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Margherita Moretti

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Postdoc @dondenacentre.bsky.social Affiliated @pophel.bsky.social & @MaxHel PhD from @demosapienza.bsky.social | EDSD 19/20 Demography, health, ageing, family and intergen. relationship, inequalities Music enthusiast, plant lover, wannabe kickboxer

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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · Jul 7

🆕New preprint of our study on widowhood!
"Evolution of widowhood lifespan and its gender and educational inequalities in Finland over three decades" osf.io/preprints/so... in @socarxiv.bsky.social
Joint work with K. Korhonen, @alysonvanraalte.bsky.social , @timriffe1.bsky.social and P. Martikainen

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Giammarco Alderotti @alderotti.bsky.social · 16d

📣 SSR is currently soliciting submissions for an upcoming special issue on AI and Inequality 🔥

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

📆 deadline: Nov 17th

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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · 20d

🚨 Only 3 days left to submit your work to #ALPPOP2026!
🗓️ 18–21 January 2026, La Thuile (Aosta Valley) ⛰️
👉 submit here: bocconi.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · Sep 4

Wow! Congratulations @marilianep.bsky.social and @ugobas.bsky.social 🥳

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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social · Aug 25

Out-of-Home Care for Children in Finland Has Doubled Since 1993! Scientists @mpidr.bsky.social & @helsinki.fi analyzed how the risk of Finnish children being placed in out-of-home care has evolved. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/ohc
‪A.Hiilamo, J.Pitkänen, @morettimarg.bsky.social P.Martikainen, M.Myrskylä

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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · Jul 16

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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · Jul 15

📢 Call for papers is now open for the #ALPPOP2026 conference! ⛷️🏂❄️ @dondenacentre.bsky.social

🗓️ 18–21 January 2026, in La Thuile Aosta Valley ⛰️

Keynote speakers @marthajbailey.bsky.social and @arnoutvanderijt.bsky.social

Send your abstracts by 21 September!

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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · Jul 7

The understanding of widowhood evolution over time and distribution among population subgroups is crucial as widowhood burden can crucially shape societal structures and support systems

Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · Jul 7

At the same time, the societal impact of widowhood, including the caregiving burden from the family and the state, may also decrease in response to this

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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · Jul 7

Our study provide some positive results of a decreased and delayed risk of widowhood, suggesting that individuals may benefit from reduced exposure to widowhood and its associated health, social, and financial challenges

Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · Jul 7

In terms of gender differences, women have higher widowhood risk, expectancy, and a lower mean age at widowhood than men. While in terms of educational differences, low-educated have lower mean age at widowhood for both genders and, for women, also higher risk and duration

Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · Jul 7

We found that, over the past 30 years, individuals are less likely to experience widowhood compared to the past, and when they do, widowhood occurs at older ages. The widowhood expectancy (or average duration of widowhood) declined over time for women and remained stable for men

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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · Jul 7

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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · Jun 9

Thanks Xu, missing you all already!

Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · Jun 9

🆕Excited to share that I am starting a new chapter as a postdoctoral researcher at Bocconi University in Milan☀️
I joined the @dondenacentre.bsky.social to work on the FRAILIFE project!

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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · Jun 9

I really enjoyed my time in Cagliari for #PopDays2025
It was great to attend so many interesting presentations and sessions 🤓📊 and to explore the location before and after the conference ☀️🏖️😎

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Demografia Sapienza @demosapienza.bsky.social · Jun 6

#PopDays2025 in Cagliari really felt like home and we are already looking forward to seeing you all in Trento 2027!🍀

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LIFECON @lifecon.bsky.social · May 16

The Scientific Advisory Group meeting of LIFECON on 12-13.5.2025 was very international.
There are members from Germany, Norway, Switzerland and United States. Most of LIFECON researchers are Finnish but some come from Italy and India.

#Demography
See our researchers:
www.ttl.fi/en/vaestorak...

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REVES-Network on Health Expectancy @reves-network.bsky.social · May 15

The participants at #REVES2025 Conference in Tampere 🇫🇮!

REVES is the International Network on Health Expectancy.

A group photo of the participants at REVES Conference in Tampere

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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · May 14

Thanks for sharing!

Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · May 14

Great to be at #REVES2025 in Tampere 🤓 This morning, I presented on the demography of widowhood in Finland, and we also had an overview of some @pophel.bsky.social works!
@reves-network.bsky.social

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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · May 5

📣 New exciting study on trends in formal care use at older ages in Finland! 📊 🤓✨ @ldeibardi.bsky.social @pophel.bsky.social

Luca Dei Bardi @ldeibardi.bsky.social · May 5

📣📣 It's out! 📣📣

In this joint effort with @morettimarg.bsky.social, Laura Cacciani, Kaarina Korhonen and Pekka Martikainen, we analyzed the impact of age at death, time to death and cause of death on formal care use, looking at changes between 2005 and 2018.

doi.org/10.1093/eurp...

Trends in formal care by age and time to death: the use of healthcare and care-home facilities in Finland between 2005 and 2018

Abstract. Population ageing may further increase formal care use. Strong predictors in addition to age include time to death and the cause of death. The ai

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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · Apr 17

Had an amazing time at #PAA2025! Already missing the beautiful DC and all the brilliant friends from around the world. Grateful for the inspiration, ideas, conversations, and all the fun! 🌎 📊 🤓

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Giammarco Alderotti @alderotti.bsky.social · Mar 27

📣 Aaaaaand...

👉 The Italian Association for Population Studies is also on Bluesky!

Definitely a must-follow!

🙌 @aisp-sis.bsky.social 🙌

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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · Mar 25

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Margherita Moretti @morettimarg.bsky.social · Mar 19

The greatest contributions to changes in DFLE over time have come from changes in the transition in-and-out disability, and especially from the increases in the probability of recovery from disability. Changes in disability-specific mortality has had much less impact