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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 13d

Congrats, Andreas! 🤩

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Carla Rowold @crowold.bsky.social · Sep 8

💫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

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Satu Helske @satuhelske.bsky.social · Aug 27

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

INVEST Research Flagship Centre @invest-flagship.bsky.social · Aug 25

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

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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Katja Möhring 🦁 @katjamoe.bsky.social · Aug 28

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 💁‍♀️🙍‍♂️

SustAgeable @sustageable.fi · Aug 14

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

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

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · Aug 26

The article in the European Journal of Ageing is published open access, you can read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 3/3

Retirement timing and changes in quality of life: a retrospective analysis of transition from employment to old-age retirement in Finland - European Journal of Ageing

Retirement marks a significant life transition that is often accompanied by profound changes in perceived quality of life (QoL). The direction and magnitude of those changes depend on multiple factors...

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · Aug 26

Our results show that those who had the lowest levels of quality of life were the first to retire and had the largest improvements in quality of life after retirement. Improvements in quality of life were mainly explained by increases in coping (“jaksaminen”) and satisfaction with leisure time 2/3

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · Aug 26

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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Maria Vaalavuo @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social · Aug 25

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 😀

(Un)happy Together—The Interrelated Life Satisfaction of Older Couples

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Andreas P. Weiland @apweiland.bsky.social · Aug 25

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.

Journal of Economics and Statistics @jeconstat.bsky.social · Aug 21

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...

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · Aug 21

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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SustAgeable @sustageable.fi · Aug 14

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

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

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · Aug 6

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.

Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · Jun 10

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...

A description of the working group theme. Text can also be found by clicking on the link.

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Konrad Turek @kturek.bsky.social · Jun 27

🎥 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

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Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · Jun 26

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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Niko Väänänen @nikovaananen.bsky.social · Jun 26

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...

Reversing ageism and extending working lives: the Finland model

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Nicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · Jun 25

🚨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

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Laura Salonen @laursalo.bsky.social · Jun 12

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. ❗️

Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · Jun 10

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...

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Tobias Wiß @tobiaswiss.bsky.social · Jun 12

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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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · Jun 10

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...

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · Jun 3

Not often that there is an official mythbuster to give a keynote at a sociology conference

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · Jun 1

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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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · May 31

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...

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Jonas Jessen @jonasjessen.bsky.social · May 26

📣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!

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Sebastian Kluesener @demomapper.bsky.social · May 21

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

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Carla Rowold @crowold.bsky.social · May 16

🗞️ Hot off the (last month’s) press: Happy to finally share that the paper with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social on family life course predictors of wealth has been published in @demresjournal.bsky.social ! See the whole article (open access 🫶) here: www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

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Demographic Research - Uncovering what matters: Family life-course aspects and personal wealth in late working age (Volume 52 - Article 22 | Pages 689–740)

Volume 52 - Article 22 | Pages 689–740

www.demographic-research.org

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