GENUS
@genus.bsky.social
GENUS is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access journal of population sciences.
Website: genus.springeropen.com
Website: genus.springeropen.com
New publication 🎆
▶️ Why life expectancy improvements slowed: cohort effects and acceleration–deceleration dynamics of period life expectancy at older ages
- by Magdalena Muszyńska-Spielauer
Link #openaccess:
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
▶️ Why life expectancy improvements slowed: cohort effects and acceleration–deceleration dynamics of period life expectancy at older ages
- by Magdalena Muszyńska-Spielauer
Link #openaccess:
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 2, 2026 at 11:49 AM
New publication 🎆
▶️ Why life expectancy improvements slowed: cohort effects and acceleration–deceleration dynamics of period life expectancy at older ages
- by Magdalena Muszyńska-Spielauer
Link #openaccess:
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
▶️ Why life expectancy improvements slowed: cohort effects and acceleration–deceleration dynamics of period life expectancy at older ages
- by Magdalena Muszyńska-Spielauer
Link #openaccess:
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New publication by Rami Cosulich & Virginia Zarulli 🔥
▶️Healthy at 60: at what age will people lose their health? Probabilities for each age differ by health measure, sex and educational level.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
▶️Healthy at 60: at what age will people lose their health? Probabilities for each age differ by health measure, sex and educational level.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 26, 2026 at 10:09 AM
New publication by Rami Cosulich & Virginia Zarulli 🔥
▶️Healthy at 60: at what age will people lose their health? Probabilities for each age differ by health measure, sex and educational level.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
▶️Healthy at 60: at what age will people lose their health? Probabilities for each age differ by health measure, sex and educational level.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New paper by S. Matsuda 🔥
A factorial survey experiment (N = 2,270) finds that future narratives about the economy, population, and policy affect both marriage and fertility intentions among unmarried individuals in Japan.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A factorial survey experiment (N = 2,270) finds that future narratives about the economy, population, and policy affect both marriage and fertility intentions among unmarried individuals in Japan.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 12, 2026 at 10:16 AM
New paper by S. Matsuda 🔥
A factorial survey experiment (N = 2,270) finds that future narratives about the economy, population, and policy affect both marriage and fertility intentions among unmarried individuals in Japan.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A factorial survey experiment (N = 2,270) finds that future narratives about the economy, population, and policy affect both marriage and fertility intentions among unmarried individuals in Japan.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
More years of life, but also more years lived happily?
▶️ New evidence from China points to a “compression of unhappiness”, with important socioeconomic disparities. - by Wan, Bousmah & @marilianep.bsky.social
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
▶️ New evidence from China points to a “compression of unhappiness”, with important socioeconomic disparities. - by Wan, Bousmah & @marilianep.bsky.social
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
More years of life, but also more years lived happily?
▶️ New evidence from China points to a “compression of unhappiness”, with important socioeconomic disparities. - by Wan, Bousmah & @marilianep.bsky.social
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
▶️ New evidence from China points to a “compression of unhappiness”, with important socioeconomic disparities. - by Wan, Bousmah & @marilianep.bsky.social
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Vignoli (@florenceups.bsky.social) & @manuelastranges.bsky.social show that, in Europe, individuals in same-sex couples report lower subjective well-being compared to different-sex couples — but this gap is smaller in more legally and socially inclusive contexts.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
September 1, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Vignoli (@florenceups.bsky.social) & @manuelastranges.bsky.social show that, in Europe, individuals in same-sex couples report lower subjective well-being compared to different-sex couples — but this gap is smaller in more legally and socially inclusive contexts.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New publication by Permanyer & Sasson 🔥
👉 A novel method allows determining how important different factors are in explaining age-at-death variation when the population under study is partitioned across those factors simultaneously
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 A novel method allows determining how important different factors are in explaining age-at-death variation when the population under study is partitioned across those factors simultaneously
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
July 13, 2026 at 12:39 PM
New publication by Permanyer & Sasson 🔥
👉 A novel method allows determining how important different factors are in explaining age-at-death variation when the population under study is partitioned across those factors simultaneously
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 A novel method allows determining how important different factors are in explaining age-at-death variation when the population under study is partitioned across those factors simultaneously
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
📣 New publication!
Fresh new paper by Gina Potarca about the parenthood life satisfaction premium in same-sex and different-sex couples in Europe!
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🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Fresh new paper by Gina Potarca about the parenthood life satisfaction premium in same-sex and different-sex couples in Europe!
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🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
July 13, 2026 at 11:05 AM
📣 New publication!
Fresh new paper by Gina Potarca about the parenthood life satisfaction premium in same-sex and different-sex couples in Europe!
👇👇👇
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Fresh new paper by Gina Potarca about the parenthood life satisfaction premium in same-sex and different-sex couples in Europe!
👇👇👇
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
📣 New publication by Cameli, Lallo, Benassi & Di Felice.
▶️ The Authors find that a greater implementation of Italy's National Strategy for Inner Areas has not been systematically associated with improved demographic outcomes.
Read more here:
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
▶️ The Authors find that a greater implementation of Italy's National Strategy for Inner Areas has not been systematically associated with improved demographic outcomes.
Read more here:
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
July 1, 2026 at 10:51 AM
📣 New publication by Cameli, Lallo, Benassi & Di Felice.
▶️ The Authors find that a greater implementation of Italy's National Strategy for Inner Areas has not been systematically associated with improved demographic outcomes.
Read more here:
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
▶️ The Authors find that a greater implementation of Italy's National Strategy for Inner Areas has not been systematically associated with improved demographic outcomes.
Read more here:
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New paper by Usala, Lombardi & @andreapriulla.bsky.social
🖥️ Italy is seeing a surge in online university enrolment, including among recent graduates. The paper explores how this choice impacts dropout risks for diverse student groups.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🖥️ Italy is seeing a surge in online university enrolment, including among recent graduates. The paper explores how this choice impacts dropout risks for diverse student groups.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
June 30, 2026 at 7:48 AM
New paper by Usala, Lombardi & @andreapriulla.bsky.social
🖥️ Italy is seeing a surge in online university enrolment, including among recent graduates. The paper explores how this choice impacts dropout risks for diverse student groups.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
🖥️ Italy is seeing a surge in online university enrolment, including among recent graduates. The paper explores how this choice impacts dropout risks for diverse student groups.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New publication by Dimai & Brabec 🔥
👉 A Bayesian model for age at death with unequal adult mortality and cohort effects
Available - as usual - open access!
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 A Bayesian model for age at death with unequal adult mortality and cohort effects
Available - as usual - open access!
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
June 23, 2026 at 1:31 PM
New publication by Dimai & Brabec 🔥
👉 A Bayesian model for age at death with unequal adult mortality and cohort effects
Available - as usual - open access!
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 A Bayesian model for age at death with unequal adult mortality and cohort effects
Available - as usual - open access!
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New paper by @rishabhtyagi10.bsky.social, @peibich.bsky.social, @vegardskirbekk.bsky.social
Using German longitudinal data, they find that involuntary job loss substantially increases the risk of marital dissolution. Little evidence of variation by gender norms.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Using German longitudinal data, they find that involuntary job loss substantially increases the risk of marital dissolution. Little evidence of variation by gender norms.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
June 8, 2026 at 11:22 AM
New paper by @rishabhtyagi10.bsky.social, @peibich.bsky.social, @vegardskirbekk.bsky.social
Using German longitudinal data, they find that involuntary job loss substantially increases the risk of marital dissolution. Little evidence of variation by gender norms.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Using German longitudinal data, they find that involuntary job loss substantially increases the risk of marital dissolution. Little evidence of variation by gender norms.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Does the wealthy have more children❓
New Swedish register evidence shows only modest fertility gaps by wealth, but higher wealth among the childless, in particular among childless women - by @martinkolk.bsky.social
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New Swedish register evidence shows only modest fertility gaps by wealth, but higher wealth among the childless, in particular among childless women - by @martinkolk.bsky.social
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 22, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Does the wealthy have more children❓
New Swedish register evidence shows only modest fertility gaps by wealth, but higher wealth among the childless, in particular among childless women - by @martinkolk.bsky.social
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New Swedish register evidence shows only modest fertility gaps by wealth, but higher wealth among the childless, in particular among childless women - by @martinkolk.bsky.social
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Uncertainty is not just economic - and neither is fertility.
The Thematic Series “The Inequality of Uncertainty” shows why a multidimensional and stratified approach is crucial to understand how uncertainty shapes family dynamics.
👇 Here's the intro to the TS
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Thematic Series “The Inequality of Uncertainty” shows why a multidimensional and stratified approach is crucial to understand how uncertainty shapes family dynamics.
👇 Here's the intro to the TS
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 13, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Uncertainty is not just economic - and neither is fertility.
The Thematic Series “The Inequality of Uncertainty” shows why a multidimensional and stratified approach is crucial to understand how uncertainty shapes family dynamics.
👇 Here's the intro to the TS
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Thematic Series “The Inequality of Uncertainty” shows why a multidimensional and stratified approach is crucial to understand how uncertainty shapes family dynamics.
👇 Here's the intro to the TS
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
While Sweden is making language a requirement for citizenship, new study shows immigrants engage with SFI differently, reflecting motivations, inequalities, and challenges in accessing SFI and integration opportunities.
👉 Check the new paper by Samaneh Khaef
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 Check the new paper by Samaneh Khaef
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 4, 2026 at 9:13 AM
While Sweden is making language a requirement for citizenship, new study shows immigrants engage with SFI differently, reflecting motivations, inequalities, and challenges in accessing SFI and integration opportunities.
👉 Check the new paper by Samaneh Khaef
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 Check the new paper by Samaneh Khaef
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New publication! 🔥
Drawing on interviews with French same-sex couples, Carreira (@cris-sciencespo.bsky.social) analyses how social class shapes mothers’ stigma management in schooling, generating inequalities in access to protection against homophobia.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Drawing on interviews with French same-sex couples, Carreira (@cris-sciencespo.bsky.social) analyses how social class shapes mothers’ stigma management in schooling, generating inequalities in access to protection against homophobia.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
April 17, 2026 at 8:44 AM
New publication! 🔥
Drawing on interviews with French same-sex couples, Carreira (@cris-sciencespo.bsky.social) analyses how social class shapes mothers’ stigma management in schooling, generating inequalities in access to protection against homophobia.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Drawing on interviews with French same-sex couples, Carreira (@cris-sciencespo.bsky.social) analyses how social class shapes mothers’ stigma management in schooling, generating inequalities in access to protection against homophobia.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
📣 New publication by @mimmilou.bsky.social:
👉 In Sweden and Norway, non-Western migrants, especially men, are more likely to report positive fertility intentions under conditions of uncertainty - such as holding non-permanent contracts or anticipating job loss.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 In Sweden and Norway, non-Western migrants, especially men, are more likely to report positive fertility intentions under conditions of uncertainty - such as holding non-permanent contracts or anticipating job loss.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
April 15, 2026 at 9:30 AM
📣 New publication by @mimmilou.bsky.social:
👉 In Sweden and Norway, non-Western migrants, especially men, are more likely to report positive fertility intentions under conditions of uncertainty - such as holding non-permanent contracts or anticipating job loss.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 In Sweden and Norway, non-Western migrants, especially men, are more likely to report positive fertility intentions under conditions of uncertainty - such as holding non-permanent contracts or anticipating job loss.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
For trans people, parenthood rates vary by age, peaking at 41% for trans men aged 45–49 and 43% for trans women aged 50–64, about half the rates of cisgender peers.
👉 New publication by @ylvamoberg.bsky.social, Tilley, & von Essen about Sweden 🇸🇪
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 New publication by @ylvamoberg.bsky.social, Tilley, & von Essen about Sweden 🇸🇪
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
April 14, 2026 at 6:13 AM
For trans people, parenthood rates vary by age, peaking at 41% for trans men aged 45–49 and 43% for trans women aged 50–64, about half the rates of cisgender peers.
👉 New publication by @ylvamoberg.bsky.social, Tilley, & von Essen about Sweden 🇸🇪
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 New publication by @ylvamoberg.bsky.social, Tilley, & von Essen about Sweden 🇸🇪
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Double surnames have been legal in Italy since 2022.
Why are they still rare?
👉 A new study by Carriero, Dotti Sani, Ladini & Molteni shows that social expectations, more than legal change, shape people’s choices.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Why are they still rare?
👉 A new study by Carriero, Dotti Sani, Ladini & Molteni shows that social expectations, more than legal change, shape people’s choices.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
April 8, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Double surnames have been legal in Italy since 2022.
Why are they still rare?
👉 A new study by Carriero, Dotti Sani, Ladini & Molteni shows that social expectations, more than legal change, shape people’s choices.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Why are they still rare?
👉 A new study by Carriero, Dotti Sani, Ladini & Molteni shows that social expectations, more than legal change, shape people’s choices.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New publication by Ambrosetti (@elelona.bsky.social) & Hans Dietrich:
👉 The recent refugees’ inflow and the life satisfaction of residents in Germany
Open access link:
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 The recent refugees’ inflow and the life satisfaction of residents in Germany
Open access link:
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
March 17, 2026 at 9:46 AM
New publication by Ambrosetti (@elelona.bsky.social) & Hans Dietrich:
👉 The recent refugees’ inflow and the life satisfaction of residents in Germany
Open access link:
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 The recent refugees’ inflow and the life satisfaction of residents in Germany
Open access link:
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
📣 New publication by De Santis, Benassi, Carboni & Maltagliati 👇
From trends to spillover effects: an improved standardization method coupled with spatial analysis reveals hidden patterns in Italy’s municipal #mortality, 2002–2018.
- #openaccess link:
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
From trends to spillover effects: an improved standardization method coupled with spatial analysis reveals hidden patterns in Italy’s municipal #mortality, 2002–2018.
- #openaccess link:
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
March 2, 2026 at 9:15 AM
📣 New publication by De Santis, Benassi, Carboni & Maltagliati 👇
From trends to spillover effects: an improved standardization method coupled with spatial analysis reveals hidden patterns in Italy’s municipal #mortality, 2002–2018.
- #openaccess link:
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
From trends to spillover effects: an improved standardization method coupled with spatial analysis reveals hidden patterns in Italy’s municipal #mortality, 2002–2018.
- #openaccess link:
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New publication by Licari, Basile, Reynaud & Tucci 🔥
The uncertainty surrounding #Brexit has redirected Italian emigration: low-skilled Italian citizens and naturalized emigrants have chosen other destinations rather than the United Kingdom.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The uncertainty surrounding #Brexit has redirected Italian emigration: low-skilled Italian citizens and naturalized emigrants have chosen other destinations rather than the United Kingdom.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
February 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
New publication by Licari, Basile, Reynaud & Tucci 🔥
The uncertainty surrounding #Brexit has redirected Italian emigration: low-skilled Italian citizens and naturalized emigrants have chosen other destinations rather than the United Kingdom.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The uncertainty surrounding #Brexit has redirected Italian emigration: low-skilled Italian citizens and naturalized emigrants have chosen other destinations rather than the United Kingdom.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New paper by Carlsson & @wooseongkim.bsky.social available #openaccess!
👉 Using GGS data, this study links depression to reduced propensity to state positive fertility intentions among Norwegian women and lower realisation of such intentions among Swedish women.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 Using GGS data, this study links depression to reduced propensity to state positive fertility intentions among Norwegian women and lower realisation of such intentions among Swedish women.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
February 12, 2026 at 9:11 AM
New paper by Carlsson & @wooseongkim.bsky.social available #openaccess!
👉 Using GGS data, this study links depression to reduced propensity to state positive fertility intentions among Norwegian women and lower realisation of such intentions among Swedish women.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 Using GGS data, this study links depression to reduced propensity to state positive fertility intentions among Norwegian women and lower realisation of such intentions among Swedish women.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New publication by Friedrich & Milewski shows that: 👇
Migrant women’s fertility mirrors that of natives in Nordic & German-speaking countries but men face high childlessness in the Nordics. Migration disrupts men’s childbearing careers more than women’s.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Migrant women’s fertility mirrors that of natives in Nordic & German-speaking countries but men face high childlessness in the Nordics. Migration disrupts men’s childbearing careers more than women’s.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Country-of-destination patterns vary by gender: completed fertility among first-generation migrants in Europe - Genus
Previous research on migrant fertility has focused mainly on the total fertility rate (TFR) at the macro level or on specific birth transitions of migrant women or their descendants at the individual ...
link.springer.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:09 AM
New publication by Friedrich & Milewski shows that: 👇
Migrant women’s fertility mirrors that of natives in Nordic & German-speaking countries but men face high childlessness in the Nordics. Migration disrupts men’s childbearing careers more than women’s.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Migrant women’s fertility mirrors that of natives in Nordic & German-speaking countries but men face high childlessness in the Nordics. Migration disrupts men’s childbearing careers more than women’s.
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Years of Life Expectancy with Care Needs (YLCN) allow cross-country comparisons of the average years individuals are expected to live in states combining healthcare & social care needs.
👉 New paper by Calderón-Jaramillo, Spijker, @elirenteria.bsky.social, Alves
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 New paper by Calderón-Jaramillo, Spijker, @elirenteria.bsky.social, Alves
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
January 13, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Years of Life Expectancy with Care Needs (YLCN) allow cross-country comparisons of the average years individuals are expected to live in states combining healthcare & social care needs.
👉 New paper by Calderón-Jaramillo, Spijker, @elirenteria.bsky.social, Alves
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 New paper by Calderón-Jaramillo, Spijker, @elirenteria.bsky.social, Alves
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
When uncertainty strikes, even a secure environment shakes: the childbearing advantage of secure employment fades once uncertainty enters one’s social context.
👉 New paper by @comochia.bsky.social & @marcoalbertini.bsky.social available on Genus!
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 New paper by @comochia.bsky.social & @marcoalbertini.bsky.social available on Genus!
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
January 7, 2026 at 8:55 AM
When uncertainty strikes, even a secure environment shakes: the childbearing advantage of secure employment fades once uncertainty enters one’s social context.
👉 New paper by @comochia.bsky.social & @marcoalbertini.bsky.social available on Genus!
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
👉 New paper by @comochia.bsky.social & @marcoalbertini.bsky.social available on Genus!
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...