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

Sunday, 01 January 2017
Praeg, P. et al. (2017) “The demographic consequences of assisted reproductive technologies”, SocArXiv. SocArXiv.
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Pison, G., Monden, C. and Smits, J. (2015) “Twinning Rates in Developed Countries: Trends and Explanations”, Population and Development Review, 41(4), p. 629 - +.
Sunday, 01 February 2015
Monden, C. et al. (2015) “Divorce and subsequent increase in uptake of antidepressant medication: a Finnish registry-based study on couple versus individual effects.”, BMC public health, 15, p. 158.
Sunday, 01 September 2013
Monden, C. and de Graaf, N. (2013) “The importance of father’s and own education for self-assessed health across Europe: an East-West divide?”, Sociology of health & illness, 35(7), pp. 977–992.
Friday, 01 February 2013
Monden, C. and Smits, J. (2013) “Maternal education is associated with reduced female disadvantages in under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia.”, International journal of epidemiology, 42(1), pp. 211–218.
Friday, 01 February 2013
Monden, C. and Uunk, W. (2013) “For Better and for Worse: The Relationship Between Union Dissolution and Self-Assessed Health in European Panel Data”, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION-REVUE EUROPEENNE DE DEMOGRAPHIE, 29(1), pp. 103–125.
Sunday, 01 July 2012
Smits, J. and Monden, C. (2012) “Taller Indian women are more successful at the marriage market.”, American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council, 24(4), pp. 473–478.
Saturday, 01 January 2011
Smits, J. and Monden, C. (2011) “Twinning across the Developing World.”, PloS one, 6(9), p. e25239.
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Monden, C. (2010) “Do Measured and Unmeasured Family Factors Bias the Association Between Education and Self-Assessed Health?”, SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH, 98(2), pp. 321–336.
Thursday, 01 July 2010
Mandemakers, J. and Monden, C. (2010) “Does education buffer the impact of disability on psychological distress?”, Social science & medicine (1982), 71(2), pp. 288–297.
Monday, 01 March 2010
Mandemakers, J., Monden, C. and Kalmijn, M. (2010) “Are the effects of divorce on psychological distress modified by family background?”, ADVANCES IN LIFE COURSE RESEARCH, 15(1), pp. 27–40.
Friday, 01 May 2009
Monden, C. and Smits, J. (2009) “Maternal height and child mortality in 42 developing countries.”, American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council, 21(3), pp. 305–311.
Sunday, 01 March 2009
Smits, J. and Monden, C. (2009) “Length of life inequality around the globe.”, Social science & medicine (1982), 68(6), pp. 1114–1123.
Saturday, 01 March 2008
van Poppel, F., Monden, C. and Mandemakers, K. (2008) “Marriage Timing over the Generations.”, in Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.), pp. 7–22.
Friday, 01 December 2006
Monden, C., van Lenthe, F. and Mackenbach, J. (2006) “A simultaneous analysis of neighbourhood and childhood socio-economic environment with self-assessed health and health-related behaviours.”, Health & place, 12(4), pp. 394–403.
Friday, 01 September 2006
Monden, C. and Kraaykamp, G. (2006) “Neuroticism, education and self-assessed health in the general population of the United States. Can smoking behaviour explain the associations?”, SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH, 78(2), pp. 271–285.
Wednesday, 01 June 2005
Monden, C. (2005) “Current and lifetime exposure to working conditions. Do they explain educational differences in subjective health?”, Social science & medicine (1982), 60(11), pp. 2465–2476.
Thursday, 01 July 2004
Monden, C. (2004) “Current or lifetime smoking? Consequences for explaining educational inequalities in self-reported health.”, Preventive medicine, 39(1), pp. 19–26.
Saturday, 01 November 2003
Monden, C. et al. (2003) “Partner’s and own education: does who you live with matter for self-assessed health, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption?”, Social science & medicine (1982), 57(10), pp. 1901–1912.
Saturday, 01 March 2003
Monden, C., Kraaykamp, G. and De Graaf, N. (2003) “Trends in social inequality in self-reported health in The Netherlands; does infant mortality in year of birth as a cohort indicator matter?”, Social science & medicine (1982), 56(5), pp. 987–1000.
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Christiaan Monden

Professor of Sociology and Demography
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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

Sunday, 01 January 2017
Praeg, P. et al. (2017) “The demographic consequences of assisted reproductive technologies”, SocArXiv. SocArXiv.
Tuesday, 15 December 2015
Pison, G., Monden, C. and Smits, J. (2015) “Twinning Rates in Developed Countries: Trends and Explanations”, Population and Development Review, 41(4), p. 629 - +.
Sunday, 01 February 2015
Monden, C. et al. (2015) “Divorce and subsequent increase in uptake of antidepressant medication: a Finnish registry-based study on couple versus individual effects.”, BMC public health, 15, p. 158.
Sunday, 01 September 2013
Monden, C. and de Graaf, N. (2013) “The importance of father’s and own education for self-assessed health across Europe: an East-West divide?”, Sociology of health & illness, 35(7), pp. 977–992.
Friday, 01 February 2013
Monden, C. and Smits, J. (2013) “Maternal education is associated with reduced female disadvantages in under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia.”, International journal of epidemiology, 42(1), pp. 211–218.
Friday, 01 February 2013
Monden, C. and Uunk, W. (2013) “For Better and for Worse: The Relationship Between Union Dissolution and Self-Assessed Health in European Panel Data”, EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POPULATION-REVUE EUROPEENNE DE DEMOGRAPHIE, 29(1), pp. 103–125.
Sunday, 01 July 2012
Smits, J. and Monden, C. (2012) “Taller Indian women are more successful at the marriage market.”, American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council, 24(4), pp. 473–478.
Saturday, 01 January 2011
Smits, J. and Monden, C. (2011) “Twinning across the Developing World.”, PloS one, 6(9), p. e25239.
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Monden, C. (2010) “Do Measured and Unmeasured Family Factors Bias the Association Between Education and Self-Assessed Health?”, SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH, 98(2), pp. 321–336.
Thursday, 01 July 2010
Mandemakers, J. and Monden, C. (2010) “Does education buffer the impact of disability on psychological distress?”, Social science & medicine (1982), 71(2), pp. 288–297.
Monday, 01 March 2010
Mandemakers, J., Monden, C. and Kalmijn, M. (2010) “Are the effects of divorce on psychological distress modified by family background?”, ADVANCES IN LIFE COURSE RESEARCH, 15(1), pp. 27–40.
Friday, 01 May 2009
Monden, C. and Smits, J. (2009) “Maternal height and child mortality in 42 developing countries.”, American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council, 21(3), pp. 305–311.
Sunday, 01 March 2009
Smits, J. and Monden, C. (2009) “Length of life inequality around the globe.”, Social science & medicine (1982), 68(6), pp. 1114–1123.
Saturday, 01 March 2008
van Poppel, F., Monden, C. and Mandemakers, K. (2008) “Marriage Timing over the Generations.”, in Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.), pp. 7–22.
Friday, 01 December 2006
Monden, C., van Lenthe, F. and Mackenbach, J. (2006) “A simultaneous analysis of neighbourhood and childhood socio-economic environment with self-assessed health and health-related behaviours.”, Health & place, 12(4), pp. 394–403.
Friday, 01 September 2006
Monden, C. and Kraaykamp, G. (2006) “Neuroticism, education and self-assessed health in the general population of the United States. Can smoking behaviour explain the associations?”, SOCIAL INDICATORS RESEARCH, 78(2), pp. 271–285.
Wednesday, 01 June 2005
Monden, C. (2005) “Current and lifetime exposure to working conditions. Do they explain educational differences in subjective health?”, Social science & medicine (1982), 60(11), pp. 2465–2476.
Thursday, 01 July 2004
Monden, C. (2004) “Current or lifetime smoking? Consequences for explaining educational inequalities in self-reported health.”, Preventive medicine, 39(1), pp. 19–26.
Saturday, 01 November 2003
Monden, C. et al. (2003) “Partner’s and own education: does who you live with matter for self-assessed health, smoking and excessive alcohol consumption?”, Social science & medicine (1982), 57(10), pp. 1901–1912.
Saturday, 01 March 2003
Monden, C., Kraaykamp, G. and De Graaf, N. (2003) “Trends in social inequality in self-reported health in The Netherlands; does infant mortality in year of birth as a cohort indicator matter?”, Social science & medicine (1982), 56(5), pp. 987–1000.