New ESR paper: In traditional Italy, income positively predicts parenthood for men/women, especially among high-income couples. This is at odds with classic sex-specialisation theory, implying high economic prerequisites/stratification of parenthood under rising childlessness doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

📢 Applications are now open for the PhD Programme in Life Course Research! We offer 10 PhD scholarships in Demography & Social Statistics. 🗓️ Deadline: August 6, 2026. A great opportunity to join a stimulating research environment! 🌍

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Eleonora Trappolini@etrappolini.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🎉 New paper out in JEMS! Migrants in Italy are much more likely than natives to be overqualified for their jobs. Yet overqualification is less strongly associated with lower job satisfaction among migrants, especially if arrived as adults. Read here ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

!!! JOBS !!! Come work with us in Florence @florenceups.bsky.social 5 posizioni tra post doc e pre doc per lavorare sui temi di data integration e data analysis su bullismo e violenza tra minori. Info su call e scadenze qui www.disia.unifi.it/upload/sub/d... www.disia.unifi.it/upload/sub/d...

Thanks to @populationeu.bsky.social for featuring our study! Joint work with @mussino.bsky.social @etrappolini.bsky.social @alderotti.bsky.social and Cristina Giudici.

Population Europe@populationeu.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A new Italian study led by @eleonoramiaci.bsky.social asks: Does access to formal childcare help mothers plan and realise another birth? And does this work differently for native-born and migrant women? Curious? Read the summary here: tinyurl.com/2uxfs8ha

📣 Our article with Priulla A., Giudici C. & Vicari D. is out in JIMI! We analyse academic outcomes among Italian, international, and second-generation students in Italy. We find significant differences across groups, with important variations by citizenship. Read here 👇🏻 rdcu.be/eVfhQ

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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR)@vypr.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📢 Call for papers is now open! We invite you to submit your contributions to the Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2027 special issue "Demographic perspectives on migration". 📆 Submit until 15 May 2026. 🔗 viennayearbook.org/call #demography @vypr.bsky.social @demographyvienna.bsky.social

📢 New dataset for researchers! The new European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) Dataset tracks parenting leave regulations over five decades! It provides harmonised data on maternity, co-parent, paid parental, and job-protected leave across 21 countries from 1970 to 2024. 🔗 eplp-dataset.org

Life course folks, you may be interested in our brand new article (w @etrappolini.bsky.social) on housing tenure trajectories and health in later life across Europe 🏡 open access on ALCR www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti....

Housing tenure trajectories and health in later life across Europe

Previous research has shown that standard patterns of work and family trajectories over the life course are associated with better health in later lif…

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📖 New study by Alessandro Gallo & Daniele Vignoli @florenceups.bsky.social shows that in #Italy, everyday housing expenses (such as bills, mortgages, rent payments, and maintenance costs) truly influence childbearing patterns. Read it now - tinyurl.com/23pt2xt5

New publication on Population Space and Place by Alessandro Gallo & Daniele Vignoli! ❓ Better Home, More Children? 👉 In #Italy, having children goes hand in hand with owning a home, especially for those who can sustain higher #housing expenses. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New paper out! A new index of housing insecurity and an application to SWB in Italy using SHIW data. Many thanks to Alessandro and Daniele of the @florenceups.bsky.social group — hope to work together again soon! doi.org/10.1007/s102...

Measuring housing insecurity: the relationship with subjective well-being across family types in Italy - Statistical Methods & Applications

Although housing insecurity is widely recognized as a critical dimension of individual and household well-being, there is increasing research aimed at clarifying how this complex notion should be defi...

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Our article (with @mussino.bsky.social @etrappolini.bsky.social @alderotti.bsky.social & Cristina Giudici) is out in Eur J Popul 🎉 We explore how unmet childcare needs shape mothers’ fertility intentions and behaviours in Italy, across native and migrant backgrounds. 📖 doi.org/10.1007/s106...

Formal Childcare Use and Mothers’ Fertility Intentions and Behaviours: Evidence in Italy by Migration Background - European Journal of Population

Numerous studies have explored the influences of family policies, such as formal childcare use, and migration on fertility, with mixed findings. However, limited research has examined how formal child...

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We are proud to support the Age-It programme, led by Daniele Vignoli florenceups.bsky.social - driving socioeconomic, biomedical, and tech innovation for an inclusive ageing #Italy. Explore highlights from our latest discussion on health, care, and tech: tinyurl.com/3pjts9ph

The Second General Meeting of the #AgeIt project is underway in wonderful Naples, where many researchers from our team are presenting their latest contributions to demographic research on population ageing! 👇👇👇 @alderotti.bsky.social @elibrini.bsky.social @karlosj89.bsky.social

🆕 Fresh in GENUS: A novel look at how migration changes what “replacement fertility” really means for European populations - by @nickparr.bsky.social. 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

🔥 New publication by @marcocozzani.bsky.social, Tocchioni, Vignoli et al. in @demresjournal.bsky.social examines ART birth disparities, showing they don’t seem to stem from treatment success — at least within Italy’s public, widely subsidized system. 🔗 www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

I had the privilege of being interviewed by rtve (@rtvenoticias.rtve.es ), Spain’s national public broadcaster, about our research on fertility desire and romantic partnership. The interview was a live radio show and now it is online (2:15-7:45): www.rtve.es/play/audios/...

Ryohei Mogi@ryomogi.bsky.social · last yr.

[New finding!] Ryohei Mogi, Ryota Mugiyama, & Alyce Raybould (@alyceraybould.bsky.social ) has shown that individuals without a romantic partner are more likely to revise their fertility desires downward.‪ ‬

📣 SSR is currently soliciting submissions for an upcoming special issue on AI and Inequality 🔥 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... 📆 deadline: Nov 17th 👇👇👇

Social Science Research@ssreditorial.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Social Science Research is preparing a special issue focused on a critical but underexplored dimension of AI: its role in widening or narrowing social inequalities. The deadline for abstracts is now Nov 17th. Read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

📫 📨 Dear EAPS members, 📢 The first EAPS newsletter of September is now online, including the call for submissions for the European Population Conference 2026, (PhD) vacancies and other announcements! 📢 lnkd.in/e3XKDbq6

Should we be concerned about low fertility? Øystein Kravdal discusses six possible arguments in this reflection: www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

💥New publication in Population Studies: We explore how health in early adulthood influences fertility, using data from the 1958 British birth cohort. Read more here 👇

Giammarco Alderotti@alderotti.bsky.social · 12mo ago

New article with @etrappolini.bsky.social & @alyceraybould.bsky.social out in Population Studies! 🎉 We use data from the 1958 British cohort to explore how early-adult SRH & BMI relate to the achievement of fertility goals by midlife 👇 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article with @etrappolini.bsky.social & @alyceraybould.bsky.social out in Population Studies! 🎉 We use data from the 1958 British cohort to explore how early-adult SRH & BMI relate to the achievement of fertility goals by midlife 👇 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Health in early adulthood and fertility: A study based on the 1958 British cohort

Health is rarely used as an explanatory variable in fertility studies in high-income contexts, unlike in low-income settings. Using the 1958 National Child Development Study, we explore how self-ra...

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The University of Florence offers 4 positions within the PhD in Life Course Research! 🔹 3 open positions on topics such as social demography, family formation, fertility, union dissolution, ageing & wellbeing 🔹 1 thematic position on reproductive health & low fertility Come join us in Florence! 👇👇

AISP@aisp-sis.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Applications open for the National PhD Program in Life Course Research! 👉 12 fully funded positions in Demography and Social Statistics, promoting an interdisciplinary approach to studying life courses. 🗓 Deadline: August 7 📍 More info: www.phd-lcr.com 📄 To apply: www.unifi.it/sites/defaul...

📢 Applications open for the National PhD Program in Life Course Research! 👉 12 fully funded positions in Demography and Social Statistics, promoting an interdisciplinary approach to studying life courses. 🗓 Deadline: August 7 📍 More info: www.phd-lcr.com 📄 To apply: www.unifi.it/sites/defaul...

​The PhD program in Life Course Research will train a new generation of highly skilled scholars relying on an evidence-based approach, with a strong emphasis on quantitative methods and data analysis.

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📢 Tomorrow June 25th, from 14:00 to 14:45 CEST Fondazione ISMU is pleased to invite you to the presentation of the 30th Italian Report on Migration, which traces the trend of migration flows that, over the last 30 years, have seen the population with a migrant background grow to nearly six million.

🇮🇹 Trovate qui sotto la lettera aperta inviata al Presidente dell'Istat, Prof. Francesco Maria Chelli, in merito al tema cruciale dell'accessibilità ai microdati per la #ricerca scientifica nell'ambito degli studi di popolazione 👇 www.google.com/url?q=https:...

Lettera aperta al Presidente dell’Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT), Prof. Francesco Maria Chelli - AISP

Accessibilità ai microdati per la ricerca scientifica nell’ambito degli studi di popolazione Egregio Presidente, a nome dell’Associazione Italiana per gli Studi di Popolazione (AISP), Le scriviamo all...

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Brilliant session about “The Surprises of Population Studies” at #SIS2025 in Genova! Thanks to speakers and participants for the stimulating discussion! 👏 @karlosj89.bsky.social @florenceups.bsky.social @comochia.bsky.social

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 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

New paper out for our @stefanischerer.bsky.social & P. Barbieri! ✨ This work (w/ @alderotti.bsky.social , R. Guetto & D. Vignoli) investigates the consequences of employment instability - for cohorts entering the lm before and after deregulation - on (quasi-)completed fertility in 🇮🇹.