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Kieron Barclay

@kieronbarclay.bsky.social

Demographer at Stockholm University. https://kieronbarclay.weebly.com/

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Are Skeie Hermansen@aresherman.bsky.social · last yr.

IN OTHER NEWS: check out our new COIN paper on immigrant--native pay gaps in advanced economies published in @nature.com this afternoon! Specifically, we study the relative contribution of within-job unequal pay vs between-job segregation to earnings disparities across immigrant generations. 1/9

Immigrant–native pay gap driven by lack of access to high-paying jobs - Nature

Data from nine European and North American countries reveal that the disparity in earnings between immigrants and natives is largely a result of segregation of immigrant workers into lower-paying jobs...

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Ridhi Kashyap@ridhikashyap.bsky.social · last yr.

The Population and Development turns 50 this year! To mark the occasion, w/ @aasli.bsky.social, we conduct a computational analysis of research themes and author characteristics in PDR and compare with @readdemography.bsky.social and Population Studies. doi.org/10.1111/padr...

<em>Population and Development Review</em> | Population Council Journal | Wiley Online Library

To mark the Population and Development Review's (PDR) 50th anniversary, we analyze its contributions to the landscape of population research. We examine the trajectory of research published in PDR an...

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D. Susie Lee 이수지@dsusielee.bsky.social · 2y ago

Will twinning rate ⬆️ in low-income countries, even if the spread of IVF remains slow? Polyovulation rate increases w/maternal age (Evolved trait) + Maternal age structure is shifting upward (Demographic trend) = More twins expected! ✌️ doi.org/10.1093/humr... with wonderful @kieronbarclay.bsky.social

More twins expected in low-income countries with later maternal ages at birth and population growth

AbstractSTUDY QUESTION. How are the changing maternal age structure and population growth expected to shape future twinning rates in low-income countries?S

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Jenny Chanfreau@jenchanfreau.bsky.social · 2y ago

The midlife health of only children in the UK - new publication with Katy Keenan, @kieronbarclay.bsky.social & Alice Goisis - out now open access in International Journal of Epidemiology doi.org/10.1093/ije/... A quick summary 🧵👇

The midlife health of only children: chronic disease indicators and biomarkers by sibship size in three nationally representative UK cohorts

AbstractBackground. Despite persistent concerns about only children’s disadvantage relative to individuals with siblings, existing health-related evidence

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Ozan Aksoy@aksoyundan.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢 Vacancy: permanent lectureship (Assistant Prof) in our centre. We are a cohesive quant social science group with great UG programmes and students. Post open to any social science details: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #Sociology #SocialScience #QuantitativeResearch #MachineLearning #NLP #BigData

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Ilya Kashnitsky@ikashnitsky.phd · 2y ago

Mark the dates for the Nordic Demographic Symposium, 10-12 June 2025, 🤩 Hindsgavl Castle, Middelfart, DK. It's going to be three hyggelig days filled with high-quality #demography. The call for papers in in Jan'25 on our website (demografi.dk). Demography in getting back to Denmark😍

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Mine Kühn@minekuhn.bsky.social · 2y ago

PhD Alert 📣 We are seeking a PhD candidate to work on our interdisciplinary project focusing on women’s retirement trajectories and their impact on health 👩‍⚕️🕵️‍♀️👩‍💻👩‍🔧👩‍🚒 If you have questions or are interested, please reach out to me. Feel free to share this post!

Konrad Turek@kturek.bsky.social · 2y ago

PhD vacancy at Tilburg University! Together with @minekuhn.bsky.social and Jeroen Vermunt, we are looking for a talented PhD candidate for the project ‘The Changing Landscape of Women’s Retirement: Physical and Mental Health Consequences of Working Longer’. Apply bf 26.06: tiu.nu/22309

Kieron Barclay@kieronbarclay.bsky.social · 2y ago

New paper! We take a relatively novel approach to examining whether the extended family influences educational achievement by looking at whether cousin group characteristics (cousin order, cousin group size) are associated with test scores. Take a look! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

The Influence of Extended Kin on Educational Achievement: An Examination of Cousin Order and Cousin Group Size1 | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 129, No 6

Despite growing interest in the potential influence of grandparents on grandchild status attainment, research has not addressed whether the ordinal position or number of grandchildren affects outcomes...

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