Oh thank you so much @davebrady72.bsky.social, this is such a nice surprise. I didn't know it was out already!

David Brady@davebrady72.bsky.social · last mo.

Really enjoyed and appreciated hearing @berkayozcan.bsky.social on “The World” talking about social policies to encourage and support childbearing. Nice job Berkay! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

📉 Is immigration a solution to declining birth rates? And would a falling population benefit the environment? Read our interview with @berkayozcan.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Berkay Ozcan: “Immigration is not a silver bullet for falling birth rates”

Berkay Ozcan discusses falling birth rates, whether immigration might provide the answer and what a smaller global population would mean for the environment.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

@berkayozcan.bsky.social

"This study investigates variability in women’s experiences balancing work and family, focusing on the association between early childhood investments and work trajectories." Just out in our journal, @sociologicalsci.bsky.social

Sociological Science@sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 7mo ago

NEW: Vida Maralani, Camille Portier, Berkay Özcan, "Early Childhood Investments and Women’s Work Outcomes across the Life Course" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...

🔗 The event is organized by @kenza-elass.bsky.social, @berkayozcan.bsky.social, @paolaprofeta.bsky.social, @almudenasevilla.bsky.social, @margauxsuteau.bsky.social.

NEW: Vida Maralani, Camille Portier, Berkay Özcan, "Early Childhood Investments and Women’s Work Outcomes across the Life Course" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...

sociologicalscience.com

🎉Many congratulations to @mary-aliced.bsky.social who has successfully completed her PhD, a fantastic achievement! Thank you to @berkayozcan.bsky.social and @stephenpjenkin1.bsky.social for their expert supervision. ➡️

PhD recent completions

Recent PhD completions in the Department of Social Policy.

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Celebrating Richard Breen’s work in honour of his retirement, with a great conference organized by @berkayozcan.bsky.social , @kbkarlson.bsky.social and Janne Jonsson

I recently spoke to the Daily Mail about fertility trends in the UK. We dug into what's driving the decline and what it means for "baby deserts" and future of UK, etc. Here's the piece + interactive map: www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...

Britain's 'baby deserts' shown in interactive map

Alarming figures laying bare the 'baby bust' reveal some boroughs have seen a 60 per cent decline in women having children since 2013.

dailymail.co.uk

We started with Matthias Doepke's presentation, discussed by @berkayozcan.bsky.social: "The Economics of Fertility: a New Era". Mind-blowing!

"Gender Inequality: Navigating New frontiers And Paradigm Shifts": what an event !! Super proud of our organizing team for making this happen! Almudena Sevilla, @berkayozcan.bsky.social @paolaprofeta.bsky.social @kenza-elass.bsky.social 🥳 A brief overview of last week's event👇

🎤 We kicked off the workshop this morning with the fascinating talks of Almudena Sevilla and Matthias Doepke ✨ Join us online for talks on Gender, AI, Climate Change and Transformations! 💻 @margauxsuteau.bsky.social @paolaprofeta.bsky.social @axagenderlab.bsky.social @berkayozcan.bsky.social

Kenza Elass@kenza-elass.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨New Workshop🚨 “𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐦 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬” Organized by Bocconi Axa Gender Lab,the WISPPRH at the lSE, @margauxsuteau.bsky.social & NYU Abu Dhabi ✨ 👩‍💻Online or in-person participation is more than welcome! Registration & info👉 www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic... 🔗

I will be presenting this at the PAA in Washington DC, stop by if interested.

CESifo@cesifo.org · 2y ago

📢New Working Paper! "Gifts That Bind" ✍️ @violaangelini.bsky.social @jcosta-font.bsky.social @berkayozcan.bsky.social Find out if receiving monetary gifts from parents increases the intensity of parent-child social contact: www.cesifo.org/en/publicati... 📚More: www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...

I am excited about this joint workshop between LSE, Bocconi and NYU AD -- and looking forward to fantastic series of papers!

Kenza Elass@kenza-elass.bsky.social · 2y ago

🌟Next week's Workshop! 🌟 ⏲️Join us on Wednesday, March 12 at the LSE or online 👩‍💻 💡Topic "Gender Inequality: Navigating New Frontiers and Paradigm Shifts" 📝For more info and registration 👇 @axagenderlab.bsky.social @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social @margauxsuteau.bsky.social @berkayozcan.bsky.social

I could not be more proud of Magdalena. She completed her PhD with an excellent dissertation and has already started (I'm sure doing fantastic work) at InterAmerican Development Bank (IAB) in Washington, D.C. Magda has been the glue in the PhD Programme. I'm sure LSE will miss her terribly!

@lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎉Congratulations to Magdalena Rossetti Youlton, who has successfully completed her PhD! Thank you to @berkayozcan.bsky.social & @stephenpjenkin1.bsky.social for their expert supervision. ➡️

Our latest version—with improved datasets and additional analyses—is out! We show that large-scale refugee migration can shape native fertility patterns. A big thank you to my co-authors Giray Aksoy and Aya Aboulhosn and to @rfberlin.bsky.social for sharing our work! 👉 Read more below!

ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin@rfberlin.bsky.social · 2y ago

🆕 RFBerlin-CReAM #DiscussionPaper: Aya Aboulhosn, Cevat Giray Aksoy, and @berkayozcan.bsky.social investigate the relationship between refugee migration and native fertility. (1/6)

Submit your paper to RC28 in Los Angeles for the summer 2025 meeting: rc28.soc.ucla.edu

We are going for another round with this fantastic Workshop on Gender Inequality, now, in addition to @Bocconi and @LSE with support from @nyuad-oaa.bsky.social. Feel free to register for an online or in-person participation -- see program below👇

Kenza Elass@kenza-elass.bsky.social · 2y ago

🚨New Workshop🚨 “𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐦 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬” Organized by Bocconi Axa Gender Lab,the WISPPRH at the lSE, @margauxsuteau.bsky.social & NYU Abu Dhabi ✨ 👩‍💻Online or in-person participation is more than welcome! Registration & info👉 www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic... 🔗

I am excited about being part of this symposium with excellent company. Please submit your papers below👇 #EconSky #Demography

Faculty position in computational social science available in the division of social science at NYU Abu Dhabi. Details and application here ⬇️ apply.interfolio.com/160603

Yet another study (this time by Claudia Goldin) that uses cross-sectional data, and finds evidence for a U-shaped pattern for gender equality and fertility, even though this pattern does not exist for (almost) any country across time. www.nber.org/papers/w33311

We have an open call out for papers in the European Sociological Review for a special issue celebrating Richard Breen's contributions to sociology! Deadline 15 June! More info 👇

“Improvements in income have relatively little effect on happiness,” he said … when he was in his mid-90s, “whereas improvements in health and family life have substantial impact.” #EconSky www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/b...

Richard A. Easterlin, ‘Father of Happiness Economics,’ Dies at 98

He put forth the so-called Easterlin paradox, finding that the richer you are doesn’t mean the more satisfied you’ll be with your life.

nytimes.com

My alma mater is hiring! Fantastic place to work!

DemoSoc UPF@demosocupf.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are hiring!! (2 positions) TT Assistant Professor position in #Demography and Population Health. DEADLINE 02/02/25 Please share www.upf.edu/web/politiqu... #sociology

📢 Job: Sabino Kornrich and I are hiring a 3-year Postdoc to join us at #NYUAD to work on parenting, childhood inequalities, and parenting norms in international and comparative perspective using experimental methods. Deadline to apply: February 14, 2025. To apply: apply.interfolio.com/160976

Our new paper on behavioral changes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi, based on 4 rounds of a panel survey with mobile phone users #episky #IDsky journals.plos.org/globalpublic...

Controlling the first wave of the COVID–19 pandemic in Malawi: Results from a multi-round study

We investigated behavioral responses to COVID–19 in Malawi, where a first wave of the pandemic occurred between June and August 2020. Contrary to many countries on the African continent, the Governmen...

journals.plos.org

We're organising the 6th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of #Migration on 22-23 May 2025 in Madrid! Keynotes: Leah Boustan (Princeton) and Dean Yang (Michigan) Submit your papers before January 26, 2025: tinyurl.com/y2cd98kk

City of London chief says Brexit 'disaster' cost 40,000 finance jobs www.reuters.com/world/uk/cit...

City of London chief says Brexit 'disaster' cost 40,000 finance jobs

Britain's departure from the European Union cost London's financial centre about 40,000 jobs, the Lord Mayor of the City of London told Reuters, a far deeper impact from Brexit than previous estimates.

reuters.com

Taking applications now for arguably one of the most attractive postdoc positions in sociology (2 openings) www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...

Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Sociology (two posts) - Nuffield College Oxford University

nuffield.ox.ac.uk

The highlight of the week: The panel I joined @BoodleHatfield LLP, a prominent law firm, discussing legal marriage! Met family law experts & prominent (and entertaining) journalists. Grateful for the opportunity and two lessons I took:👇 insights.boodlehatfield.com/post/102j2p2... #divorce #FamilyLaw