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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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Saturday, 01 January 2011
Ermisch, J. and Pronzato, C. (2011) “Causal effects of parents’ education on children’s education”, in Persistence, Privilege, and Parenting: The Comparative Study of Intergenerational Mobility, pp. 237–260.
Saturday, 01 January 2011
Wielers, R. and Mills, M. (2011) “The flexibilization of the Dutch labour market: The impact of globalization on the life course and inequality”, in Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe, pp. 46–75.
Saturday, 01 January 2011
Lindgren, C. (2011) “A Genome-wide Association Case Study on Obesity”, in ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX DISEASE ASSOCIATION STUDIES: A PRACTICAL GUIDE, pp. 295–306.
Saturday, 01 January 2011
Reilly, M. et al. (2011) “Identification of ADAMTS7 as a novel locus for coronary atherosclerosis and association of ABO with myocardial infarction in the presence of coronary atherosclerosis: two genome-wide association studies.”, Lancet (London, England), 377(9763), pp. 383–392.
Saturday, 01 January 2011
Smits, J. and Monden, C. (2011) “Twinning across the Developing World.”, PloS one, 6(9), p. e25239.
Saturday, 01 January 2011
Kirk, D. and Papachristos, A. (2011) “Cultural mechanisms and the persistence of neighborhood violence.”, American Journal of Sociology, 116(4), pp. 1190–1233.
Wednesday, 01 December 2010
Duca, J., Muellbauer, J. and Murphy, A. (2010) “Housing markets and the financial crisis of 2007-2009: Lessons for the future”, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL STABILITY, 6(4), pp. 203–217.
Wednesday, 01 December 2010
Zajacova, A. et al. (2010) “Consistency and precision of cancer reporting in a multiwave national panel survey”, Population Health Metrics, 8(1), p. 20.
Monday, 01 November 2010
Speliotes, E. et al. (2010) “Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index”, NATURE GENETICS, 42(11), pp. 937 - U53.
Friday, 01 October 2010
1000 Genomes Project Consortium et al. (2010) “A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing.”, Nature, 467(7319), pp. 1061–1073.
Friday, 01 October 2010
Dowd, J. and Zajacova, A. (2010) “Does Self-Rated Health Mean the Same Thing Across Socioeconomic Groups? Evidence From Biomarker Data”, Annals of Epidemiology, 20(10), pp. 743–749.
Friday, 01 October 2010
Dowd, J., Zajacova, A. and Aiello, A. (2010) “Predictors of Inflammation in U.S. Children Aged 3–16 Years”, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 39(4), pp. 314–320.
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Ermisch, J. and Gambetta, D. (2010) “Do strong family ties inhibit trust?”, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 75(3), pp. 365–376.
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.
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Van de Rakt, M. et al. (2010) “When does the Apple Fall from the Tree? Static Versus Dynamic Theories Predicting Intergenerational Transmission of Convictions”, JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE CRIMINOLOGY, 26(3), pp. 371–389.
Wednesday, 01 September 2010
Phuong, D. et al. (2010) “Hopelessness, Depression, and Early Markers of Endothelial Dysfunction in U.S. Adults”, Psychosomatic Medicine, 72(7), pp. 613–619.
Sunday, 15 August 2010
Roberts, E. et al. (2010) “Roberts et al. Respond to ‘Human CMV, Inflammation, and Mortality’”, American Journal of Epidemiology, 172(4), pp. 375–376.
Sunday, 15 August 2010
Roberts, E. et al. (2010) “Cytomegalovirus Antibody Levels, Inflammation, and Mortality Among Elderly Latinos Over 9 Years of Follow-up”, American Journal of Epidemiology, 172(4), pp. 363–371.
Sunday, 01 August 2010
Mills, M. and Täht, K. (2010) “Nonstandard Work Schedules and Partnership Quality: Quantitative and Qualitative Findings”, Journal of Marriage and Family, 72(4), pp. 860–875.
Thursday, 01 July 2010
Voight, B. et al. (2010) “Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis”, NATURE GENETICS, 42(7), pp. 579 - U155.