Health demographers 📣 Calling for submissions to our w. @timriffe1.bsky.social Healthy Life Expectancy methodology collection on @genus.bsky.social! We're seeking innovative approaches to statistical modelling and empirical analysis of health inequalities 📈 📆 Submission deadline: 01/06/26 🔗 Link 👇

📣 Great news from our community! 👉 @cosmostrozza.bsky.social has been awarded the European Demographer Award 2025 for a promising & upcoming researcher! 🚀 🏆 The prize, promoted by Population Europe, will be presented at the Berlin Demography Days. 👏 🔗 population-europe.eu/network/news...

❓: Is marriage ‘just a paper’? "Why men and women choose cohabitation over marriage in the Philippines: insights from focus group data" 👉 New paper by Bernice Kuang just published! 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Despite Spain’s high life expectancy, migrants from Latin America, Asia & Africa are found to have a significant mortality advantage over natives, particularly men. New paper by @farid-flici.bsky.social, @sergitl.bsky.social & Permanyer available here: 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Mortality stagnates for Denmark's lowest socioeconomic groups while decreasing for highest, driving widening survival gaps to retirement ‼️ Check out our newest publication in @genus.bsky.social with @svigezzi.bsky.social @juliacalla.bsky.social @sandrsalek.bsky.social @ikashnitsky.phd

Survival inequalities expand in DK by socioeconomic group. New paper by @cosmostrozza.bsky.social, @svigezzi.bsky.social, @juliacalla.bsky.social, @sandrsalek.bsky.social, @ikashnitsky.phd, find that almost 1/4 poor men vs 1/20 rich men die pre-retirement. 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Parenthood among same-sex couples has changed as policy & social contexts have evolved. Swedish data revealed that same-sex parenting increased over time among women, but remained rare among men. 👉 New paper by Mollborn, @martinkolk.bsky.social & Evertsson 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

How does couples' stress relate to their shared childbearing goals? @karenguzzo.bsky.social, VanBergen, @wendymanning.bsky.social, @clairekampdush.bsky.social use @nchatstudy.bsky.social to find out! Link to the study #openaccess: 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

New publication by @manuelastranges.bsky.social & Wolff! 👉 Family matters: among young migrants, minors entering with relatives stay much longer in reception centers. Over one half leave voluntarily, with exit reasons varying by origin and family status. 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

👉 New paper by Caltabiano, Meggiolaro & Tocchioni (@florenceups.bsky.social) suggests that parental separation has a strong cultural effect on children’s trajectories to adulthood, especially on the formation of household, but also on economic independence. 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

How do different uncertainties shape fertility intentions in the US? Badolato, @karenguzzo.bsky.social, @srhayford.bsky.social unpack goal uncertainty, realization uncertainty & intensity of fertility goals highlighting age, parity & socioeconomic differences 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Here’s a fresh read for your Monday brain🧠: A new article by Mendola and Busetta on refugees’ health in Germany - now out in GENUS and available #openaccess. 👉 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

That’s a wrap for #PopDays2025! A huge thank you to all participants — so many of you, from so many places, and with such high-level contributions. The atmosphere was truly inspiring! See you all in Trento for the next edition in two years! 🇮🇹✨

Final session of #PopDays2025: presentation of the Population Report “Towards a Positive Demography” 📍Aula A — starting now!

The second PopDay is about to start! 🙌 You can find #PopDays2025 programme with sessions details here 👇 www.conftool.pro/popdays2025/... We hope to see many of you around!

Levels of #loneliness decline across cohorts, possibly because the negative impact of increased individualism on loneliness outweighs the positive effect of reduced family size across generations. 👉 New paper by Liat Raz-Yurovich available #OpenAccess 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Using longitudinal population-based survey data from Australia, Ester Lazzari examines whether dealing with the uncertainty of #infertility prompts men and women to revise their pre-existing fertility preferences. 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

New publication by Karun, McDougal & Singh: 👉Sex disparities in health of older adults in India: assessing the morbidity-mortality paradox through disability-free life expectancy. 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

👉 Can distinct trajectories of fertility expectations be identified among Dutch childless? Do trajectories differ in terms of self-reported societal pessimism? Read the answers in the new paper by @katyaoivanova.bsky.social 👇 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

❓How open and effective are EU asylum systems? Forte, Gatti, Gabrielli, Benassi & Strozza propose the RIP index to measure States’ capability to grant protection. Major disparities emerged before, during and after 2015–2016 refugee crisis. 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

👉 Check our new publication - by Li, Cheng, Liu & @emitanaka.org: "Analysis of international life expectancies with manifold learning and neural networks" 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

🚨 Concern about climate change is linked to lower fertility intentions in Italy. 👉 New study out in Genus by @chiarapuglisi.bsky.social, Daniele Vignoli @florenceups.bsky.social & Raya Muttarak. 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

📢 The Population Days 2025 conference is coming! Join us in Cagliari from June 4 to 6, 2025, for insightful discussions on population studies. 🔗 More info: aisp-sis.com/popdays-2025/ 📽️ Promotional video: 👇

Family and humanitarian migrant women in Italy face higher unemployment but better job quality than labour migrants. Humanitarian men initially lag in upward job mobility but catch up after a decade. ➡️ New paper by Impicciatore & Molinari just published! 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

New paper by Stathopoulou and colleagues examines teachers' perspectives on the factors shaping access to #education and the educational experiences of refugee youth in Greece. 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

📣 Aaaaaand... 👉 The Italian Association for Population Studies is also on Bluesky! Definitely a must-follow! 🙌 @aisp-sis.bsky.social 🙌

Ukrainian refugees hold more liberal gender roles than their compatriots and more traditional gender roles than Austrians. However, they indicate much more confidence in the EU than Austrians. New paper by Riederer and colleagues available open access! 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

❓ How fair is the division of labor around first childbirth? Women feel it is most fair near birth but increasingly unfair as the child grows, while men’s perceptions remain unchanged. ▶️ New publication by Maria Hornung & @comochia.bsky.social open access! 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Higher education fosters favourable attitudes toward immigration, but context matters. 👉 Analysis of 15 countries over 16 years reveals significant differences between Eastern and non-Eastern Europe. New paper by Umansky, @webervienna.bsky.social & Lutz. 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

First publication in 2025🥳 We showed: higher education fosters favorable attitudes toward immigration, but context matters - significant differences between Eastern and non-Eastern Europe Here link to our @genus.bsky.social article doi.org/10.1186/s411...

Regional convergence in Italian mortality is stalling, with breakpoints emerging soon after major healthcare reforms promoting regionalization. 👉 Check the new paper by Carboni, Salinari & De Santis, available #openaccess: 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

🎆 Close 2024 with an insightful read! 📖 Our last post of the year highlights David S. Reher's new paper: 'Family history at the crossroads: reflections on past, present, and future challenges.' Link to the #openaccess paper: 👇 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

📣 New publication: Leocádio, Verona & Wajnman explore the association between gender equality in the family and fertility intentions in low-fertility countries. Check the full paper #openaccess here: 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

GENUS joined Bluesky over a year ago—one of the first (if not the first) demographic journals here. A year later, the club is growing! 🎉 Comment below if you’d like to be added to our starter pack of demographic journals and resources! go.bsky.app/E6UtfNx

"models the potential impact of vaccination under the assumption that all vaccinated women chose to avoid conception in month of vaccination...potential impact of vaccination was largely consistent with observed fertility decline in Czechia between 2021 & 2022" genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Could Covid-19 vaccination have affected fertility in Czechia? New paper by @sljikta.bsky.social & colleagues shows how changes in the TFR denominator might help explain the fertility decline in 2021–2022. 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

New study by Vincent Ramos shows that entering the labor market i) with a fixed-term contract and ii) during a recession affects subsequent fertility behavior in Germany for both women and men. Read more here 👇 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

New publication! 📢 Elisabeth K. Kraus explores transnational configurations of nuclear and extended family members among Eritrean and Syrian refugees surveyed in Germany, using #TransFAR data. Check the paper #openaccess here 👇 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Recent parental separations have led to new families forming, where new births are more likely than in traditional families. Lost births due to separation are offset if the new relationships start soon. 👉 New pubblication by Luppi, Migheli & Pronzato 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Stability is key to refugees' well-being. Yet, a case study from Austria shows that refugees experience far less housing stability than other migrants. New publication by Ali, Dervic, Stütz, Nedelkoska & Prieto-Curiel 👇 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

Our last paper, with @lucampesando.bsky.social on @genus.bsky.social, is finally out! Our findings confirm that the consequences of parental separation vary depending on a combination of social background and the “selectivity” of the educational outcome considered ⬇️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New publications: 👉 Terzera & Bonomi: The pathways of unaccompanied foreign minors evaluated by the social workers 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.... 👉 Hofmann & Krapf: Like two peas in a pod? Homogamous personalities, education, and union dissolution 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

📢 New publication! Student mobility in Southern Italy: An empirical analysis of preferential patterns - by Genova, Ruiu, Attanasio, Ermacora & Breschi. Check it out! 👇 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

New paper by Tom Wilson and colleagues evaluating alternative methods for forecasting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population of #Australia. Link: genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

New paper by @larabister.bsky.social, @peibich.bsky.social, @robertarutigliano.bsky.social using admin data on how parental leave reforms in Germany impacted women's leave length. They find significant influences on uptake for women with strong labor market attachment. 👇 🔗 tinyurl.com/d3pccpk8

📢 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...

Using a composite index measuring gender equality in household labor allocation,the new study by Meggiolaro & Scioni show the importance of considering the first union to explain the division of hh labor within later relationships. 🔗https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-024-00224-1

Is there a female advantage in asylum application decisions in Italy? 👉 Check the new paper by Ortensi, Piccitto & Morlotti - just published! 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....

📣 New paper by Mulder & Kooiman finds no positive association between moving for reasons of proximity to family and income growth,but moving for both work and proximity to family helps women increase their hours spent in paid work. 🔗https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-024-00222-3

👉 New work by Bramajo, Zueras, Renteria & Permanyer: "Decomposition of life expectancy differentials with (and without) conditions by educational attainment for major groups of causes in contemporary Spain: where is the advantage?" 🔗https://genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41118-024-00220-5