Aart-Jan Riekhoff
@ajriekhoff.bsky.social
Senior researcher at the Finnish Centre for Pensions (ETK), focusing on retirement and pensions in the context of life courses, social inequalities, and changing labour markets | https://www.etk.fi/en/contactinformation/arie-aart-jan-riekhoff/
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Together with Kène Henkens and Harry van Dalen we updated the chapter on “Managing an older workforce and retirement: The employer’s perspective” for the forthcoming second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Retirement. academic.oup.com/edited-volum....
📢 New article with @apolvinen.bsky.social and Riku Perhoniemi in the European Journal of Public Health! What happens to Finns who end up on a temporary disability pension, not only after the start of the pension but also before? 1/3
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
📢 New article with @apolvinen.bsky.social and Riku Perhoniemi in the European Journal of Public Health! What happens to Finns who end up on a temporary disability pension, not only after the start of the pension but also before? 1/3
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RC28 spring meeting deadline is December 1, 2025. Looking forward to seeing you in Seville. eventos.upo.es/137585/detai...
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
RC28 spring meeting deadline is December 1, 2025. Looking forward to seeing you in Seville. eventos.upo.es/137585/detai...
Together with Kène Henkens and Harry van Dalen we updated the chapter on “Managing an older workforce and retirement: The employer’s perspective” for the forthcoming second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Retirement. academic.oup.com/edited-volum....
October 31, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Together with Kène Henkens and Harry van Dalen we updated the chapter on “Managing an older workforce and retirement: The employer’s perspective” for the forthcoming second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Retirement. academic.oup.com/edited-volum....
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Kiitos #sosiaalipolitiikanpäivät2025! @sustageable.fi yhteistyönä @laursalo.bsky.social & @ajriekhoff.bsky.social vetivät työryhmää työmarkkinoiden uudesta sosiaalipolitiikasta. Kiinnostavia keskusteluja työmarkkinapoluista, työelämän inklusiivisuuden tarpeesta ja uusista työn muodoista.
October 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Kiitos #sosiaalipolitiikanpäivät2025! @sustageable.fi yhteistyönä @laursalo.bsky.social & @ajriekhoff.bsky.social vetivät työryhmää työmarkkinoiden uudesta sosiaalipolitiikasta. Kiinnostavia keskusteluja työmarkkinapoluista, työelämän inklusiivisuuden tarpeesta ja uusista työn muodoista.
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💫Very happy to share that my first single-authored paper has been published in @sfjournal.bsky.social. I suggest to combine Life Course Feature Selection with Ñopo decomposition to disentangle which life-course events drive gender inequalities such as Gender Pension Gaps doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
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Full-time employment is all that matters? Quantifying the role of relevant and gender-exclusive life-course experiences for gender pension gaps
Abstract. Gender pension gaps (GPGs) represent crucial indicators of gender inequalities over the life course. Despite reaching higher levels, they have re
doi.org
September 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
💫Very happy to share that my first single-authored paper has been published in @sfjournal.bsky.social. I suggest to combine Life Course Feature Selection with Ñopo decomposition to disentangle which life-course events drive gender inequalities such as Gender Pension Gaps doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
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Come work on my new research project! We are studying whether and how #parentalLeave is shared in different types of families, how the use of parental leave has changed in different families since the 2000s, and how parents’ social environments influence their leave uptake.
#research #hiring
#research #hiring
We’re hiring!
Join @utu.fi & INVEST Research Flagship Centre as a #SeniorResearcher ( #postdoc ) or #DoctoralResearcher in the #SHARELEAVE project on parental leave and social inequality. 🌍👶
🗓 Apply by Sept 22 at 4 pm (Finnish time) 👉 ats.talentadore.com/apply/erikoi...
#hiring #openvacancies
Join @utu.fi & INVEST Research Flagship Centre as a #SeniorResearcher ( #postdoc ) or #DoctoralResearcher in the #SHARELEAVE project on parental leave and social inequality. 🌍👶
🗓 Apply by Sept 22 at 4 pm (Finnish time) 👉 ats.talentadore.com/apply/erikoi...
#hiring #openvacancies
Senior researcher or doctoral researcher
The Faculty of Social Sciences, INVEST Flagship Research Centre at the University of Turku invites applications for contract-based, fixed term senior researcher or doctoral researcher position from 1....
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August 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Come work on my new research project! We are studying whether and how #parentalLeave is shared in different types of families, how the use of parental leave has changed in different families since the 2000s, and how parents’ social environments influence their leave uptake.
#research #hiring
#research #hiring
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Very good summary of our @europeansocieties.bsky.social article by @ajriekhoff.bsky.social with @katikuitto.bsky.social & @lmpalomaki.bsky.social
Indeed, consequences of financial hardship turn out to be quite different for men and women 💁♀️🙍♂️
Indeed, consequences of financial hardship turn out to be quite different for men and women 💁♀️🙍♂️
Experiencing financial problems during the early and mid-life course does not necessarily bear negative consequences for one’s pension income in old age,
writes researcher @ajriekhoff.bsky.social on the blog.
Read the full post:
www.sustageable.fi/tulokset/add...
#pensions #financialhardship
writes researcher @ajriekhoff.bsky.social on the blog.
Read the full post:
www.sustageable.fi/tulokset/add...
#pensions #financialhardship
Addressing financial hardship throughout the life course can improve pension adequacy - SustAgeable
Our latest study shows that experiencing financial problems during the early and mid-life course does not necessarily bear negative consequences for one’s pension income in old age. However, a better ...
www.sustageable.fi
August 28, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Very good summary of our @europeansocieties.bsky.social article by @ajriekhoff.bsky.social with @katikuitto.bsky.social & @lmpalomaki.bsky.social
Indeed, consequences of financial hardship turn out to be quite different for men and women 💁♀️🙍♂️
Indeed, consequences of financial hardship turn out to be quite different for men and women 💁♀️🙍♂️
Previous research shows that retirement is often associated with changes in perceived quality of life. But does it matter WHEN you retire? And what drives those changes in the quality of life? In our new article with @lmpalomaki.bsky.social, Jyri Liukko & @sannatenhunen.bsky.social we find out 1/3
August 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Previous research shows that retirement is often associated with changes in perceived quality of life. But does it matter WHEN you retire? And what drives those changes in the quality of life? In our new article with @lmpalomaki.bsky.social, Jyri Liukko & @sannatenhunen.bsky.social we find out 1/3
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Our article with @terhia.bsky.social and Joonas Uotinen "(Un)happy Together—The Interrelated Life Satisfaction of Older Couples" published online in Social Indicators Research: rdcu.be/eBZin
A fine outcome of a discussion on a bus trip back from the first @sustageable.fi consortium meeting 😀
A fine outcome of a discussion on a bus trip back from the first @sustageable.fi consortium meeting 😀
(Un)happy Together—The Interrelated Life Satisfaction of Older Couples
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August 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Our article with @terhia.bsky.social and Joonas Uotinen "(Un)happy Together—The Interrelated Life Satisfaction of Older Couples" published online in Social Indicators Research: rdcu.be/eBZin
A fine outcome of a discussion on a bus trip back from the first @sustageable.fi consortium meeting 😀
A fine outcome of a discussion on a bus trip back from the first @sustageable.fi consortium meeting 😀
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Publication alert 🚨
@katjamoe.bsky.social @claraoverweg.bsky.social and I investigate the motherhood penalty on personal net wealth and public pension wealth for East and West German women born between 1937 and 1989.
@katjamoe.bsky.social @claraoverweg.bsky.social and I investigate the motherhood penalty on personal net wealth and public pension wealth for East and West German women born between 1937 and 1989.
New paper: @katjamoe.bsky.social, @claraoverweg.bsky.social and @apweiland.bsky.social study the motherhood penalty in net wealth and public pension wealth in Germany
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
August 25, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Publication alert 🚨
@katjamoe.bsky.social @claraoverweg.bsky.social and I investigate the motherhood penalty on personal net wealth and public pension wealth for East and West German women born between 1937 and 1989.
@katjamoe.bsky.social @claraoverweg.bsky.social and I investigate the motherhood penalty on personal net wealth and public pension wealth for East and West German women born between 1937 and 1989.
At the @work2025fi.bsky.social conference in Turku. This afternoon presenting our research on entrepreneurial entry of gig workers in Finland
August 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
At the @work2025fi.bsky.social conference in Turku. This afternoon presenting our research on entrepreneurial entry of gig workers in Finland
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Experiencing financial problems during the early and mid-life course does not necessarily bear negative consequences for one’s pension income in old age,
writes researcher @ajriekhoff.bsky.social on the blog.
Read the full post:
www.sustageable.fi/tulokset/add...
#pensions #financialhardship
writes researcher @ajriekhoff.bsky.social on the blog.
Read the full post:
www.sustageable.fi/tulokset/add...
#pensions #financialhardship
Addressing financial hardship throughout the life course can improve pension adequacy - SustAgeable
Our latest study shows that experiencing financial problems during the early and mid-life course does not necessarily bear negative consequences for one’s pension income in old age. However, a better ...
www.sustageable.fi
August 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Experiencing financial problems during the early and mid-life course does not necessarily bear negative consequences for one’s pension income in old age,
writes researcher @ajriekhoff.bsky.social on the blog.
Read the full post:
www.sustageable.fi/tulokset/add...
#pensions #financialhardship
writes researcher @ajriekhoff.bsky.social on the blog.
Read the full post:
www.sustageable.fi/tulokset/add...
#pensions #financialhardship
Remember to send in your abstracts for our working group on "New social policies for changing labour markets" at the Finnish Social Policy Conference (October 23-24 in Helsinki). Deadline for submissions: September 1.
With @laursalo.bsky.social we're organising a working group at the Finnish social policy days. Make sure to send an abstract (FI/EN) if you're doing research on change in labour markets, underlying causes, consequences, or policies to address inequalities! DL: 1.9 www.helsinki.fi/fi/konferens...
August 6, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Remember to send in your abstracts for our working group on "New social policies for changing labour markets" at the Finnish Social Policy Conference (October 23-24 in Helsinki). Deadline for submissions: September 1.
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🎥 I had the pleasure of speaking with Sage Research Methods about open science, open-source knowledge production and the @cpfdata.bsky.social Comparative Panel File Open Harmonization Project.
Unfortunately (and surprisingly), the full interview is behind a paywall for now: lnkd.in/e4McXwa2
Unfortunately (and surprisingly), the full interview is behind a paywall for now: lnkd.in/e4McXwa2
June 27, 2025 at 8:16 AM
🎥 I had the pleasure of speaking with Sage Research Methods about open science, open-source knowledge production and the @cpfdata.bsky.social Comparative Panel File Open Harmonization Project.
Unfortunately (and surprisingly), the full interview is behind a paywall for now: lnkd.in/e4McXwa2
Unfortunately (and surprisingly), the full interview is behind a paywall for now: lnkd.in/e4McXwa2
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In the age of asset manager capitalism, do asset owners still matter? And what does this mean for the green transition?
@nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social and I investigate this through an in-depth study of how some of the most important asset owners - pension funds - invest.
Now out in SER!
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@nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social and I investigate this through an in-depth study of how some of the most important asset owners - pension funds - invest.
Now out in SER!
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June 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
In the age of asset manager capitalism, do asset owners still matter? And what does this mean for the green transition?
@nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social and I investigate this through an in-depth study of how some of the most important asset owners - pension funds - invest.
Now out in SER!
🧵
@nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social and I investigate this through an in-depth study of how some of the most important asset owners - pension funds - invest.
Now out in SER!
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Since the mid-90s Finland has taken big steps transition from a country of early retirement to one of later retirement.
This article reviews 30 years of key policy, legislative, and institutional changes that enabled Finland to confront deep-rooted ageism.
urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-f...
This article reviews 30 years of key policy, legislative, and institutional changes that enabled Finland to confront deep-rooted ageism.
urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-f...
Reversing ageism and extending working lives: the Finland model
urn.fi
June 26, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Since the mid-90s Finland has taken big steps transition from a country of early retirement to one of later retirement.
This article reviews 30 years of key policy, legislative, and institutional changes that enabled Finland to confront deep-rooted ageism.
urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-f...
This article reviews 30 years of key policy, legislative, and institutional changes that enabled Finland to confront deep-rooted ageism.
urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-f...
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🚨PhD in Quantitative Sociology @tcdsociology.bsky.social
Join me for a project on “The Economics of Late-Life Divorce”
📌 €25,000/year + fees
📌 Strong quant skills & soc background needed
📌 Deadline: July 21, 2025
👉 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab...
#PhD #Sociology #Demography #QuantMethods #AcademicJobs
Join me for a project on “The Economics of Late-Life Divorce”
📌 €25,000/year + fees
📌 Strong quant skills & soc background needed
📌 Deadline: July 21, 2025
👉 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab...
#PhD #Sociology #Demography #QuantMethods #AcademicJobs
June 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🚨PhD in Quantitative Sociology @tcdsociology.bsky.social
Join me for a project on “The Economics of Late-Life Divorce”
📌 €25,000/year + fees
📌 Strong quant skills & soc background needed
📌 Deadline: July 21, 2025
👉 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab...
#PhD #Sociology #Demography #QuantMethods #AcademicJobs
Join me for a project on “The Economics of Late-Life Divorce”
📌 €25,000/year + fees
📌 Strong quant skills & soc background needed
📌 Deadline: July 21, 2025
👉 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab...
#PhD #Sociology #Demography #QuantMethods #AcademicJobs
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Hei työelämätutkija! 👋
Lähetä abstrakti meidän työryhmään Sosiaalipolitiikan päiville!
Hello fellow working life researcher! 👋
Send an abstract to our working group at the Social Policy Conference!
Dl 1.9. ❗️
Lähetä abstrakti meidän työryhmään Sosiaalipolitiikan päiville!
Hello fellow working life researcher! 👋
Send an abstract to our working group at the Social Policy Conference!
Dl 1.9. ❗️
With @laursalo.bsky.social we're organising a working group at the Finnish social policy days. Make sure to send an abstract (FI/EN) if you're doing research on change in labour markets, underlying causes, consequences, or policies to address inequalities! DL: 1.9 www.helsinki.fi/fi/konferens...
June 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Hei työelämätutkija! 👋
Lähetä abstrakti meidän työryhmään Sosiaalipolitiikan päiville!
Hello fellow working life researcher! 👋
Send an abstract to our working group at the Social Policy Conference!
Dl 1.9. ❗️
Lähetä abstrakti meidän työryhmään Sosiaalipolitiikan päiville!
Hello fellow working life researcher! 👋
Send an abstract to our working group at the Social Policy Conference!
Dl 1.9. ❗️
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What do Europeans think about their public-private pension income mix? In our (@karendublin.bsky.social and Juan J Fernandez) new study in the Journal of European Social Policy, we analyse pension attitudes across 6 countries based on a novel survey: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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June 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
What do Europeans think about their public-private pension income mix? In our (@karendublin.bsky.social and Juan J Fernandez) new study in the Journal of European Social Policy, we analyse pension attitudes across 6 countries based on a novel survey: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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With @laursalo.bsky.social we're organising a working group at the Finnish social policy days. Make sure to send an abstract (FI/EN) if you're doing research on change in labour markets, underlying causes, consequences, or policies to address inequalities! DL: 1.9 www.helsinki.fi/fi/konferens...
June 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
With @laursalo.bsky.social we're organising a working group at the Finnish social policy days. Make sure to send an abstract (FI/EN) if you're doing research on change in labour markets, underlying causes, consequences, or policies to address inequalities! DL: 1.9 www.helsinki.fi/fi/konferens...
Not often that there is an official mythbuster to give a keynote at a sociology conference
June 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Not often that there is an official mythbuster to give a keynote at a sociology conference
Heading out east to Lappeenranta to join the ESA RN21 mid-term conference. It so far from home that it's almost like going abroad 😅 Tomorrow I will be talking about doing research on age and ageing with register data and present new work on gig work and entrepreneurial entry. Looking forward!
June 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Heading out east to Lappeenranta to join the ESA RN21 mid-term conference. It so far from home that it's almost like going abroad 😅 Tomorrow I will be talking about doing research on age and ageing with register data and present new work on gig work and entrepreneurial entry. Looking forward!
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Academic studies consistently show that access to citizenship has positive effects. Immigrants who become citizens experience lower unemployment, earn higher income, less likely to be overqualified for jobs & experience stronger sense of belonging
eg @gathmannch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
eg @gathmannch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
May 31, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Academic studies consistently show that access to citizenship has positive effects. Immigrants who become citizens experience lower unemployment, earn higher income, less likely to be overqualified for jobs & experience stronger sense of belonging
eg @gathmannch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
eg @gathmannch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
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📣CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
Workshop on the economics of ageing and pensions
tinyurl.com/2wez4wp7
Where? Berlin @wzb.bsky.social 🐻
When? November 20-21 November 🍂
For whom? Researchers at all stages in their career
Anything else? Accomodation & travel cost will be covered 🚅🏨
Please circulate!
Workshop on the economics of ageing and pensions
tinyurl.com/2wez4wp7
Where? Berlin @wzb.bsky.social 🐻
When? November 20-21 November 🍂
For whom? Researchers at all stages in their career
Anything else? Accomodation & travel cost will be covered 🚅🏨
Please circulate!
May 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
📣CALL FOR PAPERS 📣
Workshop on the economics of ageing and pensions
tinyurl.com/2wez4wp7
Where? Berlin @wzb.bsky.social 🐻
When? November 20-21 November 🍂
For whom? Researchers at all stages in their career
Anything else? Accomodation & travel cost will be covered 🚅🏨
Please circulate!
Workshop on the economics of ageing and pensions
tinyurl.com/2wez4wp7
Where? Berlin @wzb.bsky.social 🐻
When? November 20-21 November 🍂
For whom? Researchers at all stages in their career
Anything else? Accomodation & travel cost will be covered 🚅🏨
Please circulate!
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Interested in doing a PhD on social inequalities in retirement transitions? Then join our team at the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) in Wiesbaden, Germany 😀 We offer great research conditions and a thriving research environment: www.bib.bund.de/EN/Institute...
Job Vacancies
Job Vacancies at the Federal Institute for Population Research
www.bib.bund.de
May 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Interested in doing a PhD on social inequalities in retirement transitions? Then join our team at the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) in Wiesbaden, Germany 😀 We offer great research conditions and a thriving research environment: www.bib.bund.de/EN/Institute...