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How does employment instability affect union dissolution?

Understanding the role of employment status, contract type and gender differences
Elena Bastianelli (University of Turin) and Daniele Vignoli (University of Florence) study the relationship between employment instability and union dissolution.

Elena Bastianelli (University of Turin) and Daniele Vignoli (University of Florence) study the relationship between employment instability and union dissolution.

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Inequalities and the Life Course

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Inequalities and the Life Course

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Drawing upon perspectives from across the globe and employing an interdisciplinary life course approach, this handbook explores the production and reproduction of different types of inequality across a variety of social contexts.

Drawing upon perspectives from across the globe and employing an interdisciplinary life course approach, this handbook explores the production and reproduction of different types of inequality across a variety of social contexts.

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Depopulation trends in Europe: what do we know about it?

Highlights from Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital's Conference on the Causes and Consequences of Depopulation
This policy insight brings in a nutshell some of the key highlights of rich and varied contributions from numerous scholars, disciplines, geographies and socio-cultural as well as political contexts beyond those of industrialised European countries.

This policy insight brings in a nutshell some of the key highlights of rich and varied contributions from numerous scholars, disciplines, geographies and socio-cultural as well as political contexts beyond those of industrialised European countries.

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Can Policies Stall the Fertility Fall?

A Systematic Review of the (Quasi-) Experimental Literature
Janna Bergsvik (Statistics Norway), Agnes Fauske (University of Oslo) and Rannveig Kaldager Hart (Norwegian Institute of Public Health) provide a systematic discussion of policy effects on fertility since 1970 in Europe, the US, Canada and Australia.

Janna Bergsvik (Statistics Norway), Agnes Fauske (University of Oslo) and Rannveig Kaldager Hart (Norwegian Institute of Public Health) provide a systematic discussion of policy effects on fertility since 1970 in Europe, the US, Canada and Australia.

Perceived socioeconomic status and health: A longitudinal biomarker approach

Perceived socioeconomic status and health: A longitudinal biomarker approach

Wed Jan 12
In this webinar, Patrick Präg will discuss the association between perceived socioeconomic status and health with findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging.

In this webinar, Patrick Präg will discuss the association between perceived socioeconomic status and health with findings from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging.

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ESRC funds the new Connecting Generations Centre led by Professor Jane Falkingham

Professor Jane Falkingham is to lead one of six new ESRC research centres which will tackle critical social and economic issues – from evolving policing, to social care and intergenerational inequality.

Professor Jane Falkingham is to lead one of six new ESRC research centres which will tackle critical social and economic issues – from evolving policing, to social care and intergenerational inequality.

Parental unemployment and adolescent wellbeing – the moderating role of educational policies

Parental unemployment and adolescent wellbeing – the moderating role of educational policies

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They examine the relationship between parental unemployment and wellbeing of adolescents across countries with different educational policies.

They examine the relationship between parental unemployment and wellbeing of adolescents across countries with different educational policies.

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Sharing the Burden

Does fathers’ job flexibility ease mothers’ return to employment?
Sandra Buchler (Goethe-University Frankfurt) and Katharina Lutz (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) investigated how male partners‘ employment flexibility – specifically their weekly working hours and schedule autonomy – influences their female partners’ return to work after the birth of their first child.

Sandra Buchler (Goethe-University Frankfurt) and Katharina Lutz (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) investigated how male partners‘ employment flexibility – specifically their weekly working hours and schedule autonomy – influences their female partners’ return to work after the birth of their first child.

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Will flexible contracts be the new ‘normal’ for young workers?

Employers’ views on flexible employment contracts for younger workers
Lin Rouvroye, Hendrik P. van Dalen, Kène Henkens (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)-KNAW/University of Groningen) and Joop J. Schippers (Utrecht University) identify which considerations underlie employers’ decision-making with regards to the use of flexible contracts for younger worker.

Lin Rouvroye, Hendrik P. van Dalen, Kène Henkens (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)-KNAW/University of Groningen) and Joop J. Schippers (Utrecht University) identify which considerations underlie employers’ decision-making with regards to the use of flexible contracts for younger worker.

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