Pop digests

PopDigests

PopDigests are short, comprehensive summaries of research results with a link to the original publication (if accessible online). This allows population experts and other interested audiences to be able to easily access information to the latest research results. 

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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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From Matching to Marriage

How online dating is shifting educational inequalities in marriage formation in Germany
Gina Potarca (NCCR LIVES/ Institute of Demography and Socioeconomics, University of Geneva) analyses educational differences in the transition to marriage among 18-48-year-old adults in heterosexual couples.

Gina Potarca (NCCR LIVES/ Institute of Demography and Socioeconomics, University of Geneva) analyses educational differences in the transition to marriage among 18-48-year-old adults in heterosexual couples.

Expert Profiles

‘Nationality’ and ‘Second Generation’

How can we use these terms in surveys without (re)producing stigmatization?
Milena Chimienti, Eduardo Guichard, Claudio Bolzman (LIVES Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research and University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland) and Jean-Marie Le Goff (LIVES Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research and the University of Lausanne) engage in this discussion by analysing both the theoretical and empirical challenges of using ‘nationality’ and ‘second generation’ as categories in quantitative studies.

Milena Chimienti, Eduardo Guichard, Claudio Bolzman (LIVES Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research and University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland) and Jean-Marie Le Goff (LIVES Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research and the University of Lausanne) engage in this discussion by analysing both the theoretical and empirical challenges of using ‘nationality’ and ‘second generation’ as categories in quantitative studies.

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COVID-19 at home

How socio-demographic inequalities impact COVID-19 mortality through the household
Julien Giorgi (Insee, Department of Economic Studies) and Diederik Boertien (Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics) focus on the impact of household composition and within-household transmission on COVID-19 mortality inequalities by education level and migratory background.

Julien Giorgi (Insee, Department of Economic Studies) and Diederik Boertien (Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics) focus on the impact of household composition and within-household transmission on COVID-19 mortality inequalities by education level and migratory background.

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Does having a child affect men’s wages?

Fatherhood and wage inequality in Britain, Finland, and Germany
Rossella Icardi (University of Bath), Anna Erika Hägglund (University of Turku and Population Research Institute in Helsinki) and Mariña Fernández-Salgado (Universidad de Alcalá) explore whether and how fatherhood shapes the wage distribution in Finland, Germany and the United Kingdom.

Rossella Icardi (University of Bath), Anna Erika Hägglund (University of Turku and Population Research Institute in Helsinki) and Mariña Fernández-Salgado (Universidad de Alcalá) explore whether and how fatherhood shapes the wage distribution in Finland, Germany and the United Kingdom.

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Do couples who use Medically Assisted Reproduction pay a mental health penalty?

The effects of natural conceptions and medically assisted conceptions on mental health
Marco Tosi (University of Padua) and Alice Goisis (University College London) investigate whether and how couples’ mental health changes around natural conceptions and MAR conceptions.

Marco Tosi (University of Padua) and Alice Goisis (University College London) investigate whether and how couples’ mental health changes around natural conceptions and MAR conceptions.

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Are older adults receiving the emotional support they need?

Changes in family makeup and their effects on emotional support in old age
The results show that even the most intimate circle of social relationships, namely the family, is subject to a considerable number of changes in old age and that it depends on contextual factors and individual motivations.

The results show that even the most intimate circle of social relationships, namely the family, is subject to a considerable number of changes in old age and that it depends on contextual factors and individual motivations.

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Socio‑Economic Differences in Single Motherhood in North America and Europe

Judith Koops, Aart Liefbroer and Anne Gauthier (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)-KNAW/University of Groningen) assess the relationship of parental SES on women’s likelihood of becoming a single mother in more detail.

Judith Koops, Aart Liefbroer and Anne Gauthier (Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)-KNAW/University of Groningen) assess the relationship of parental SES on women’s likelihood of becoming a single mother in more detail.