Can we estimate assortative mating for outcomes shared by partners? Yes we can! In a new paper together with @philippdierker.bsky.social, I find that individuals with similar liabilities to divorce are more likely to get married in the first place!

New paper out in @jmfncfr.bsky.social with @minekuhn.bsky.social and @zjvanwinkle.bsky.social. We use (weighted) sequence complexity indices to estimate mental + physical health in mid-adulthood. Results (again) highlight the vulnerability of single mothers. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Objective This study examines the association between accumulated family complexity and mental and physical health in mid-adulthood, with a focus on gender differences. Background While research o...

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New paper with @fabriberna.bsky.social - part of my PhD thesis! Why are the negative educational consequences of parental separation stronger among high-SES children? → When high-SES parents separate, they lose their ability to compensate for their child’s low genetic propensity for education 🧬👪

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“SES, Genes & Differential Effects of Parental Separation on Educational Attainment”: @fabriberna.bsky.social & @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social find the largest penalty for “high-SES students whose parents separate is…among those w/ a low PGI EA.” @eui-eu.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

Super happy to see this great paper by @rutheva.bsky.social, @rosacheesman.bsky.social , Ole Andreassen and myself out now! Typical sociodemographic research on partnership dissolution has seldom considered individual differences. In this paper, we show with genomic data that they do matter.

Sociological Science@sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 2y ago

NEW: Ruth Eva Jørgensen, Rosa Cheesman, Ole A. Andreassen, Torkild Hovde Lyngstad , "The Genetics of Partnership Dissolution."

📃 Did you see? 👀 We recently published "Selective re-partnering? Mental health and life satisfaction among separated single mothers in Germany and the UK" by @philippdierker.bsky.social, @minekuhn.bsky.social and Mikko Myrskylä. Open Access 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #sociology

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New paper just out in @actasociologica.bsky.social with @minekuhn.bsky.social and Mikko Myrskylä, looking at the selective nature of re-partnering among single mothers in terms of their well-being in Germany and the UK. Read the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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📢 New paper out in @genus.bsky.social on women's selection into different #parentalleave lengths in Germany 🤱💼🇩🇪 /w @peibich.bsky.social & @robertarutigliano.bsky.social Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1186/s411...

Who is affected by parental leave reforms? Women’s selection into different parental leave lengths across recent policy reforms in Germany - Genus

Public parental leave schemes aim to facilitate women’s reconciliation of family and employment after their transition into motherhood. While parental leave policies underwent several reforms over the...

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First publication of my thesis is out w/ this fantastic & interdisciplinary team: @karlosj89.bsky.social @fabriberna.bsky.social E. van Bergen @perlinedemange.bsky.social!✨ Do parents' SES moderate the link between genetic propensity for (non)cognitive skills and education? doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...

A current paper of @philippdierker.bsky.social & @minekuhn.bsky.social reveals: New partnerships can improve the life satisfaction of single moms,especially through increased financial resources.But a new partner doesn't usually bring relief around household chores. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/repartnering

MPIDR - New Partnerships Improve Life Satisfaction for Single Mothers

Single mothers often experience poorer mental health and lower life satisfaction due to increased stress, financial insecurity, and less support in everyday life. A study by the Max Planck Institute f...

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The 2nd paper of my PhD got published in JMF 🎉 In this paper with @minekuhn.bsky.social and Mikko Myrskylä, we look at changes in mental health and life satisfaction among single mothers who re-partner in Germany and the UK. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Objective This study examines single mothers' mental health and life satisfaction trajectories around re-partnering transitions, and the driving factors of these associations. Background Single mo...

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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

Publication by @philippdierker.bsky.social & Martin Diewald! The study shows that low-income families support their children equally, while parents with higher income tend to give more support to children with lower grades. What does that mean for social mobility? www.demogr.mpg.de/go/schoolgrades

I am happy to use my first skeet (do we still say that here?) to share that this paper with Martin Diewald on parental support strategies in response to children's school performance, which is based on my master’s thesis, is now published online #OpenAccess in ESR (doi.org/10.1093/esr/...)

Compensation or accentuation? How parents from different social backgrounds decide to support their children

Abstract. Previous research has shown that parents respond to differences in their children’s potential by providing them with different levels of support, and

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