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When #academic expertise speaks to #politics & #policy makers directly: I was glad to keynote this weekend at the Danish Parliament (Christiansborg's Faellesalen) to the special conference day on #family #policy of one of the current governing parties.
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In a newly published study, Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social et al. explore what help #parents actually give their #children in the #labor market.
See Vanhuysse's excellent summary at Population Europe for an account of the key findings:
population-europe.eu/research/polic…

Ny artikel på Videnskab.dk om mit faderskabsprojekt. Læs med her: videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund…

What help do parents give their children in labor markets? A key advantage is human capital, in the broadest sense. But parents, when they can, also employ other transmission strategies (e.g. networks)-- notably, we find, in FR, PL & even more IT, ES, UK:
population-europe.eu/research/polic…

Hvem er far til barnet? Det spørgsmål har altid skabt problemer videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund… #dkvid #dkforsk

📚Join us at this week's lecture by Professor Cathie Jo Martin discussing the cultural perspectives shaping anti-poverty programs in Britain, Denmark, and France. Discover the hidden role of fiction writers in social policy reforms of the 19th-century and their impact today.

Beyond human capital: how else do #parents help their #children earn more? My study on 8 societies with Franco Bonomi Bezzo & Michele Raitano is out in the new issue of Oxford Economic Papers
Population Europe Danish Institute for Advanced Study CPop SDU
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Societies often overlook the full resources needed to raise the next generation, impacting demographic renewal and fiscal sustainability. 💡 Let's challenge the “stork theory” of child-rearing and delve into the real costs and contributions of parents in shaping our future.

#ThrowbackThursday 🕰️

… to the #blogpost “Europe has a low-fertility problem – so why does it tax its own reproduction?” by Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social.

Link: politik-wissenschaft.org/2023/11/20/eur…

#demographics #socialsciences #socialpolicy #parenting

Great to see our Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social among experts advising VP of EU Commission Dubravka Suica on the crucial challenges for EU's demography and how to address them.

Sustainable future of our welfare states is build on sustainable population dynamics.
- prominent in 🇪🇺 agenda

Job Alert! A PhD and a 3-year postdoc position related to the “DelibRef” project led by me and funded by Carlsberg Foundation at University of Southern Denmark Syddansk Universitet. Apply by 1st May! Start in September. Feel free to write me for further details. carlsbergfondet.dk/en/Forskningsa…

On International #HappinessDay , flagging our new study in the Journal of Happiness Studies, on deprived teenagers' wellbeing across three domains on their lives

An interesting read that provides food for thought:
Pieter Vanhuysse @pietervanhuysse.bsky.social and Franco Bonomi Bezzo explore how being comparatively socio-economically disadvantaged within their neighbourhood shapes the lived experiences and well-being of young, English teenagers.

Relative #deprivation theory out; social #emulation theory (somewhat) in? Franco Bonomi Bezzo & I study the lived experiences of 1800 #teenagers growing up in social housing, which is quasi-randomly distributed across #neighborhoods in England. A thread: doi.org/10.1007/s10902…