We are seeking to fill a position of the Assistant Professor (full-time, fixed-term, research employee) within the ERC Consolidator Grant “Globalization- and Technology-Driven Labour Market Change and Fertility” (PI: Anna
Childbearing desires and models of “good” parenthood among U.S. young adults – onsite seminar with Sarah Hayford
To what can we attribute declining birth rates in the United States that have recently declined to their lowest recorded level? Is increasing economic precarity to blame, or rather high
New grant, new study: exploring gender and regional disparities in participation in (online/on-site) professional events!
We are very happy to announce that LabFam has been awarded another research grant. The project will focus on the creation of a large database, capturing information on online and
Exploring resilience with families: this study brings the voice of families to the fore on need for a more robust approach to supporting families
The concept of social resilience refers to the complex processes of responding to, but also becoming resilient to, unfavourable social, political and economic conditions in which people live. What are the
Working from Home During Covid-19 Pandemic and Changes to Fertility Intentions Among Parents – our latest paper in European Journal of Population
The Covid-19 pandemic and related massive spread of home based work led to substantial changes in the conditions for combining work and childbearing. On the one hand, working from home
Maternal Free Time: A Missing Element in Fertility Studies – our latest paper in Population and development review
Studies on mothers’ time allocation and fertility have predominantly accentuated the importance of paid work for fertility decisions and, in consequence, of policies that allow combining paid work and family
LabFam Individual Biographies (LIB): open science project that harmonizes family and employment histories
The idea behind our project is to harmonize longitudinal databases paying attention to individual life-course trajectories. We construct spell data for individuals along three different life dimensions: fertility, which records
“Familydemic” is hiring! Call for scholarship applications
Call for scholarship applications within the project: “Short- and long-term impact of policies introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on the division of work and family responsibilities between partners and
Last seminar this academic year – this time onsite (June 20)
It is our pleasure to invite to to our very last seminar this academic year. Professor Michaela Kreyenfed from Hertie School kindly agreed to present her work (Policy Reform and
Our latest ERC project publication in European Journal of Population: Industrial Robots and Regional Fertility in European Countries
Do the long-term structural changes in the labour market, driven by automation, affect fertility? Over the last two decades, technological advancements in production, including cutting-edge industrial robots, have tremendously transformed