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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Jun 18

Curious? Check out Alina Pavelea’s full presentation from PAA 2025 in Washington here 👉https://tinyurl.com/3twsn34e

#fertility #genderroles #demography

Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Jun 18

This insight, shared by Prof. Anna Matysiak in a recent #RingEkonomiczny interview, adds a new layer to the fertility puzzle: values matter, not just economics.

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Jun 18

Many women want egalitarian partners. Many men still expect traditional roles. That mismatch is stalling family formation — not just money or jobs.

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Jun 18

Why are fewer young adults in Poland forming couples — and how is that linked to falling fertility? 🧵

Preliminary research by Alina Pavelea (LabFam UW) shows that even among equally educated men & women, deeply different views on gender roles create a major relationship barrier.

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Ewa Weychert @ewaweychert.bsky.social · Jun 5

Planet vs. Parenthood?
When the future feels apocalyptic, family planning becomes a moral dilemma?
We show that more climate change news + feeling you’re not doing enough = fewer first births
#ClimateAnxiety #Fertility #UKHLS #Popdays2025
@amatysiak.bsky.social & @florenceups.bsky.social

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Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw @cmr-warsaw.bsky.social · May 22

Take a look at this invitation and join us, registering at the link below
m.youtube.com/watch?v=dlNH...

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Magdalena Grabowska @magdalenagrabowska.bsky.social · Apr 13

Happy to share the results of our experiment on #PAA2025 with Anna Kurowska and @amatysiak.bsky.social .

For childless females, reproductive rights outweigh even job and housing stability in shaping fertility intentions ❗️

@labfam.bsky.social
#FertilityIntentions
#ReproductiveRights

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Apr 12

So proud @ewaweychert.bsky.social

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UPS Florence @florenceups.bsky.social · Apr 11

Poster session 04 at #PAA2025: there’s our poster about Climate change narratives and fertility in the UK - by Ewa Weychert, Vignoli & @amatysiak.bsky.social
@labfam.bsky.social

Come and say hi! 👋

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Mar 10

Join us as we explore the gendered labor market dynamics behind demographic trends! 🎧 Tune in now for expert insights.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3FA...

#Podcast #Economics #LaborMarket #Fertility #GenderEquality #FutureOfWork

Job creation, job destruction, and fertility in Germany

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Mar 10

🔹 Key insights:

✅ Job creation for women boosts fertility rates 📈

❌ Job loss among men lowers fertility rates 📉

💡 Industry expansion in female-dominated sectors may have fueled Germany’s fertility rise since 2009

Job creation, job destruction, and fertility in Germany

YouTube video by LabFam Centre for Labour Market & Family Dynamics

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Mar 10

How does job creation and destruction shape fertility rates? Our latest podcast unpacks a study by Chen Luo and Ewa Jarosz labfer.uw.edu.pl/publications...

(2008–2020) from Germany, revealing how labor market shifts impact family decisions.

Job creation, job destruction, and fertility in Germany – Labfer

labfer.uw.edu.pl

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Mar 6

Proud to share our latest research paper - Job creation, job destruction, and fertility in Germany by @chenluo.bsky.social and Ewa Jarosz

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Jan 21

📖 Read more: tinyurl.com/49tc2jx8

#LabFam #FertilityResearch #WorkAutonomy #Parenthood

Two sides of a coin: The relationship between work autonomy and childbearing – Labfer

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Jan 21

How does work autonomy shape fertility decisions in the UK? 🤔
📊 Using UKHLS (2009–2019) data, we find:
No link for men.
Highly educated women: + for second child, - for motherhood.
Less educated women: Mixed results.
Dive into the complexities of work, family, & social stratification.

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Jan 8

Wywiad jest nie tylko analizą wyzwań demograficznych, ale także wezwaniem do przemyślanych polityk publicznych. www.ncn.gov.pl/aktualnosci/...

Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Jan 8

Jej praca, wyróżniona między innymi grantem ERC, ukazuje, jak technologia i zmiany zawodowe wpływają na rodzicielstwo, podkreślając znaczenie edukacji, danych badawczych i wsparcia dla rodzin.

www.ncn.gov.pl

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Jan 8

Jeżeli jeszcze komuś w grudniowo-styczniowym ferworze umknęło - 🎓 serdecznie polecamy wywiad Prof. @amatysiak.bsky.social założycielki i szefowej LabFAM Faculty of Economic Sciences dla NCN, w którym podzieliła się badaniami na temat demografii, rynku pracy i decyzji prokreacyjnych w Polsce.

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Dec 31

📢 How do structural labour market changes impact gender equality?
🎥 Our video explores research on earnings potential for women in Europe as social tasks rise in demand.
✨ Launching new series—short videos unpacking key findings!
🔗 tinyurl.com/442r236n #GenderEquality

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Dec 23

Introducing the LabFam Podcast Series – take a 4 - minute break from the holiday hustle, grab a cup of tea, and tune in to our debut episode 👉Mothers’ Parenting Behaviours, Strain, Enjoyment and Subsequent Childbearing youtu.be/BCNaG2eNYdM?...

Mothers’ Parenting Behaviours, Strain, Enjoyment and Subsequent Childbearing

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Dec 12

Congratulations @honoratabogusz.bsky.social ! Hard work of our #LabFam brings meaningful results, with impact in academia and beyond!

Honorata Bogusz @honoratabogusz.bsky.social · Dec 12

I'm happy to share my new paper in JLMR (IAB)! Using admin data, I study women's employment trajectories after their first childbirth. I show that women in cognitive jobs are more likely to return to work, while those in routine jobs often face unemployment.

Link: doi.org/10.1186/s126...

Task content of jobs and mothers’ employment transitions in Germany - Journal for Labour Market Research

I study the association between task content of jobs and mothers’ employment transitions after the first birth in Germany. I construct measures of task content of jobs using data from the Employment S...

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Nov 27

🌍 Anna Kurowska, Vice-head of the #LabFam Proudly Representing #LabFam at the 8th KOSTAT-UNFPA Global Symposium on Low Fertility and Ageing in Seoul!
We are incredibly proud of this opportunity to contribute to global dialogue in Seoul, joining academics, policymakers & international organisations.

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Nov 21

Exciting ! Our #LabFam team member Ewa Cukrowska-Torzewska is presenting at the Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2024 in Vienna at the iconic Austrian Academy of Sciences. 📍 Topic: Second births in 11 EU countries & US: Role of institutions. 🌍👶 #DelayedReproduction #Demography

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Nov 21

The project extends the Comparative Panel File (CPF), which harmonizes world major panel surveys, by providing the possibility to study family and employment transitions over the life course. READ MORE: labfam.uw.edu.pl/labfam-indiv...

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Labour Market and Family Dynamics @labfam.bsky.social · Nov 21

Within #ERC grant led by Head of #LabFam Anna Matysiak we developed LabFam Individual Biographies (LIB): open science project that harmonizes family and employment histories from longitudinal databases from several countries.

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