Sandrine Metzger
@metzgers.bsky.social
🇫🇷🇩🇪 Postdoctoral researcher, University of Vienna @univie.ac.at Gender inequalities, Health, Family, and Life course research
Team Steiber is participating at the European Population Conference 2026 in Bologna, Italy. Several members of the team will present their work and organise a pre conference workshop! #Sociology @nadiasteiber.bsky.social @lilivargha.bsky.social @metzgers.bsky.social
Team Steiber at the 2026 European Population Conference 3-6 June in Bologna
Team Steiber is participating in the European Population Conference (EPC) 2026 in Bologna, Italy
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How long can parents take leave, and how can they share it? The new EPLP Dataset tracks parenting leave in 21 European countries, 1970-2024, with 33 variables on duration, benefits, flexibility, and incentives for sharing www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol... eplp-dataset.org
📢Join this pre- #EPC2026 workshop on 3 June 2026 in Bologna for researchers interested in comparative research using #population register #data! Register by 20 Apr 2026➡️ t.ly/9Uuhx @nadiasteiber.bsky.social @metzgers.bsky.social @lilivargha.bsky.social @baranowska-rataj.bsky.social @eaps.bsky.social
We are thrilled about this strong representation of our Department at the #FACES2026 conference in Munich last week! 🚀 #Sociology #SociologyOfTheFamily #FamilyScience @univie.ac.at @nadiasteiber.bsky.social @lilivargha.bsky.social @metzgers.bsky.social
13 Department members at the FACES 2026 conference in Munich
Last week, 13 members of our Department presented their research at the FACES conference ("Families and Challenges in Evolving Societies in the D-A-CH Region and beyond“) in Munich, hosted by the Deut...
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New publication: @linatobler.bsky.social and I find that trends in educational (mis)matches in the US were largely driven by changes in educational supply and demand.
Social Science Research@ssreditorial.bsky.social · 6mo ago@linatobler.bsky.social and @julialeesch.bsky.social examine trends in education and labor market matches. This article is open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📢 New publication together with @nhiekel.bsky.social: Our results show that in West Germany, but not in East Germany, highly educated women and less educated men are less likely to have children, partly because they are less likely to have a partner. doi.org/10.1007/s106...
No Partner, No Children? Union Formation, Assortative Mating, and Educational Inequalities in Fertility in Germany - European Journal of Population
European Journal of Population - Education is linked to whether and with whom individuals form partnerships. However, it is largely unclear how educational differences in union formation and...
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👋A warm welcome to Julia Leesch @julialeesch.bsky.social, (MPI for #DemographicResearch) visiting from Rostock for 2 weeks to work with Prof. Nadia Steiber @nadiasteiber.bsky.social and Sandrine Metzger @metzgers.bsky.social on #LifeCourse research. Learn more ➡️ t.ly/jQp2d @univie.ac.at #Sociology
New in ESR Does educational hypogamy promote gender equality—or does it reflect who selects into these unions? 🌟New #OpenAccess study by @nadiasteiber.bsky.social and #CSiegert constrasts optimistic, pessimistic, and selection-based narratives of hypogamy within couples! 👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
Educational hypogamy and gender equality within couples: a review of competing hypotheses and evidence from the Generations and Gender Survey
Abstract. This study examines the implications for gender equality of the increasing prevalence of heterosexual couples in which the woman is more highly e
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🚀 2-year Postdoc opportunity with me on older adults, digital technologies & wellbeing. Flexible location/remote-friendly Deadline 9 Oct, 13:00 CEST Details & how to apply (both ITA/ENG): www.stat.unipd.it/procedura-se... #Postdoc #Ageing #Demography #DigitalInequality
PAPER ALERT🚨 With greats @cristinasuero.bsky.social and @fabriberna.bsky.social, we explore how the ed. gradient in the occurrence and timing of first motherhood varies across Spanish provinces (NUTS3). #OA publication at Population, Space and Place: doi.org/10.1002/psp.70106 Want to know more?👇
Spatial Variation in the Educational Gradient of First Motherhood in Spain: Occurrence and Timing
Several studies have analyzed the relationship between educational attainment and fertility across countries, identifying significant differences. However, these works often overlook intra-country va....
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⭐🎓The Department of Sociology in Vienna @univie.ac.at invites applications for a Tenure Track Professor in Sociology with focus on Quantitative Social Science Research Methods | #Sociology | quant methods Apply here (17 Sept 25): jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
My first PhD article has been published! 🔎 It examines how the relationship between flexible working time arrangements and self-reported work-to-life and life-to-work conflict is moderated by an (un)equal domestic labor distribution within heterosexual couples.
Journal of Family Research@familyresearch.bsky.social · last yr.#Published: "Flexible working time arrangements and work-life conflict: The role of gender and housework" by @olgaleshchenko.bsky.social & Susanne Strauß (doi.org/10.20377/jfr...). #JFR #JFamRes #openaccess #openscience #sociology #demography
Who gets the privilege of free time? Across Europe, fathers enjoy more leisure time than mothers, especially in Southern and Eastern countries. New research across 13 countries shows persistent gender gaps in parental leisure. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
🆕📄Journal of Marriage and Family w/ M. Jacob📄 Parenthood in Europe: Not More Life Satisfaction, but More Meaning in Life Previous research in soc was very focused on satisfaction & happiness. BUT: many find meaning equally or more important than happiness. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New study from my PhD thesis—supervised by @pablogracia.bsky.social—out in Journal of Marriage and Family! 📝 It examines how changes in paid work and housework following birth shape first-time mothers’ and fathers’ mental health trajectories. Read here (Open access): doi.org/10.1111/jomf.13121
<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library
Objective This study examines the role of changes in paid work and housework time on first-time mothers' and fathers' mental health trajectories. Background The transition into parenthood is a key...
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🚨 New publication out! Together with M.C. Compans and Eva Beaujouan @fertdem.bsky.social, we explore how late transitions to adulthood relate to the use and outcomes of assisted reproduction. Curious? Have a look! 📄✨ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Delayed transitions to adulthood and assisted reproduction: A study of educational differences in Spain
Transitions to adulthood are increasingly delayed in low-fertility countries, particularly among highly educated women, with significant implications …
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Data problems with the Hungarian EU-SILC, a tale for all researchers to look at histograms (of raw variables or composite indicators) before doing any analysis: www.valaszonline.hu/2025/04/11/r...
Researcher Concerns About the Reliability of EU-SILC Income Data in Hungary | Válasz Online
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Lili Vargha@lilivargha.bsky.social · last yr.Anomalies & data problems are found in the Hungarian EU SILC income data from around year 2017. It is very likely that the data was manipulated to decrease the poverty rate. Annamaria Tatrai and Andras Gabos conducted a very thorough investigation of the issue: www.valaszonline.hu/2025/04/01/e...
📢 We find that shifts in the gender imbalance in education promoted rising hypogamy and declining hypergamy. Yet, if the gender-education association had remained constant, educational expansion would have also led to changes in hypogamy and hypergamy. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Five Decades of Marital Sorting in France and the United States – The Role of Educational Expansion and the Changing Gender Imbalance in Education
Over the past half-century, higher education expansion and changing gender imbalances in education have reshaped the educational composition of the pa…
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📢 Our professor Nadia Steiber @nadiasteiber.bsky.social spoke with Stephanie H. Murray (The Atlantic) about hypogamy. Find out more about Steiber's research project: "The Rise of Hypogamy and its Consequences for Family Life" ➡️ tinyurl.com/2s3ppvt5
The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · last yr.In a shift, American women are now more likely to marry a less-educated man than men are to marry a less-educated woman. As one researcher told Stephanie H. Murray, “understanding the dynamics of these couples is key to understanding the future of marriage”:
🆕Conference"Gender Inequalities, Fertility & the Future of Family Demography:Intersectionality in an Era of Family Complexity” kicked off @mpidr.bsky.social!Researchers from around the🌏are engaging into discussions on how gender inequalities shape fertility, families, & demographic change. #GIF2025
Team Steiber at the GIF Conference 19–21 March in Rostock Team Steiber is represented at the conference “Gender Inequalities, Fertility, and the Future of Family Demography: Intersectionality in an Era of Family Complexity”. Further information can also be found on our website: t.ly/2X0AX
Team Steiber at the GIF Conference 19–21 March in Rostock
Team Steiber is represented at the conference “Gender Inequalities, Fertility, and the Future of Family Demography: Intersectionality in an Era of Family Complexity”.
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Can mothers leverage the structural resources of their occupation like autonomy to balance motherhood and work, especially in the absence paid leave? My latest article in the Journal of Marriage and Family suggests so.
2nd position⬇️ 📢The Vienna Institute of Demography is seeking a Postdoc to join Demography of Austria Research Group 📍 Location: Vienna, Austria 📅 Application Deadline: January 15, 2025 ➡️https://oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/subsites/Jobs/VID/VID192PD124_.pdf @oeaw.bsky.social
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One more week to apply for this postdoc position to work with me at @unipd.bsky.social Deadline: December 6, 1:00pm (CET)
Maria Sironi@sironimaria.bsky.social · 2y ago📣JOB OFFER 📣 I am hiring a #postdoc to work with me on the project ‘Trajectories of #Isolation and #Health across the life course’ @unipd Duration: 18 months (start by 1/4/25) Salary: 27,000€ p.a. Skills: Quant Methods, Scientific Writing Apply by Dec. 6 More here: www.stat.unipd.it/bando-di-sel...
I am happy to share my paper about "Young adults' gendered trajectories of routine housework time when leaving home" that I did with @raabm.bsky.social in JMF (@ncfr.bsky.social). Please spread the word! doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library
Objective To examine young adult women's and men's time use for routine housework when moving out of the parental household. Background From a life-course perspective, establishing an own househol...
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Very happy to have passed my PhD Viva today! 🎉 Huge thank you to Alice Goisis and Jan Skopek for being such amazing examiners, and providing very helpful and insightful feedback! Also a big thank you to my supervisor @pablogracia.bsky.social for his incredible support all throughout my PhD!
Pablo Gracia@pablogracia.bsky.social · 2y agoCongratulations Dr Sandrine Metzger @metzgers.bsky.social!! 🥳🎉🪇 Sandrine passed her viva today with an excellent PhD thesis on Parenthood, Gender, Life Course & Mental Health at the Dept. of Sociology of TCD! Great panel!: Alice Goisis (external), Jan Skopek (internal) & Elaine Moriarty (chair)
Partner markets and completed fertility in East and West Germany, is the relation between education and completed fertility mediated by partner search outcomes? Super talk by @julialeesch.bsky.social
Happy to present at WIC2024 on the couple-level longitudinal approach of parental employment patterns in DE, 1990-2020. Findings show how relative resources within and between couples are associated with different employment and reproductive trajectories.
Austrian Socio-Economic Panel (ASEP) - Austria has started a long-term household panel survey like the GSOEP. The first wave of wave data is already available (here: aussda.at/en/news-deta...). A special feature of ASEP is that it is register(!!) based. This has two nice features, see below
New and exlusively available at AUSSDA: Austrian Socio-Economic Panel (ASEP) Data
We are pleased to announce that a new, Austria-wide survey programme is now available at AUSSDA.
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