🚨 New paper out in @plosone.org w/ @lenacwt.bsky.social & Michaela Kreyenfeld! How does women’s economic independence shape their risk of physical IPV during separation in Germany? We find that mothers with low education who are unemployed face the highest risk. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Women’s economic independence and physical intimate partner violence (IPV) during separation

A growing number of studies have addressed the issue of intimate partner violence (IPV). While some studies have shown that women’s economic independence reduces the risk of physical IPV, the empirica...

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🌈 New Publication !!! I'm excited to share our latest article, “A Marriage Premium for Whom? Sexual Identity, Relationship Status and Earnings”, co-authored with Diederik Boertien: 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jomf... You can find some of the main results in the thread.

On Monday next week, I'll present new evidence on how armed groups weaponise kinship as a strategy to maximise suffering, as part of the @hertieschool.bsky.social Social Policy Colloqium. Register for the event in Berlin (only in-person unfortunately) 👇 www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...

The social demography of war-related bereavement in Colombia, 1985–2018

<p>A presentation by <strong>Diego Alburez-Gutierrez (MPIDR Rostock).&nbsp;</strong>This event is part of the&nbsp;<i>Social Policy Research Colloquium</i>. For registration, and if you have any quest...

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Check out my new paper with the fantastic @andreatilstra.bsky.social. We examine 🚬 and 🍷 behaviour around separation & divorce 💔 Surprising results, particularly for women... full paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @tcdsociology.bsky.social @tcdssp.bsky.social #Demography #Sociology

Breaking Bonds, Changing Habits: Understanding Health Behaviors during and after Marital Dissolution - Andrea M. Tilstra, Nicole Kapelle, 2025

Marital dissolution is a stressful transition that can lead to unhealthy coping strategies, including smoking and drinking. Using fixed effect linear probabilit...

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Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University@oxforddemsci.bsky.social · last yr.

A new study by @andreatilstra.bsky.social and @nicolekapelle.bsky.social examined the smoking and drinking habits of over 13,000 Australians to understand how people cope with the stress associated with marital separation buff.ly/NGgh38g @oxpop.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social

New working paper! In this research note, @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social, and I present the first systematic test that causally identifies the electoral consequences of state-sponsored homophobia: osf.io/preprints/os... 🧵Thread

🚨I am happy that the first chapter of my PhD thesis has been published. Together with @juangaleano.bsky.social & Albert Esteve, we use data from the CORESIDENCE database to map national and subnational trends in household size and characteristics across Africa. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

African households: National and subnational trends from censuses and surveys

Using census and survey microdata from 49 African countries across 415 subnational areas, we offer a comprehensive overview of household size and composition in Africa. The study emphasizes the pot...

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Very excited to share that my first solo-authored paper is published in @demresjournal.bsky.social! ✨ I explore key trends in intimate partner violence (IPV) in Colombia over time and examine its relationship with infant health. Read more here 👇

Demographic Research@demresjournal.bsky.social · 2y ago

Research by @stefaniamolina.bsky.social examines the role of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the association between mothers' partnership status and infant health in Colombia. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

❓ How fair is the division of labor around first childbirth? Women feel it is most fair near birth but increasingly unfair as the child grows, while men’s perceptions remain unchanged. ▶️ New publication by Maria Hornung & @comochia.bsky.social open access! 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

🔍 🫨 Children in stepfamilies report more difficulties than those in nuclear families; ❤️ but higher parental esteem and lower conflict in stepfamilies partially mitigate this effect. Check out our new preprint at @socarxiv for the full analysis 👇🏼 osf.io/preprints/so...