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Aart-Jan Riekhoff

@ajriekhoff.bsky.social

Senior researcher at the Finnish Centre for Pensions (ETK), focusing on retirement and pensions in the context of life courses, social inequalities, and changing labour markets | https://www.etk.fi/en/contactinformation/arie-aart-jan-riekhoff/

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 2d ago

After the summer holidays it's time to start thinking ahead... e.g., about submitting your abstract to our working group on "Work and working life in times of rupture" at the Finnish social policy conference (Turku, Oct. 29-30)! Deadline for submissions is Sept. 6. sites.utu.fi/sosiaalipoli...

Work and careers are at the crosswind of change. Increased job insecurity and nonstandard employment relations, new forms of work – such as platform and gig work– and emerging new technologies with requirement for new skills, are just some of the current trends that are reshaping working life. At the same time, global turmoil and demographic changes, such as population ageing and immigration, add to uncertainties in the labour market. These changes may have wide-reaching consequences not only for work and careers, but also, for example, for workers’ (mental) health, social security, and inten-tions to start a family. Working life needs to adapt to a changing environment and workers need to adapt to a changing working life. In addition, changes affect different population groups unequally. Altogether, this poses particular challenges for social policy to design innovative solutions, to manage change effectively, and ensure a functional and socially just labour market. In this working group, we will explore the current changes in working life and the challenges it poses to individuals, workplaces and society. We will examine how these changes contribute to social inequalities. Who are the most affected and what can social policy – including labour market, education, health, pension, and family policies – do to protect the economic wellbeing and health especially of the most vulnerable groups? We invite presentations that explore and analyse recent and ongoing changes in working lives and labour markets, as well as their consequences and the policies to address them. We welcome both theoretical and empirical studies across disciplinaries.

Presentations can be held in Finnish or in English.

Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In a new report with Susanna Sten-Gahmberg and Merja Kauhanen (@labore.fi) we use a pilot survey to identify platform workers and link these data to various registers to study their income and employment over the course of several years: www.etk.fi/en/topical-i... @elaketurvakeskus.bsky.social

Platform workers face more variability in income and labour market status than rest of population - Finnish Centre for Pensions

Platform workers’ taxable earned income in 2022 averaged around 32,200 euros, while those with no reported platform work earned an average of around 37,000 euros. Platform workers also earned less in…

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Maria Vaalavuo @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢Our new @sustageable.fi working paper on immigrants' family-work trajectories and old age poverty in Finland: osf.io/preprints/so... Together with @ajriekhoff.bsky.social and @aleksikarhula.bsky.social #poverty #immigration #work #family #sequenceanalysis

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Andreas P. Weiland @apweiland.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"Behind Closed Doors: Intra-Couple Pension and Wealth Gaps in Germany and Beyond" 🚪👩‍🦳👴 @lisdata.bsky.social / @liser.lu policy brief by @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and me out now! Read more here 👉 www.lisdatacenter.org/newsletter/n...

LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

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Eläketurvakeskus @elaketurvakeskus.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Hae Eläketurvakeskuksen pro gradu -palkintoa! Palkitsemme ansiokkaan eläkeaiheisen opinnäytteen vuodelta 2025. Palkinnon arvo 2 000 on euroa. https://www.etk.fi/ajankohtaista/pro-gradu-palkinto-haettavissa-vuonna-2025-hyvaksytylle-elakeaiheiselle-opinnaytteelle/ #gradu #palkinto #eläke

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Wouter De Tavernier @wdetavernier.bsky.social · 8mo ago

#Pensions at a Glance 2025 launched today. 🧵 with some key insights from this edition. Full report now available here: www.oecd.org/en/publicati... 1/4

The average future net replacement rate in the OECD is 63%.
Retirement ages are set to increase in more than half of OECD countries, on average from 64.7 to 66.4 years.
Men have higher disposable income than women in old age, at 92% and 82% of the average disposable income of the total population, respectively.
Gender gaps are large, but steadily declining, from 28% in 2007 to 23% in 2024 in the OECD on average.
Also gender gaps in career length have dropped sharply, from 10.2 to 5.9 years between 2000 and 2023 in the OECD on average.
Past fertility projections have been too optimistic. If fertility were to fall further, population ageing may be faster than currently projected, further undermining pension sustainability.

Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📢 New article with @apolvinen.bsky.social and Riku Perhoniemi in the European Journal of Public Health! What happens to Finns who end up on a temporary disability pension, not only after the start of the pension but also before? 1/3

Screen shot of the abstract of the article: Every year, a significant number of people in Finland retire on a disability pension. Half of them are granted a temporary disability pension. Our study examines the different pathways into and out of temporary disability retirement and analyses how individual-level factors are associated with these pathways. We used comprehensive register data on Finns aged 30–58 who received a temporary disability pension in 2018 and followed them for 4 years before and after their pension claim. Sequence analysis in combination with clustering was used to identify typical patterns in and out of temporary disability pension. In addition, we examined the association between individual-level factors and the observed pathways. We identified nine distinct clusters with unique pathways. Two-thirds of the study population belonged to five clusters in which receipt of a disability pension continued for several years. The majority had been employed before receiving the pension. Only 18% belonged to a single cluster characterized by return to work, while persons in the remaining three clusters (20%) ended up in unemployment or unknown labour market states. The different pathways also differed by individual-level factors.
We identified several different pathways into and out of temporary disability pensions. Most of them were characterized by long-term disability retirement rather than return to work. A better understanding of these pathways and associated individual factors is crucial to developing more effective strategies to facilitate return to work and prevent long-term disability.

RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · 9mo ago

RC28 spring meeting deadline is December 1, 2025. Looking forward to seeing you in Seville. eventos.upo.es/137585/detai...

Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Together with Kène Henkens and Harry van Dalen we updated the chapter on “Managing an older workforce and retirement: The employer’s perspective” for the forthcoming second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Retirement. academic.oup.com/edited-volum....

Abstract: This chapter discusses the literature with respect to the role of employers in the retirement processes of older workers and provides suggestions for future research. The first part of the chapter reviews existing theoretical insights regarding the employers’ actions and attitudes toward older workers and retirement. The next section discusses empirical findings with regard to age-related stereotypes in the workplace and age norms with respect to retirement, and presents some results from an international comparative employer study. The chapter concludes with a section on the management of retirement processes, focusing on the exit and hiring of older workers.

LIFECON @lifecon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Kiitos #sosiaalipolitiikanpäivät2025! @sustageable.fi yhteistyönä @laursalo.bsky.social & @ajriekhoff.bsky.social vetivät työryhmää työmarkkinoiden uudesta sosiaalipolitiikasta. Kiinnostavia keskusteluja työmarkkinapoluista, työelämän inklusiivisuuden tarpeesta ja uusista työn muodoista.

Carla Rowold @crowold.bsky.social · 11mo ago

💫Very happy to share that my first single-authored paper has been published in @sfjournal.bsky.social. I suggest to combine Life Course Feature Selection with Ñopo decomposition to disentangle which life-course events drive gender inequalities such as Gender Pension Gaps doi.org/10.1093/sf/s... 🧵👇

Full-time employment is all that matters? Quantifying the role of relevant and gender-exclusive life-course experiences for gender pension gaps

Abstract. Gender pension gaps (GPGs) represent crucial indicators of gender inequalities over the life course. Despite reaching higher levels, they have re

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Satu Helske @satuhelske.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Come work on my new research project! We are studying whether and how #parentalLeave is shared in different types of families, how the use of parental leave has changed in different families since the 2000s, and how parents’ social environments influence their leave uptake. #research #hiring

INVEST Research Flagship Centre@invest-flagship.bsky.social · 12mo ago

We’re hiring! Join @utu.fi & INVEST Research Flagship Centre as a #SeniorResearcher ( #postdoc ) or #DoctoralResearcher in the #SHARELEAVE project on parental leave and social inequality. 🌍👶 🗓 Apply by Sept 22 at 4 pm (Finnish time) 👉 ats.talentadore.com/apply/erikoi... #hiring #openvacancies

Katja Möhring 🦁@katjamoe.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Very good summary of our @europeansocieties.bsky.social article by @ajriekhoff.bsky.social with @katikuitto.bsky.social & @lmpalomaki.bsky.social Indeed, consequences of financial hardship turn out to be quite different for men and women 💁‍♀️🙍‍♂️

SustAgeable @sustageable.fi · 12mo ago

Experiencing financial problems during the early and mid-life course does not necessarily bear negative consequences for one’s pension income in old age, writes researcher @ajriekhoff.bsky.social on the blog. Read the full post: www.sustageable.fi/tulokset/add... #pensions #financialhardship

Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Previous research shows that retirement is often associated with changes in perceived quality of life. But does it matter WHEN you retire? And what drives those changes in the quality of life? In our new article with @lmpalomaki.bsky.social, Jyri Liukko & @sannatenhunen.bsky.social we find out 1/3

Maria Vaalavuo @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Our article with @terhia.bsky.social and Joonas Uotinen "(Un)happy Together—The Interrelated Life Satisfaction of Older Couples" published online in Social Indicators Research: rdcu.be/eBZin A fine outcome of a discussion on a bus trip back from the first @sustageable.fi consortium meeting 😀

(Un)happy Together—The Interrelated Life Satisfaction of Older Couples

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Andreas P. Weiland @apweiland.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Publication alert 🚨 @katjamoe.bsky.social‬ @claraoverweg.bsky.social‬ and I investigate the motherhood penalty on personal net wealth and public pension wealth for East and West German women born between 1937 and 1989.

Journal of Economics and Statistics@jeconstat.bsky.social · 12mo ago

New paper: @katjamoe.bsky.social, @claraoverweg.bsky.social and @apweiland.bsky.social study the motherhood penalty in net wealth and public pension wealth in Germany www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 12mo ago

At the @work2025fi.bsky.social conference in Turku. This afternoon presenting our research on entrepreneurial entry of gig workers in Finland

SustAgeable @sustageable.fi · 12mo ago

Addressing financial hardship throughout the life course can improve pension adequacy - SustAgeable

Our latest study shows that experiencing financial problems during the early and mid-life course does not necessarily bear negative consequences for one’s pension income in old age. However, a better ...

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Remember to send in your abstracts for our working group on "New social policies for changing labour markets" at the Finnish Social Policy Conference (October 23-24 in Helsinki). Deadline for submissions: September 1.

Aart-Jan Riekhoff@ajriekhoff.bsky.social · last yr.

With @laursalo.bsky.social we're organising a working group at the Finnish social policy days. Make sure to send an abstract (FI/EN) if you're doing research on change in labour markets, underlying causes, consequences, or policies to address inequalities! DL: 1.9 www.helsinki.fi/fi/konferens...

A description of the working group theme. Text can also be found by clicking on the link.

Konrad Turek @kturek.bsky.social · last yr.

🎥 I had the pleasure of speaking with Sage Research Methods about open science, open-source knowledge production and the @cpfdata.bsky.social Comparative Panel File Open Harmonization Project. Unfortunately (and surprisingly), the full interview is behind a paywall for now: lnkd.in/e4McXwa2

Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · last yr.

In the age of asset manager capitalism, do asset owners still matter? And what does this mean for the green transition? @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social and I investigate this through an in-depth study of how some of the most important asset owners - pension funds - invest. Now out in SER! 🧵

Niko Väänänen @nikovaananen.bsky.social · last yr.

Since the mid-90s Finland has taken big steps transition from a country of early retirement to one of later retirement. This article reviews 30 years of key policy, legislative, and institutional changes that enabled Finland to confront deep-rooted ageism. urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-f...

Reversing ageism and extending working lives: the Finland model

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Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨PhD in Quantitative Sociology @tcdsociology.bsky.social Join me for a project on “The Economics of Late-Life Divorce” 📌 €25,000/year + fees 📌 Strong quant skills & soc background needed 📌 Deadline: July 21, 2025 👉 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab... #PhD #Sociology #Demography #QuantMethods #AcademicJobs

Kat Chzhen@katchzhen.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨#PhDopportunity Alert🚨 Apply or circulate: A fully funded #PhDposition in #Sociology with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social at @tcdsociology.bsky.social to study "The Economics of Late-Life Divorce in High-Income Countries" Deadline: July 21 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab... @tcdschoolssp.bsky.social

Laura Salonen @laursalo.bsky.social · last yr.

Hei työelämätutkija! 👋 Lähetä abstrakti meidän työryhmään Sosiaalipolitiikan päiville! Hello fellow working life researcher! 👋 Send an abstract to our working group at the Social Policy Conference! Dl 1.9. ❗️

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Tobias Wiß @tobiaswiss.bsky.social · last yr.

What do Europeans think about their public-private pension income mix? In our (@karendublin.bsky.social and Juan J Fernandez) new study in the Journal of European Social Policy, we analyse pension attitudes across 6 countries based on a novel survey: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 1/n

Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · last yr.

Not often that there is an official mythbuster to give a keynote at a sociology conference

Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · last yr.

Heading out east to Lappeenranta to join the ESA RN21 mid-term conference. It so far from home that it's almost like going abroad 😅 Tomorrow I will be talking about doing research on age and ageing with register data and present new work on gig work and entrepreneurial entry. Looking forward!

Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · last yr.

Academic studies consistently show that access to citizenship has positive effects. Immigrants who become citizens experience lower unemployment, earn higher income, less likely to be overqualified for jobs & experience stronger sense of belonging eg @gathmannch.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.la...

Jonas Jessen @jonasjessen.bsky.social · last yr.

📣CALL FOR PAPERS 📣 Workshop on the economics of ageing and pensions tinyurl.com/2wez4wp7 Where? Berlin @wzb.bsky.social 🐻 When? November 20-21 November 🍂 For whom? Researchers at all stages in their career Anything else? Accomodation & travel cost will be covered 🚅🏨 Please circulate!