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Stefania Molina
@stefaniamolina.bsky.social
PhD student at DYNAMICS RTG (@thehertieschool and @HumboldtUni). Working on family dynamics, health and inequalities.
🚨 New paper out in @plosone.org w/ @lenacwt.bsky.social & Michaela Kreyenfeld!

How does women’s economic independence shape their risk of physical IPV during separation in Germany? We find that mothers with low education who are unemployed face the highest risk.
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Women’s economic independence and physical intimate partner violence (IPV) during separation
A growing number of studies have addressed the issue of intimate partner violence (IPV). While some studies have shown that women’s economic independence reduces the risk of physical IPV, the empirica...
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June 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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🌈 New Publication !!!
I'm excited to share our latest article, “A Marriage Premium for Whom? Sexual Identity, Relationship Status and Earnings”, co-authored with Diederik Boertien:
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
You can find some of the main results in the thread.
doi.org
June 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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On Monday next week, I'll present new evidence on how armed groups weaponise kinship as a strategy to maximise suffering, as part of the @hertieschool.bsky.social Social Policy Colloqium. Register for the event in Berlin (only in-person unfortunately) 👇 www.hertie-school.org/en/events/ev...
The social demography of war-related bereavement in Colombia, 1985–2018
<p>A presentation by <strong>Diego Alburez-Gutierrez (MPIDR Rostock).&nbsp;</strong>This event is part of the&nbsp;<i>Social Policy Research Colloquium</i>. For registration, and if you have any quest...
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April 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Check out my new paper with the fantastic @andreatilstra.bsky.social. We examine 🚬 and 🍷 behaviour around separation & divorce 💔 Surprising results, particularly for women... full paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
@tcdsociology.bsky.social @tcdssp.bsky.social #Demography #Sociology
March 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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New working paper! In this research note, @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social, and I present the first systematic test that causally identifies the electoral consequences of state-sponsored homophobia:
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🧵Thread
February 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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🚨I am happy that the first chapter of my PhD thesis has been published. Together with @juangaleano.bsky.social & Albert Esteve, we use data from the CORESIDENCE database to map national and subnational trends in household size and characteristics across Africa.
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African households: National and subnational trends from censuses and surveys
Using census and survey microdata from 49 African countries across 415 subnational areas, we offer a comprehensive overview of household size and composition in Africa. The study emphasizes the pot...
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February 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Very excited to share that my first solo-authored paper is published in @demresjournal.bsky.social! ✨ I explore key trends in intimate partner violence (IPV) in Colombia over time and examine its relationship with infant health.

Read more here 👇
January 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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❓ How fair is the division of labor around first childbirth? Women feel it is most fair near birth but increasingly unfair as the child grows, while men’s perceptions remain unchanged.

▶️ New publication by Maria Hornung & @comochia.bsky.social open access!

🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
January 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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🔍 🫨 Children in stepfamilies report more difficulties than those in nuclear families; ❤️ but higher parental esteem and lower conflict in stepfamilies partially mitigate this effect.
Check out our new preprint at @socarxiv for the full analysis 👇🏼

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November 15, 2024 at 8:14 AM