It was a true honor to talk to legendary political scientist Adam Przeworski about how he understands the present crisis, what he learned from Chile and Poland, and how to move forward from here www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...

¿Por qué grava la crianza de los hijos? En el análisis de la baja fertilidad española —1,19 hijos por mujer—, Pieter Vanhuysse concluye que se deben replantear las políticas públicas, para permitir que aquellos que quieran ser padres puedan serlo agendapublica.es/noticia/1894...

What place-specific policies to combat depopulation from Europe's regions? I was honored to give the keynote to the first International Congress on Depopulation, organised by the Gobierno de Aragon deep in the mountains at Segura de Banos #demography #policy #regions www.aragon.es/actualidad/i...

"Democrafting the future" : my podcast on why our welfare states are intergenerational piggy banks, the hidden asymmetric burden of social reproduction in low-fertility Europe, and all things political demography: democraft.blog

¿Por qué grava la crianza de los hijos? En el análisis de la baja fertilidad española —1,19 hijos por mujer—, Pieter Vanhuysse concluye que se deben replantear las políticas públicas, para permitir que aquellos que quieran ser padres puedan serlo agendapublica.es/noticia/1894...

What place-specific policies to combat depopulation from Europe's regions? I was honored to give the keynote to the first International Congress on Depopulation, organised by the Gobierno de Aragon deep in the mountains at Segura de Banos #demography #policy #regions www.aragon.es/actualidad/i...

"Democrafting the future" : my podcast on why our welfare states are intergenerational piggy banks, the hidden asymmetric burden of social reproduction in low-fertility Europe, and all things political demography: democraft.blog

First weekend at the European Citizens Panel on #Intergenerational #Fairness as a Knowledge Committee member: answering citizen requests, and a nice view of Parc Leopold, where 19th century scientific Brussels intermingles with contemporary Euro-Brussels

European Commisioner Micallef has just addressed the European Citizens' Panel on #Intergenerational #Fairness in Brussels. This weekend, as part of the Knowledge Committee for this Citizens Panel, I guide 150 citizens' input into the #EU strategy on IF citizens.ec.europa.eu/intergenerat...

Welfare states as lifecycle redistribution machines: Why the piggy bank dwarfs Robin Hood in Europe Policy Brief version at the European Social Observatory: www.ose.be/publication/...

European welfare states are inter-age piggy banks, much more than they are rich-to-poor Robin Hoods. Understanding the cross-sectional operation of the piggy bank leads to a new focus on intercohort #sustainability & #fairness: the political economy of #generations journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

European welfare states are inter-age piggy banks, much more than they are rich-to-poor Robin Hoods. Understanding the cross-sectional operation of the piggy bank leads to a new focus on intercohort #sustainability & #fairness: the political economy of #generations journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Glad to have been appointed as a member of the Knowledge Committee of the European Citizens' Panel on Intergenerational Fairness. We will be guiding 150 Europeans' input into EU Commissioner Micallef's developing strategy on intergenerational fairness citizens.ec.europa.eu/concluded-on...

There is an asymmetry in socialization of downward v upward transfers. Children receive more than twice as many per-capita resources as older persons - but mot from the state. In aging, low-fertility societies, why has investment in children not been socialized more? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Pro-Elderly Welfare States within Child-Oriented Societies theconversation.com/how-the-youn...

There is an asymmetry in socialization of downward v upward transfers. Children receive more than twice as many per-capita resources as older persons - but mot from the state. In aging, low-fertility societies, why has investment in children not been socialized more? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Intergenerational Justice in Aging Societies

Glad to have been appointed as a member of the Knowledge Committee of the European Citizens' Panel on Intergenerational Fairness. We will be guiding 150 Europeans' input into EU Commissioner Micallef's developing strategy on intergenerational fairness citizens.ec.europa.eu/concluded-on...

"Thinking hard strengthens your mental capacity. Using a bot to think for you or even just massaging what the bot gives you is empty calories for the mind. You’re robbing yourself of an education and diminishing your intellectual potential." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/o...

A second @nytimes.com article citing our "Taxing Reproduction": "Nordic countries... famed for their subsidized child care and maternity leave...have some of the highest parenting costs in Europe, once parents’ time and out-of-pocket costs are taken into account." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

‘1984’ Hasn’t Changed, but America Has www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

A second @nytimes.com article citing our "Taxing Reproduction": "Nordic countries... famed for their subsidized child care and maternity leave...have some of the highest parenting costs in Europe, once parents’ time and out-of-pocket costs are taken into account." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

#Wilmasreview Flashback: Wilma 7 years ago as a puppy 🐶 It takes a lot of effort to raise a puppy, but a human baby takes extra effort! 👶 A new study by Pieter Vanhuysse, Márton Medgyesi and Róbert Iván Gál shows: 1/🧵

Our "Taxing Reproduction" covered by @nytimes.com: "[Nordic] parents are still left with higher out-of-pocket costs than elsewhere, a 2023 study found.... When the value of parents’ time is added in, the numbers grow even more ... said Pieter Vanhuysse" www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/w...

The New Nordic Paradox of fast-falling #fertility in the most #family-friendly welfare states: today I am at the Norwegian Ministry of Children and Families to present "Taxing Reproduction" and consult with the Birth Rate Commission: www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/o... ifstudies.org/blog/the-new...

Is it fair to increasr pension age in high-longevity societies?

'The “peace dividend” was in fact a boon for the wealthiest in Europe.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Baptism of fire for our new "Net human capital of nations" WP today @UChicago Center for the Economics of Human Development, part of our Chicago/CIAS 'Family, Fertility & Human Development Initiative' led by James Heckman. Talks also by A. Rotkirch, R. Pollak, A Adsera cehd.uchicago.edu?page_id=9970

The headline is misleading- I don't favor trying to increase the birthrate right away. What I do favor is greater recognition of the value of "public goods" like natural assets, a stable climate AND human capabilities (including those of the next generation). www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/w...

As populations age and life expectancy rises, governments are rethinking retirement policies - but what are the implications for intergenerational equity? 🤔 A must-see for anyone concerned with the future of ageing societies and the ethical questions we can no longer afford to ignore.

Our "Taxing Reproduction" covered by @nytimes.com: "[Nordic] parents are still left with higher out-of-pocket costs than elsewhere, a 2023 study found.... When the value of parents’ time is added in, the numbers grow even more ... said Pieter Vanhuysse" www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/w...

"Self-interest or #intergenerational #solidarity? Exploring trade-offs between social and environmental policies in the long term" Our guest @mbusemeyer.bsky.social from @excinequality.bsky.social talks in our PAWP seminar series at Institut for #Statskundskab, SDU Thurs 19 June noon, room M

"Self-interest or #intergenerational #solidarity? Exploring trade-offs between social and environmental policies in the long term" Our guest @mbusemeyer.bsky.social from @excinequality.bsky.social talks in our PAWP seminar series at Institut for #Statskundskab, SDU Thurs 19 June noon, room M

Baptism of fire for our new "Net human capital of nations" WP today @UChicago Center for the Economics of Human Development, part of our Chicago/CIAS 'Family, Fertility & Human Development Initiative' led by James Heckman. Talks also by A. Rotkirch, R. Pollak, A Adsera cehd.uchicago.edu?page_id=9970

Is it (un)fair to raise the pension age in greying societies? I was interviewed by Adrian Finighan on @aljazeera.com TV's global business and economics program "Counting the Cost" (from min 21:30): youtu.be/SkLFnrtvW5Y?... @sdu.dk @sampol.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @d-ias.bsky.social

A warm welcome to @mbusemeyer.bsky.social from @uni-konstanz.de, who visits us over the next two weeks at the Danish Centre for Welfare Studies and the SDU political science department www.polver.uni-konstanz.de/en/busemeyer...

Is it (un)fair to raise the pension age in greying societies? I was interviewed by Adrian Finighan on @aljazeera.com TV's global business and economics program "Counting the Cost" (from min 21:30): youtu.be/SkLFnrtvW5Y?... @sdu.dk @sampol.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @d-ias.bsky.social

They work you, here in Norway :) About to give the 5th talk of my Norwegian research visit, at @janabelschner.bsky.social's @sampol.bsky.social project workshop. With Vera Troeger, Maria Grasso, Javier Olivera, Benny Geys and many others www.uib.no/en/sampol/16...

"Measuring human capital globally:" presenting today at the @unibergen.bsky.social's interdepartmental seminar series in Comparative Political Economy www.uib.no/en/sampol/11...

"The harmonicas play the skeleton keys and the rain, and these arrows of Bob Dylan will be all that remain." On tradition as anti-surfing: my happy birthday wishes to Bob Dylan tidsskrift.dk/aktualitet/a...

"To cripple the institutions that acquire and transmit knowledge is a tragic blunder and a crime against future generations." Pinker's fierce, credibly self-critical, admirably comprehensive defense of - reason : www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...

Twenty-one Skytte Prize winner in a joint letter in today's @financialtimes.com : “President Donald Trump and his administration are on a spectacularly dangerous path” Read more here : www.skytteprize.com/news/twenty-...

Thanks to Professor Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social University of Southern Denmark, for visiting our department and giving a seminar on the question Do Low-Fertility Societies Tax their Own Reproduction?

Do low-fertility societies tax their own reproduction? ifstudies.org/blog/debunki... About to present to the departmental lunch seminar at @unibergen.bsky.social's Dep. of Comparative Politics www.uib.no/en/sampol/39...

Cultural Demography: a summary of our @populationeu.bsky.social workshop with Adrian Favell, Helene Lamont, Ron Lesthaeghe and many others :

The Norwegian Birth Rate Committee also in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

The New Nordic Paradox of fast-falling #fertility in the most #family-friendly welfare states: today I am at the Norwegian Ministry of Children and Families to present "Taxing Reproduction" and consult with the Birth Rate Commission: www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/o... ifstudies.org/blog/the-new...

In Oslo today to discuss how to debunk the second stork theory (of new adults), and much else on fertility to be discussed today at the Norwegian Centre for Fertility and Health ifstudies.org/blog/debunki... www.fhi.no/en/ch/Centre...