Professor of Sociology and Demography

I have an eclectic/elastic interest in sociological and demographic questions around family, health & mortality, and social inequality. I am interested in how societies differ in who lives with whom, who gets how much of the good and bad stuff in life, and how (un)fortune in life is related to who your family are.

I am currently involved in the following projects:

  1. In FAMSIZEMATTERS, an ERC-funded project of which I am the PI, we study various questions about the link between family size and (the reproduction of) social inequalities. Patrick Prag, Paula Sheppard, and Zachary van Winkle work on this project as post-doctoral researchers and Florianne Verkroost and Marianne Cunha write their DPhil within this project. Several other students are involved on data harmonization and review papers as Research Assistants.
  2. CritEvents - Critical Life Events and the Dynamics of Inequality - is a Norface ERA-NET funded project, part of DIAL, with partners in Amsterdam (Leopold PI), Lausanne, Florence, and Stockholm. We study how the risk of and vulnerability to critical events - union dissolution and job loss - is socially patterned, how this has changed over time, and which social policies are relevant for these associations. In Oxford, I work with Lewis Anderson (Sociology) and Erzsebet Bukodi (Social Policy and Intervention) on this project.  
  3. The Global Family Change project, spearheaded from Penn with partners in Oxford (Nuffield), CED/Barcelona, McGill/Montreal and Bocconi/Milan, explores the complex ways in which families are changing across low and middle-income countries.

Research Areas: Social Inequality, Demography, Population Studies, Family Sociology, Health and Well-Being, Quantitative Methods.

Publications

Tuesday, 01 November 2022
Shi, J. et al. (2022) “Inequalities in Retirement Lifespan in the United States.”, The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, p. gbac180.
Thursday, 31 March 2022
Van Winkle, Z. and Monden, C. (2022) “Family Size and Parental Wealth: The Role of Family Transfers in Europe.”, European journal of population = Revue europeenne de demographie, 38(3), pp. 401–428.
Thursday, 10 March 2022
Verkroost, F. and Monden, C. (2022) “Childlessness and development in sub-Saharan Africa: Is there evidence for a U-shaped pattern?”, European Journal of Population, 38, pp. 319–352.
Monday, 22 November 2021
Anderson, L., Monden, C. and Bukodi, E. (2021) “Stressful life events, differential vulnerability, and depressive symptoms: critique and new evidence”, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 63(2), pp. 283–300.
Thursday, 09 September 2021
Andriano, L., Behrman, J. and Monden, C. (2021) “Husbands’ dominance in decision-making about women’s health: a spatial diffusion perspective in sub-Saharan Africa”, Demography, 58(5), pp. 1955–1975.
Sunday, 04 July 2021
Bessudnov, A. and Monden, C. (2021) “Ethnic intermarriage in Russia: the tale of four cities”, POST-SOVIET AFFAIRS, 37(4), pp. 383–403.
Saturday, 01 May 2021
Monden, C., Pison, G. and Smits, J. (2021) “Twin Peaks: more twinning in humans than ever before.”, Human reproduction (Oxford, England), 36(6), pp. 1666–1673.
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Fannon, Z., Monden, C. and Nielsen, B. (2021) “Modelling non-linear age-period-cohort effects and covariates, with an application to English obesity 2001–2014”, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 184(3), pp. 842–867.
Saturday, 13 February 2021
Anderson, L., Bukodi, E. and Monden, C. (2021) “Double trouble: does job loss lead to union dissolution and vice versa?”, European Sociological Review, 37(3), pp. 379–398.
Monday, 19 October 2020
Sheppard, P. and Monden, C. (2020) “When does family size matter? sibship size, socioeconomic status, and education in England”, Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2(2020).
Thursday, 13 August 2020
Praeg, P., Choi, S. and Monden, C. (2020) “The sibsize revolution in an international context: Declining social disparities in the number of siblings in 26 countries”, Demographic Research, 43, pp. 461–500.
Monday, 22 June 2020
Choi, S. et al. (2020) “Cohort trends in the association between sibship size and educational attainment in 26 low-fertility countries”, Demography, 57, pp. 1035–1062.
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.
Thursday, 06 June 2019
Sheppard, P. and Monden, C. (2019) “Becoming a first-time grandparent and subjective well-being. A fixed effects approach”, Journal of Marriage and Family, 81(4), pp. 1016–1026.
Friday, 13 July 2018
Sheppard, P. and Monden, C. (2018) “The additive advantage of having educated grandfathers for children’s education: evidence from a cross-national sample in Europe”, European Sociological Review, 34(4), pp. 365–380.
Sunday, 01 July 2018
Potente, C. and Monden, C. (2018) “Disability pathways preceding death in England by socio-economic status.”, Population studies [Preprint], (2).
Wednesday, 02 May 2018
Metsä-Simola, N., Martikainen, P. and Monden, C. (2018) “Psychiatric morbidity and subsequent divorce: a couple-level register-based study in Finland”, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 53(8), pp. 823–831.
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Anderson, K., Sheppard, P. and Monden, C. (2018) “Grandparent effects on educational outcomes: a systematic review”, Sociological Science, 5(6), p. 114.
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Monden, C. and Smits, J. (2017) “Mortality among twins and singletons in sub-Saharan Africa between 1995 and 2014: a pooled analysis of data from 90 Demographic and Health Surveys in 30 countries”, Lancet Global Health, 5(7), pp. e673 - e679.
Monday, 01 May 2017
Monden, C. and Smits, J. (2017) “Mortality among twins in Sub-Saharan Africa remains high: One-in-five dies before age five”, Lancet Global Health [Preprint].
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Christiaan Monden

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I have an eclectic/elastic interest in sociological and demographic questions around family, health & mortality, and social inequality. I am interested in how societies differ in who lives with whom, who gets how much of the good and bad stuff in life, and how (un)fortune in life is related to who your family are.

I am currently involved in the following projects:

  1. In FAMSIZEMATTERS, an ERC-funded project of which I am the PI, we study various questions about the link between family size and (the reproduction of) social inequalities. Patrick Prag, Paula Sheppard, and Zachary van Winkle work on this project as post-doctoral researchers and Florianne Verkroost and Marianne Cunha write their DPhil within this project. Several other students are involved on data harmonization and review papers as Research Assistants.
  2. CritEvents - Critical Life Events and the Dynamics of Inequality - is a Norface ERA-NET funded project, part of DIAL, with partners in Amsterdam (Leopold PI), Lausanne, Florence, and Stockholm. We study how the risk of and vulnerability to critical events - union dissolution and job loss - is socially patterned, how this has changed over time, and which social policies are relevant for these associations. In Oxford, I work with Lewis Anderson (Sociology) and Erzsebet Bukodi (Social Policy and Intervention) on this project.  
  3. The Global Family Change project, spearheaded from Penn with partners in Oxford (Nuffield), CED/Barcelona, McGill/Montreal and Bocconi/Milan, explores the complex ways in which families are changing across low and middle-income countries.

Research Areas: Social Inequality, Demography, Population Studies, Family Sociology, Health and Well-Being, Quantitative Methods.

Files

Publications

Tuesday, 01 November 2022
Shi, J. et al. (2022) “Inequalities in Retirement Lifespan in the United States.”, The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, p. gbac180.
Thursday, 31 March 2022
Van Winkle, Z. and Monden, C. (2022) “Family Size and Parental Wealth: The Role of Family Transfers in Europe.”, European journal of population = Revue europeenne de demographie, 38(3), pp. 401–428.
Thursday, 10 March 2022
Verkroost, F. and Monden, C. (2022) “Childlessness and development in sub-Saharan Africa: Is there evidence for a U-shaped pattern?”, European Journal of Population, 38, pp. 319–352.
Monday, 22 November 2021
Anderson, L., Monden, C. and Bukodi, E. (2021) “Stressful life events, differential vulnerability, and depressive symptoms: critique and new evidence”, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 63(2), pp. 283–300.
Thursday, 09 September 2021
Andriano, L., Behrman, J. and Monden, C. (2021) “Husbands’ dominance in decision-making about women’s health: a spatial diffusion perspective in sub-Saharan Africa”, Demography, 58(5), pp. 1955–1975.
Sunday, 04 July 2021
Bessudnov, A. and Monden, C. (2021) “Ethnic intermarriage in Russia: the tale of four cities”, POST-SOVIET AFFAIRS, 37(4), pp. 383–403.
Saturday, 01 May 2021
Monden, C., Pison, G. and Smits, J. (2021) “Twin Peaks: more twinning in humans than ever before.”, Human reproduction (Oxford, England), 36(6), pp. 1666–1673.
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Fannon, Z., Monden, C. and Nielsen, B. (2021) “Modelling non-linear age-period-cohort effects and covariates, with an application to English obesity 2001–2014”, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 184(3), pp. 842–867.
Saturday, 13 February 2021
Anderson, L., Bukodi, E. and Monden, C. (2021) “Double trouble: does job loss lead to union dissolution and vice versa?”, European Sociological Review, 37(3), pp. 379–398.
Monday, 19 October 2020
Sheppard, P. and Monden, C. (2020) “When does family size matter? sibship size, socioeconomic status, and education in England”, Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2(2020).
Thursday, 13 August 2020
Praeg, P., Choi, S. and Monden, C. (2020) “The sibsize revolution in an international context: Declining social disparities in the number of siblings in 26 countries”, Demographic Research, 43, pp. 461–500.
Monday, 22 June 2020
Choi, S. et al. (2020) “Cohort trends in the association between sibship size and educational attainment in 26 low-fertility countries”, Demography, 57, pp. 1035–1062.
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.
Thursday, 06 June 2019
Sheppard, P. and Monden, C. (2019) “Becoming a first-time grandparent and subjective well-being. A fixed effects approach”, Journal of Marriage and Family, 81(4), pp. 1016–1026.
Friday, 13 July 2018
Sheppard, P. and Monden, C. (2018) “The additive advantage of having educated grandfathers for children’s education: evidence from a cross-national sample in Europe”, European Sociological Review, 34(4), pp. 365–380.
Sunday, 01 July 2018
Potente, C. and Monden, C. (2018) “Disability pathways preceding death in England by socio-economic status.”, Population studies [Preprint], (2).
Wednesday, 02 May 2018
Metsä-Simola, N., Martikainen, P. and Monden, C. (2018) “Psychiatric morbidity and subsequent divorce: a couple-level register-based study in Finland”, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 53(8), pp. 823–831.
Wednesday, 21 February 2018
Anderson, K., Sheppard, P. and Monden, C. (2018) “Grandparent effects on educational outcomes: a systematic review”, Sociological Science, 5(6), p. 114.
Wednesday, 31 May 2017
Monden, C. and Smits, J. (2017) “Mortality among twins and singletons in sub-Saharan Africa between 1995 and 2014: a pooled analysis of data from 90 Demographic and Health Surveys in 30 countries”, Lancet Global Health, 5(7), pp. e673 - e679.
Monday, 01 May 2017
Monden, C. and Smits, J. (2017) “Mortality among twins in Sub-Saharan Africa remains high: One-in-five dies before age five”, Lancet Global Health [Preprint].