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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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Friday, 01 July 2016
Aiello, A. et al. (2016) “Income and Markers of Immunological Cellular Aging”, Psychosomatic Medicine, 78(6), pp. 657–666.
Friday, 01 July 2016
Richards, L., Heath, A. and De Graaf, N. (2016) “Explaining corruption in the developed world: the potential of sociological approaches”, Annual Review of Sociology, 42, pp. 51–79.
Friday, 01 July 2016
Lin, B.-A. et al. (2016) “DETECTING VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS IN TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTIONS BY DESIGNED BREAK-INDICATOR SATURATION”, Journal of Economic Surveys [Preprint], (3).
Wednesday, 29 June 2016
Winkler, T. et al. (2016) “Correction: the influence of age and sex on genetic associations with adult body size and shape: a large-scale genome-wide interaction study”, PLoS Genetics, 12(6), p. e1006166.
Monday, 27 June 2016
Rosendaal, N. et al. (2016) “Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of Hypertension Screening and Treatment in Adults with Hypertension in Rural Nigeria in the Context of a Health Insurance Program”, PLOS ONE, 11(6), p. e0157925.
Wednesday, 01 June 2016
Neurology Working Group of the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium, the Stroke Genetics Network (SiGN), and the International Stroke Genetics Consortium (ISGC) (2016) “Identification of additional risk loci for stroke and small vessel disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies.”, The Lancet. Neurology, 15(7), pp. 695–707.
Wednesday, 01 June 2016
Mood, C., Jonsson, J. and Låftman, S. (2016) “Immigrant integration and youth mental health in four European countries”, European Sociological Review, 32(6), pp. 716–729.
Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Newman, S. et al. (2016) “Reproductive success is predicted by social dynamics and kinship in managed animal populations”, F1000Research, 5, p. 870.
Sunday, 01 May 2016
Aiello, A. et al. (2016) “PTSD is associated with an increase in aged T cell phenotypes in adults living in Detroit”, Psychoneuroendocrinology, 67, pp. 133–141.
Sunday, 01 May 2016
Bodea, C. et al. (2016) “A Method to Exploit the Structure of Genetic Ancestry Space to Enhance Case-Control Studies.”, American journal of human genetics, 98(5), pp. 857–868.
Sunday, 01 May 2016
Muellbauer, J., Duca, J. and Murphy, A. (2016) “How mortgage finance reform could affect housing”, American Economic Review, 106(5), pp. 620–624.
Sunday, 01 May 2016
Tropf, F. et al. (2016) “Evidence for genetic overlap between schizophrenia and age at first birth in women”, JAMA Psychiatry, 73(5), pp. 497–505.
Monday, 18 April 2016
Okbay, A. and De Neve, J.-E. (2016) “Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses”, Nature Genetics, 48, pp. 624–633.
Friday, 01 April 2016
Ermisch, J. and Gambetta, D. (2016) “Income and Trustworthiness”, Sociological Science [Preprint].
Monday, 14 March 2016
Mills, M. et al. (2016) “Work–life balance among humanitarian aid workers”, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 45(6), pp. 1191–1213.
Tuesday, 01 March 2016
Zanoni, P. et al. (2016) “Rare variant in scavenger receptor BI raises HDL cholesterol and increases risk of coronary heart disease.”, Science (New York, N.Y.), 351(6278), pp. 1166–1171.
Thursday, 04 February 2016
Mills, M. and Präg, P. (2016) “Methodological advances in cross-national research: multilevel challenges and solutions”, European Sociological Review, 32(1), pp. 1–2.
Sunday, 31 January 2016
Jaeger, M. and Breen, R. (2016) “A dynamic model of cultural reproduction”, American Journal of Sociology, 121(4), pp. 1079–1115.
Friday, 01 January 2016
Shams, H. et al. (2016) “Surface characterization of pipeline surface using replica techniques”, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 61.
Friday, 01 January 2016
Shams, H. et al. (2016) “Characterization of nano-level coefficient of friction of oleophobic and superhydrophobic coatings on 316L SS in harsh conditions”, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 61.