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Two New Studies Deepen Our Understanding of the Link between Motherhood and Labour Market Outcomes
18 Feb 2026

Two New Studies Deepen Our Understanding of the Link between Motherhood and Labour Market Outcomes

Two recent publications by Sander Wagner (Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science) provide new evidence on how becoming a mother affects women’s careers, and why these effects matter for gender inequality more broadly. Both studies draw on large-scale administrative labour market data from France and Germany that were harmonised by the authoring team under a DFG–ANR research grant, with the aim of making cross-national research using administrative records more feasible.
New Study Finds Gender Equality Linked to Modest Fertility Rebound – But Not Enough to Reverse Long-Term Decline
20 Nov 2025

New Study Finds Gender Equality Linked to Modest Fertility Rebound – But Not Enough to Reverse Long-Term Decline

A new study from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science reassesses whether rising gender equality can help reverse falling birth rates, a long-standing theory in demography. The research, published in Demographic Research, revisits a prominent 2019 study by Martin Kolk and offers fresh evidence that improvements in gender equality can lead to a modest fertility recovery, but only under specific conditions and not enough to counter broader declines.

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Wednesday, 01 January 2020
Mills, M., Barban, N. and Tropf, F. (2020) “Gene-Environment Interplay”, in INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS, pp. 129–150.
Wednesday, 01 January 2020
Mills, M., Barban, N. and Tropf, F. (2020) “Ethical Issues in Genomics Research”, in INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS, pp. 359–375.
Wednesday, 01 January 2020
Mills, M., Barban, N. and Tropf, F. (2020) “A Primer in Human Evolution”, in INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL GENETIC DATA ANALYSIS, pp. 55–76.
Friday, 27 December 2019
Chudnovskaya, M. and Kashyap, R. (2019) “Is the end of educational hypergamy the end of status hypergamy? evidence from Sweden”, European Sociological Review [Preprint].
Thursday, 05 December 2019
Breen, R., Ermisch, J. and Helske, S. (2019) “Educational reproduction in Europe: A descriptive account”, Demographic Research, 41, pp. 1373–1400.
Thursday, 05 December 2019
Karaderi, T. et al. (2019) “Correction: Large-scale genome-wide meta-analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome suggests shared genetic architecture for different diagnosis criteria.”, PLoS genetics, 15(12), p. e1008517.
Monday, 02 December 2019
Engzell, P. and Tropf, F. (2019) “Heritability of education rises with intergenerational mobility”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(51), pp. 25386–25388.
Thursday, 28 November 2019
Hayward, S. et al. (2019) “A systematic review of the impact of psychosocial factors on immunity: Implications for enhancing BCG response against tuberculosis.”, SSM - Population Health, 10.
Friday, 22 November 2019
Verweij, R. et al. (2019) “Using polygenic scores in social science research: Unraveling childlessness”, Frontiers in Sociology, 4.
Monday, 04 November 2019
Ding, X., Barban, N. and Mills, M. (2019) “Educational attainment and allostatic load in later life: Evidence using genetic markers”, Preventive Medicine, 129.
Monday, 21 October 2019
Renson, A., Herd, P. and Dowd, J. (2019) “Sick individuals and sick (microbial) populations: Challenges in epidemiology and the microbiome”, Annual Review of Public Health, 41, pp. 63–80.
Wednesday, 09 October 2019
Taiji, R. and Mills, M. (2019) “Non-standard schedules, work–family conflict, and the moderating role of national labour context: Evidence from 32 European countries”, European Sociological Review, 36(2), pp. 179–197.
Monday, 07 October 2019
Andriano, L. and Monden, C. (2019) “The causal effect of maternal education on child mortality: Evidence from a quasi-experiment in Malawi and Uganda”, Demography, 56, pp. 1765–1790.
Tuesday, 01 October 2019
García, J. and Aburto, J. (2019) “The impact of violence on Venezuelan life expectancy and lifespan inequality”, International Journal of Epidemiology, 48(5), pp. 1593–1601.
Tuesday, 01 October 2019
Braudt, D. et al. (2019) “Family Socioeconomic Status and Early Life Mortality Risk in the United States”, Maternal and Child Health Journal, 23(10), pp. 1382–1391.
Friday, 27 September 2019
Young, A. et al. (2019) “Deconstructing the sources of genotype-phenotype associations in humans”, Science, 365(6460), pp. 1396–1400.
Thursday, 19 September 2019
Turner-Zwinkels, T. and Mills, M. (2019) “Pathways to power: the role of preparliamentary careers and political human capital in the obtainment of cabinet positions”, Legislative Studies Quartlerly [Preprint].
Monday, 16 September 2019
Betthäuser, B. (2019) “Left behind? Over-time change in the social mobility of children from unskilled working-class backgrounds in Germany”, Acta Sociologica, 63(2), pp. 133–155.
Friday, 13 September 2019
Ding, X. et al. (2019) “The relationship between cognitive decline and a genetic predictor of educational attainment”, Social Science and Medicine, 239.
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Teumer, A. et al. (2019) “Genome-wide association meta-analyses and fine-mapping elucidate pathways influencing albuminuria.”, Nature Communications, 10(1).