Theda Skocpol has been presented the Khaldun Award - presented only to scholars of the utmost distinction and one of the most celebrated awards given by the Comparative Historical Sociology section of @ASANews. gov.harvard.edu/2024/10/03/the…

“The private resources parents give their children may be statistically less visible, but they are no less real—and no less essential for social reproduction.” Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social  ifstudies.org/blog/debunking… The Institute for Family Studies

Of Note: Taxing reproduction: the full transfer cost of rearing children in Europe | Royal Society Open Science royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social

The New Nordic Paradox: How Family-friendly Welfare States Burden Parents the Most ifstudies.org/blog/the-new-n… Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social

"Welfare state benefits are geared mainly towards elderly age groups. Children really do receive a lot of resources in Europe, but these come mainly from their parents, not from the state." -Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social Professor of political economy & public policy DaWS

"Welfare state benefits are geared mainly towards elderly age groups. Children really do receive a lot of resources in Europe, but these come mainly from their parents, not from the state." DIAS Chair Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social explains The New Nordic Paradox and how it affects families⬇️

"It is the statistical invisibility of the substantial time and money transfers involved in childrearing that makes the full parenting efforts fly under the radar of politicians and policymakers."

'Taxing Reproduction' lands at the Finnish government: snow storm or not, today at the Ministry of Social Affairs & Health I consulted the newly appointed working group tasked with preparing a #Population #Policy Program to tackle #fertility decline. stm.fi/en/-/rapporteu…

The new Nordic Paradox: my message in a nutshell to the Finnish governmental working group preparing a #Population #Policy Program to tackle #fertility decline: ifstudies.org/blog/the-new-n…

Moments like this show the strength of the 🇪🇺 network approach: For the first time the Advisory Board of our Policy Lab has come together. These are leading experts in #science4policy outreach in the social sciences, who will be guiding our outreach. population-europe.eu/network/news-n…

'Perspectives on Political Demography' in the heart of Berlin: I cohosted an interdisciplinary workshop w Arnstein Aassve Max Planck Society Wissenschafsforum. Thx A. Edel & Population Europe team, & Adrian Favell, K. Spiess, C.Bruzelius, Empirical Political Science @unidue #Duisburg, W.Lutz, J.Sciubba, J.Bijak...

📣 We are looking for excellent scholars for 10 professorships and ~10 fellowships at DIAS, a vibrant intellectual landscape at Syddansk Universitet where big ideas flourish🧠 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄 sdu.dk/en/forskning/d… #AcademicJobs #DanishIAS

"The Fertility Drop Puzzle" : I'll be chairing a talk by Goesta Esping-Andersen on a wicked macro-problem: all welcome, Wed 11h15 #demography #policy Population Europe

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