Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Faculty of Economic Sciences, LabFam

ABOUT ME
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences University of Warsaw. She is a sociologist trained in cross-national studies. My research interests include time use, demographic change, public health and social inequalities.
PUBLICATIONS
Reviewed articles
  • Luo C, Jarosz E (2025) ‘Job creation, job destruction, and fertility in Germany’, Demographic Research 52: 383–414, DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2025.52.13 
     Jarosz E, Matysiak A, Osiewalska B (2024) ‘Mothers’ parenting behaviours, strain, enjoyment and subsequent childbearing’, Journal of Family Issues, DOI: 10.1177/0192513X241257235 
    Gugushvili A, Jarosz E (2024) ‘A longitudinal study of perceived social position and health-related quality of life’, Social Science & Medicine, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116446 
     Jarosz E, Matysiak A, Osiewalska B(2023) ‘Maternal free time – a missing element in fertility studies’, Population and Development Review, DOI:10.1111/padr.12589 
     Jarosz E (2023) ‘Direct exposure to green and blue spaces is associated with greater mental wellbeing in older adults’, Journal of Aging and Environment 37(4). DOI: 10.1080/26892618.2022.2109792 
  • Jarosz E (2021)‘Lifestyle differentiation among older adults: exploring the links between individuals’ lifestyles, health profile, structural position and subjective wellbeing in later life, Ageing & Society. DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X21001586
  • Jarosz E (2021)What makes life enjoyable at an older age? Experiential wellbeing, daily activities, and satisfaction with life in general’, Aging & Mental Health, online first. DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2021.1916879
  • Jarosz E and Gugushvili A (2021) The relationship between BMI and life satisfaction – contextual factors and socioemotional costs of obesity, Quality of Life Research, DOI: 10.1007/s11136-021-02912-3
  • Jankiewicz J, Garsztka P, Jarosz E (2021) ‘Consumption in Polish Household – Production function parameters and monetary value of non-market goods’ Economics & Sociology 14(2)
  • Jarosz E, Gugushvili A. (2020) ‘The “good life” of Polish migrants in Britain: Daily behaviours and subjective wellbeing of migrants, stayers, and the British’, Population, Space and Place, online first. DOI:10.1002/psp.2343
  • Gugushvili A, Reeves A, Jarosz E. (2020) ‘How do perceived changes in inequality affect health?’ Health and Place, 102276. DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102276
  • Jarosz E, Gugushvili A. (2019) ‘Parental education, health literacy and children’s adult body height. Journal of Biosocial Science, 52(5), 696-718. DOI:10.1017/S0021932019000737.
  • Gugushvili A, Jarosz E, McKee M. (2019) ‘Compared with whom? Reference groups in socio-economic comparisons and self-reported health in 34 countries’. International Journal of Epidemiology, online first, DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyz122
  • Jarosz E (2018) ‘Lifestyle behaviours or socioeconomic characteristics? Gender differences in covariates of BMI in Hungary’. Obesity Science and Practice 4(6): 591-599. DOI: 10.1002/osp4.316
  • Jarosz E (2018) ‘Unequal times: Social structure, temporal perspective, and time allocation
    in Poland’.
     Social Indicators Research, online first. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-018-1866-7
  • Jarosz E (2017) ‘Class and eating. Family meals in Britain’. Appetite 116, pages: 527-535. DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.05.047
  • Jarosz E (2016) ‘Food for thought: A comparative analysis of eating behavior in Poland, Armenia, and the United States’. Food, Culture and Society, 19(4), pages: 655-679.
    DOI: 10.1080/15528014.2016.1243766
  • Jarosz E (2016) ‘The Duration and Dynamics of Leisure Among The Working Population in Poland. A Time-Use Approach’, World Leisure Journal, 58, pages: 44-59. DOI: 10.1080/16078055.2015.1088467
  • Jarosz E, Papastefanou G. (2013) ‘Societal determinants of complexity in personal leisure: A comparative study of Germany and Poland’, GESIS Working Papers No 28.
  • Papastefanou G, Jarosz E. (2012) ‘Complexity of Leisure Activities over the Weekend: Socio-economic status differentiation and effects on satisfaction with personal leisure’, GESIS Working Papers No 26.
GRANTS
International grants
2019 – 2021  Marie Skladowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship (MSCA IF) 
         Project title: DEXSAGE Daily Experiences of Successful Ageing, Horizon 2020, grant
                       number 840113.

2013 – 2014     Fulbright Graduate Student Award (Polish-American Fulbright Commission),
                       Time Use Lab, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
 
2012 – 2012   PhD students research grant by the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the
                        Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Ministry of Education. Project: Effects of 
                        Social Status on Temporal Complexity. A Comparative Polish-German Study in Time 
                        Use
AWARDS
2018 Programme Prize Winner for best overall performance, University of Manchester