🗞️ Out now - the latest issue of our research magazine, Changing Populations We explore some of the major #demographic challenges shaping contemporary society, from falling #fertility and #population #ageing to #migration, integration and #family change @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social

Changing Populations

Welcome to issue 18 of Changing Populations.

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✍🏻NEW WORKING PAPER: @jmikolai.bsky.social examines socioeconomic variation in children's experience of first and second parental separation in 20 European countries. Read on below to learn more. 👇 @childlives.bsky.social

ChildLives@childlives.bsky.social · 6d ago

📢Interested to know more about socio-economic inequalities in children's experiences of family change across Europe? Read ChildLives Working Paper 1 here: tinyurl.com/y2fazfw4

How to create a sense of belonging and interaction among people of different ages in a community? Based on 18 months of fieldwork in the community, the CPC-CG report ‘Life in Stobswell’ aims to enhance community resilience in a neighbourhood of Dundee. Full story: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_...

Adapting in a fair way: In light of the new Demography Report by the European Commission, our experts present their key points for an adaptation strategy. "These policies are meant as a full life-course package, not a menu": www.linkedin.com/posts/europe...

Can children shape their parents' lives? @evakimova.bsky.social and @melindacmills.bsky.social show in @pnas.org how children's genetically influenced characteristics can shape family outcomes, highlighting the interplay between genes & social environment. www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/can-chi...

Can children shape their parents’ lives? New study reveals influence may flow both ways

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) challenges the traditional view that influence within families flows only from parents to children. The research was...

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After over two personally and professionally fulfilling years at the @cpc-cg.bsky.social in Southampton, I'm excited to be moving back to Germany (this time in the south!) to join the ERC SOCDEBT project of @norawaitkus.bsky.social at Heidelberg University.

👏 Congratulations to our Director Professor @janefalkingham.bsky.social, who has been elected a fellow of The British Academy for contributions to the humanities and social sciences. Full story: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_... @bspsuk.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social

The British Academy@britishacademy.bsky.social · 3w ago

The British Academy has elected 92 new Fellows in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. Congratulations to all those elected today. Read the full announcement: https://bit.ly/4f64C4x

Research led by @janefalkingham.bsky.social, Evandrou & Vlachantoni has been used in the Work & Pensions Committee's new 'Transition to State Pension Age' report, which examines the impact of the increasing State Pension age on people approaching retirement: Full story: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_...

As we mark #WorldPopulationDay 11 July, this year's theme 'Realizing the hopes & aspirations of young people' reflects CPC-CG research - our members are examining how employment, housing, wellbeing & family shape young people's transitions to adulthood & their futures: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_...

If you are on LinkedIn, check out our latest CPC-CG LinkedIn newsletter, The Population Post, rounding up some of our activity highlights from June: www.linkedin.com/pulse/popula... And make sure you subscribe to be notified for future issues: www.linkedin.com/build-relati... @bspsuk.bsky.social

The Population Post | June 2026

Welcome to The Population Post, a monthly round-up from the ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations, featuring just some of our latest research and activities that you may have mi...

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It's not often the case that Ian Mckellen (a.k.a. 🧙)promotes your research project. But this just happened to our team of researchers developing survey and analysis for the national conversation. @melindacmills.bsky.social @andreatilstra.bsky.social @dvaldenegro.bsky.social @saicampbell.bsky.social

Andrea Tilstra@andreatilstra.bsky.social · last mo.

I’m not always good at self-promotion. Lucky for me, Sir Ian McKellen and James Graham helped out this time around. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC0R...

📽️ NEW #CPCGCWebinar video with Shuang Chen from LSE Catch up on Shuang's discussion around explanations for low #fertility ideals in urban #China. In the seminar, Shuang presents two recent papers examining the puzzle. @bspsuk.bsky.social @ukri.org @populationeu.bsky.social

Explaining low desired fertility in urban China - Dr Shuang Chen

YouTube video by Centre for Population Change Connecting Gens

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And that's a wrap! you can watch back our event - Home comforts: How do Gen Z’s living standards compare to previous cohorts? Speakers including @jeevunsandher.bsky.social www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/home-...

Home comforts • Resolution Foundation

Whether the issue is wealth, work, rising student debt or dwindling chances of home ownership, it’s been well documented that Millennials have faced a more challenging living standards path than many ...

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Ramping up the minimum wage since 2016 has driven a massive living standards boost to young people says @lalithatry.bsky.social But it's now worth 2/3 of typical hourly pay and is one of the highest minimum wages in the world. We can't repeat this ramping up so need other ways to help young people.

Do we need to focus more on building affordable homes? Panel agrees that any increase in housing supply would be welcome Sam Richards warns that putting too much emphasis on affordable housing risks putting developers off building any homes. But there's a role for the public sector in this...

Why is housing so extortionate in London? Sam Richards from @britainremade.bsky.social explains... Since early 1990s London's economic success has meant its population has grown by 2 million. But for every 10 jobs created just 3 homes have built. So housing costs rise, incomes fall, growth stalls.

Speaking at our event @jeevunsandher.bsky.social calls for: - better vocational routes into work to reduce the NEET rate - build more homes - help young people to build wealth who can't get it from their parents - shift tax base from work to wealth. A strong living standards agenda for Gen Z....

How to help Gen Z: Housing: - Starter Deposit Scheme - Increase Local Housing Allowance - Build more homes Work: - Expand mental health provision - Boost FE funding - Prioritise under 25 year olds for apprenticeship funding - Pause convergence between youth and adult minimum wage rates

.... which is a problem if you're parents aren't rich or wealthy. Young people in richer households are almost twice as likely to receive a significant gift or inheritance in their 20s as poorer households.

Furthermore, young people are struggling to build any wealth - so vital for lifetime living standards. Increasingly, wealth isn't earned, but handed down from older generations....

The news for Gen Z is less good when it comes to housing. Home ownership is miles out of reach. Remember, the majority of baby boomers were home owners by the age of 30. Barely one-in-four millennials on track to own by that age.

Specifically older Gen Z (born in late 90s) are enjoying higher hourly pay rates. This is a consequence of the ramping of the minimum wage from 2016 onwards. Amidst all worry about min wage rates, let's not forget it's delivered a massive living standards boost to Gen Z...

What's behind these higher disposable incomes for older Gen Z vs younger millennials? They are earning more...

We correct for this by looking at disposable incomes at a benefit unit level, and before housing costs. Good news - people born in the late 90s are currently enjoying higher living standards than those born ten years earlier had at the same age. Things are less rosy for those born in early 2000s.

Staying at home presents a challenge for measuring living standards - commonly done by looking disposable incomes after housing costs at a household level. A lot of the income growth gained by young people living at home is actually their parents' income.

There are lots of reasons - positive or negative - why young adults are choosing to live with their parents for longer. But here's an obvious one, housing costs are way cheaper. Home ownership is miles out of reach, social renting isn't available and private renting consumes a third of all income

Kicking off our event @lalithatry.bsky.social says that Gen Z are the 'stay at home' generation - almost two-in-three people in their early 20s still live with their parents. This recent increase has been driven by non-graduates and people from lower-income families (finding from earlier research)

📺 Watch the report launch live stream at 09:30 BST TODAY to join the panel as they discuss: How Gen Z incomes & living standards compare to previous cohorts How Gen-Z’s housing affects other aspects of life How policymakers could address these changes www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/home-...

Home comforts • Resolution Foundation

Whether the issue is wealth, work, rising student debt or dwindling chances of home ownership, it’s been well documented that Millennials have faced a more challenging living standards path than many ...

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Resolution Foundation@resolutionfoundation.org · last mo.

📢 New research out today Gen Z have higher incomes than their millennial predecessors and are staying longer at the ‘Hotel of Mum and Dad’. Read the full report, funded by @cpc-cg.bsky.social 👇️ buff.ly/k30vVVD

We @lalithatry.bsky.social @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social @charliemccurdy.bsky.social @jamietg.bsky.social have published a report (funded by @cpc-cg.bsky.social) on today’s under-30s’ living standards & what policymakers should do. www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications... 👇 🧵with key findings.

They’re coming home • Resolution Foundation

Given Britain’s resurgent ‘NEET’ problem, a rise of living with parents, and intensified political debate on the prospects of young people, this briefing note provides an assessment of the living stan...

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📢 New research out today Gen Z have higher incomes than their millennial predecessors and are staying longer at the ‘Hotel of Mum and Dad’. Read the full report, funded by @cpc-cg.bsky.social 👇️ buff.ly/k30vVVD