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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 2005
Ermisch, J. and Wright, R. (2005) Changing Scotland: Evidence from the British household panel survey, pp. 1–312.
Saturday, 01 January 2005
Ermisch, J. and Wright, R. (2005) “Conclusion”, in Changing Scotland Evidence from the British Household Panel Survey, pp. 297–299.
Saturday, 01 January 2005
Ermisch, J. and Wright, R. (2005) Devolution, policy and evidence, pp. 1–12.
Saturday, 01 January 2005
Ylisaukko-Oja, T. et al. (2005) “Family-based association study of DYX1C1 variants in autism.”, European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 13(1), pp. 127–130.
Wednesday, 01 December 2004
Lindgren, C. (2004) “The genetics of autoimmunity”, in BioEssays, pp. 1363–1364.
Thursday, 25 November 2004
Ermisch, J. and Francesconi, M. (2004) “Intergenerational mobility in Britain: new evidence from the British Household Panel Survey”, in Generational Income Mobility in North America and Europe. Cambridge University Press (CUP), pp. 147–189.
Monday, 01 November 2004
PEVALIN, D. and ERMISCH, J. (2004) “Cohabiting unions, repartnering and mental health”, Psychological Medicine, 34(8), pp. 1553–1559.
Monday, 01 November 2004
Dahlman, I. et al. (2004) “alpha2-Heremans-Schmid glycoprotein gene polymorphisms are associated with adipocyte insulin action.”, Diabetologia, 47(11), pp. 1974–1979.
Wednesday, 01 September 2004
Ermisch, J. and Pevalin, D. (2004) “Early childbearing and housing choices”, Journal of Housing Economics, 13(3), pp. 170–194.
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.
Tuesday, 01 June 2004
Mills, M. (2004) “Demand for flexibility or generation of insecurity? The individualization of risk, irregular work shifts and Canadian youth”, Journal of Youth Studies, 7(2), pp. 115–139.
Tuesday, 01 June 2004
International HapMap Consortium (2004) “Integrating ethics and science in the International HapMap Project.”, Nature reviews. Genetics, 5(6), pp. 467–475.
Sunday, 01 February 2004
Ermisch, J., Francesconi, M. and Pevalin, D. (2004) “Parental partnership and joblessness in childhood and their influence on young people’s outcomes”, in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (Statistics in Society). Oxford University Press (OUP), pp. 69–101.
Thursday, 01 January 2004
Sobel, M. et al. (2004) “Men matter more: the social class identity of married British women, 1985-1991”, JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES A-STATISTICS IN SOCIETY, 167, pp. 37–52.
Monday, 01 December 2003
International HapMap Consortium (2003) “The International HapMap Project.”, Nature, 426(6968), pp. 789–796.
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.
Thursday, 01 May 2003
Orho-Melander, M. et al. (2003) “Erratum: Variants in the calpain-10 gene predispose to insulin resistance and elevated free fatty acid levels (Diabetes (2002) 51 (2658-2664))”, Diabetes, 52(5), p. 1306.
Tuesday, 01 April 2003
van Wilsem, J., de Graaf, N. and Wittebrood, K. (2003) “Cross-national differences in victimization - Disentangling the impact of composition and context”, EUROPEAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW, 19(2), pp. 125–142.
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.
Saturday, 01 February 2003
Monden, C., de Graaf, N. and Kraaykamp, G. (2003) “How important are parents and partners for smoking cessation in adulthood? An event history analysis.”, Preventive medicine, 36(2), pp. 197–203.