Understanding inequality and how it impacts the lives of young adults
In the fourth episode of our Podcast looking at research from the Equal Lives project, we talk to Michael Grätz from the University of Lausanne and Swedish Institute for Social Research. He discusses research published in Demography involving Equal Lives team members Continue Reading …
New research from Equal Lives shows that relationships with former partners continue to influence people’s lives even after a split. The study by Zafer Büyükkceçi looked at on individuals’ re-partnering behavior following a divorce and asked whether divorcees influence each Continue Reading …
New paper from Equal Lives’ Zachary Van Winkle and Anette Fasang shows place more important than time in unstable family and working lives Across Europe the stability of people’s working and family lives largely stayed the same from generation to Continue Reading …
Equal Lives researchers Zafer Büyükkeçeci and Thomas Leopold have published new research on the family formation influence that siblings have on each other. This study looked at whether getting married, having children or getting divorced is likely to influence a sibling Continue Reading …
Equal Lives PI Susan Harkness has produced a blog for the Economics Observatory about widening inequality between men and women during the COVID-19 pandemic. In it she explains that while men and women’s employment has suffered, mothers have been hit Continue Reading …
Anette Fasang shares Equal Lives research findings at DIAL Workshop Research from the Equal Lives project was shared at an online DIAL workshop looking at institutional influences on inequalities over the lifecourse. Professor Anette Fasang from Humboldt University and co-PI Continue Reading …
Research from the Equal Lives project has shown that family lives have become more complex in the Nordic countries. It also shows a moderate increase in employment instability among the youngest generations across most countries. It is a common perception Continue Reading …
New DIAL Working Paper from Equal lives’ Zafer Büyükkeçeci investigates whether divorcees who re-marry play a role in their former spouse’s decisions to remarry also. Using administrative data from Statistics Netherlands, Zafer looked at divorcees who remarried or lived with a Continue Reading …
Zafer Büyükkeçeci blogs about his new research looking at how people living in different countries have reacted and responded to the pandemic. The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting health, social, mental, and economic well-being worldwide. Cooperating, by taking precautions such as Continue Reading …
Newly-published research from Equal Lives’ Zafer Büyükkeçeci examines different country responses to the COVID-19 pandemic The research used the COVID-19 Attitudes and Beliefs survey to look at the anxiety levels and behaviour responses of nearly 100,000 people in 54 countries Continue Reading …