A large part (25-40%) of the effect of employment uncertainty on transition to parenthood is mediated by union formation - at least in Italy. Check our new study (w/ De Rose & Tocchioni @florenceups.bsky.socialtinyurl.com/37wd5d4b

Employment uncertainty and parenthood: quantifying the mediating role of union formation - Journal of Population Research

This study aims to quantify the extent to which union formation mediates the relationship between employment uncertainty and the transition to parenthood, taking Italy as a case study. Research on the...

☀️ What impact is extreme heat having on #fertilitywww.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/impact-...@leverhulme.bsky.social@mpidr.bsky.social@florenceups.bsky.social

The impact of extreme heat on fertility rates across Spain

A new study published in Population Studies looks at the impact of extreme temperatures on fertility across Spain between 2010 and 2019, covering some of the hottest years since records began.

A low genetic 🧬 propensity for (non)cognitive skills is less consequential for educational outcomes 🎓 among high-SES students. A twin study 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 with molecular data (children-parents) we just published in RSSM by a great interdisciplinary team of sociologists and psychologists 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...

New work by Bastianelli, Guetto & Vignoli shows that even in Italy, union dissolutions show a shift from a positive to a negative educational and social class gradient, also among men! #openaccesswww.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

An elephant in the classroom? Teachers assign -6% Z-GPA & -5% acad. track advice to low-SES pupils than equally skilled, well-off peers. IV design shows 40% teacher bias overestimation by ability measurement error: @florenceups.bsky.social@marespadafor.bsky.socialtinyurl.com/unifi-disia

First presentation of today’s FloPS workshop is by Alessandro Gallo who presents a work about housing insecurity and fertility in Italy 👇

Another FloPS workshop is about to start - with a keynote speech by @lucampesando.bsky.social@clic.bsky.social

New paper out on European Sociological Review! (w/ Guetto Barbieri @stefanischerer.bsky.socialdoi.org/10.1093/esr/...

Unstable employment careers and (quasi-)completed fertility: evidence from the labour market deregulation in Italy

Abstract. Most research on the fertility consequences of labour market instability has focussed on the transition to parenthood, ignoring potential ‘catchi

🎉 Join us live for the Launch Event of the National Doctoral Program in 'Life Course Research'! 👉 Tune in now and follow the event here: 🔗https://unifi.it/webtv

My work w/ @alderotti.bsky.social@florenceups.bsky.socialwww.sieds.it/index.php/20...