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....

New paper out in PRPR! Why do Italians end up having fewer kids, and later, than they want? Using new survey data we show that many Italians in reproductive age are falling short of their fertility desires— in either how many children they want or when they want them.⤵️

Brief Report: Unmet Fertility Desires: Evidence from a Lowest-Low Fertility Context - Population Research and Policy Review

Italy holds one of the lowest fertility levels and the highest mean age at first birth in Europe, with previous studies pointing to a large gap between achieved and desired fertility. Nevertheless, mi...

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!!! 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...

New paper out in Comparative Population Studies: Single Parents’ Subjective Well-being in Europe: A multilevel analysis We examine SWB across single parents in Europe and highlight the role of individual resources and contextual conditions. www.comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...

Adolescents in non-intact families report lower family satisfaction. Although this penalty persists, it weakens as the Second Demographic Transition spreads—family disruption effects are more amenable to change than often assumed. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... @florenceups.bsky.social

🔥 New publication by @amatysiak.bsky.social & Daniele Vignoli on Population and Development Review 🔥 👉 The End of an Era: The Vanishing Negative Effect of Women's Employment on Fertility 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📣 New publication by De Santis, Benassi, Carboni & Maltagliati 👇 From trends to spillover effects: an improved standardization method coupled with spatial analysis reveals hidden patterns in Italy’s municipal #mortality, 2002–2018. - #openaccess link: 🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

📌JOB OFFER 🚨 Postdoc position at the University of Bologna (12-month) in the project “The inequality of Uncertainty and fertility decisions” co-funded by ERC projects GENPOP and POPCLIMA, and Statistical Science Department. Deadline: October 14, 2024 Call website: bandi.unibo.it/ricerca/asse...

Job Call – Two Research Fellow Positions (ERC Project POPCLIMA) We invite applications for two Research Fellow positions within the ERC-funded project POPCLIMA led by PI Raya Muttarak and hosted at the Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Bologna. Details: lnkd.in/evwPHKgr

📢 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

📖 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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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

Always a pleasure to contribute at a high-level conference like Age-It, together with the @florenceups.bsky.social team. Great days — see you soon 🩵

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

🔥 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...

It’s a long way to the top🎸 My PhD is entering the final stretch! I’ve been working on family and well-being, reading Italy and Europe through the best European surveys. Great to work with @florenceups.bsky.social team! First paper is out, next are close behind!🌅 www.linkedin.com/posts/andrea...

It’s a long way to the top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)🎸 My PhD is entering the final stretch — a good moment to look back at months that were exciting, stimulating and at times tough, yet… |...

It’s a long way to the top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)🎸 My PhD is entering the final stretch — a good moment to look back at months that were exciting, stimulating and at times tough, yet ultimately...

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Lab Study in Berlin/Madrid on School Meritocracy: Effort🔨(🧠objective cognitive effort / 👩‍🏫teacher-perceived effort) → + grades & inequality. Net of IQ, High-SES👨‍🎓 + effort & GPA returns when lazy. Low-SES👨‍🎓 - effort; + GPA returns if hardworking. WP👇 Effort-Project econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:fir:ec...

Teacher bias or unobserved ability? @ssreditorial.bsky.social paper w/ @marespadafor.bsky.social Test score error & omitted behavior = 🐘 in the (class)room to identify SES discrimination. Still, beyond "true ability", well-off (low-performing) kids get higher teacher ratings: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

Our members were also in Cologne for #ECSR2025, contributing to the programme with @aballerini.bsky.social, B. Cacciamani, @marcocozzani.bsky.social, @giuliafeltrin.bsky.social, @karlosj89.bsky.social & MF Morabito. 🙌 A very inspiring conference — looking forward to the next occasions to meet! 👋

Glad to have been present at the #RSS25 conference, where — among other contributions — Valentina Tocchioni presented work with Vignoli, Lazzari & @marcocozzani.bsky.social on attitudes towards assisted reproductive technology in Italy.

💥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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🔴New working paper with @marcocozzani.bsky.social and @juhoharkonen.bsky.social. We describe the temporal link between conception timing and preterm birth rates. When conception rates fluctuate, preterm birth proportions shift predictably but with different magnitudes depending on baseline risk. 1/4

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...

fresh from the oven!!! (with @marco16.bsky.social & Valentina Tocchioni) #kinship #demography #LivingProximity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Horizontal or Vertical? A Tale of Geographical Proximity in Italian Kinship Networks

The increasing predominance of the “beanpole” family, a structure characterized by multiple ties across generations but fewer within one generation, has led most scholars to focus on parent-child (an...

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