NEW: income inequality in US & UK is so wide that while the richest are very well off, the poorest have a worse standard of living than the poorest in countries like Slovenia ft.com/content/ef2654… Essentially, US & UK are poor societies with some very rich people. A thread:

Sunny, (unseasonably) warm Florence is learning about population and climate from Raya Muttarak Wittgenstein Centre! Thanks to the organizers #PopFest22

Housing prices are skyrocketing! What is relationship between housing expenditure and babies? Do birth order or housing type matter? I invite you to join my Colloquium on Feb. 23rd at 10:00 (CET) online or in person bit.ly/3HUQbQ8 Wittgenstein Centre

So happy to see my first paper finally out! Thanks to all the numerous people who have helped me along the way 😊

Personality factors matter for #childbearing in Germany. In particular, extraversion is positively linked with first, and negatively associated with second childbirths among men. 👉 Check the last paper by Steffen Peters, #openaccess here: 🔗genus.springeropen.com/articles/10.11…

Beaujouan, Zeman, and Nathan found that, in most high-income countries, the increased fertility of mothers at older ages was not sufficient to offset the negative effect of delayed first births on completed cohort fertility. demographic-research.org/volumes/vol48/…

NEW: France’s riots may be subsiding, but their underlying causes persist In France, immigrants face social exclusion, faring *far* worse than the native-born on almost every socio-economic indicator. Far less integration than in UK, Germany even the US on.ft.com/46xX7gx

📢 Join the first #LSEDemography seminar in the new series! Brian Buh discusses the relationship between self-reported sense of belonging to a neighbourhood and the transition to parenthood. Ross Barker chairs. 📅 5 Oct, 12.00-13.00 📍 CON.1.01 | Zoom: bit.ly/3ESAG8Z

Not only where we live, the tenure of the housing, or being in an adequate dwelling matter when becoming a parent 🏨👨‍🍼🏚️🤱. Our attachment to the neighbourhood changes these relationships. Come see me talk about it!

📢 We're thrilled to welcome participants to the Winter School on Population Heterogeneities! #WSPopHet23 Austrian Academy of Sciences Wittgenstein Centre Wien Universität Wien

📣Conference Announcement! This year's theme for the annual WIC conference is "Delayed Reproduction: Challenges and Prospects". 📅Dates: 21-22 November 2024, Vienna/Austria ❗️Abstract submission deadline: 15 May 2024 More info: 👇oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/subs… #WIC2024 Eva Beaujouan

Award winning style!!!!

I am proud to announce that I successfully defended my doctoral thesis yesterday at Universität Wien 🥳🔖🍾. Thank you to my supervisor Eva Beaujouan as well as the examiners Anna Matysiak and Agnese Vitali and chair Valeria Bordone