary by gender: completed fertility among first-generation migrants in Europe - Genus Previous research on migrant fertility has focused mainly on the total fertility rate (TFR) at the macro level or on specific birth transitions of migrant women or their descendants at the individual ...

New publication by Friedrich & Milewski shows that: 👇

Migrant women’s fertility mirrors that of natives in Nordic & German-speaking countries but men face high childlessness in the Nordics. Migration disrupts men’s childbearing careers more than women’s.

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Years of Life Expectancy with Care Needs (YLCN) allow cross-country comparisons of the average years individuals are expected to live in states combining healthcare & social care needs.

👉 New paper by Calderón-Jaramillo, Spijker, @elirenteria.bsky.social, Alves

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When uncertainty strikes, even a secure environment shakes: the childbearing advantage of secure employment fades once uncertainty enters one’s social context.

👉 New paper by @comochia.bsky.social & @marcoalbertini.bsky.social available on Genus!

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New study on divorce by @elinaeinio.bsky.social & Ponkilainen shows that women divorcing men face larger losses in homeownership & in retaining the marital home than both their former husbands and women divorcing women. @pophel.bsky.social

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PS. Happy New Year! 🥂

🔥 New paper by Lappegard, Kristensen & Dommermuth

👉 The authors use GGS data to show that reporting difficulties making ends meet is linked to a lower probability of realizing intended first births, net of employment status and income, in Norway.

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📣 New paper by @agnese-vitali.bsky.social & M. Juni!

👉 Workplace-based family-friendly policies matter: flexible working arrangements are positively associated with #fertility intentions in Italy

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From a humble master’s thesis to a published article! Thanks to my amazing co-authors and thoughtful reviewers, I learned so much about how (not) to write a scientific paper 😅 Really happy to see it out at @genus.bsky.social!

New in GENUS: how does parental relationship quality affect child wellbeing in step- vs. nuclear families? - By @lenacwt.bsky.social, @stefaniamolina.bsky.social, Alonso-Perez & Kreyenfeld

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New paper out in GENUS!

👉 "A recent fast change: diffusion and acceptance of homosexuality among university students in Northern Italy during the twenty-first century" - by Castiglioni, Dalla Zuanna & Colombo.

Available #openaccess here:
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📣 Check out this new publication:

"Beyond conservative gender roles: exploring the division of paid and unpaid labour among Italian same-sex couples" - by Gioia Geremia & @agnese-vitali.bsky.social

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New publication by @francescaluppi.bsky.social, Rosina & Testa:

👉 Parenthood and self-fulfilment: does having children matter to Italian young-adults?

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Global sequence analysis (1995–2023) of LGB+ rights across 193 countries identifies six distinct paths and suggests that first democratic transition is associated with when and how rights spread - by @lisadevries.bsky.social & @annakarmann.bsky.social

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❓Do all non-binary people face the same barriers in education? Measuring gender in two dimensions—(1) cis/trans/something else and (2) binary/non-binary—uncovers new educational inequalities.

👉 New paper by @sabiberco.bsky.social available here:

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How is separation after childbirth linked to the labour earnings trajectories of mothers in Sweden and West Germany? Are there differences by mothers’ socioeconomic position?

👉 New paper by @sschmauk.bsky.social & A.-K. Nylin!

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🆕 Fresh in GENUS: A novel look at how migration changes what “replacement fertility” really means for European populations - by @nickparr.bsky.social.

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New evidence from Poland shows fertility fell with education after 1989, but women with strong cultural capital rebounded—highlighting the hidden role of class and culture in family patterns.

👉 New paper by Krzysztof Tymicki!

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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.
@yuxuanjin.bsky.social @denimazrekaj.bsky.social

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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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Health demographers 📣
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 📈
📆 Submission deadline: 01/06/26
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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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