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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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Tuesday, 01 January 1991
ERMISCH, J. (1991) “HOUSING POLICY AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 7(3), pp. 41–49.
Tuesday, 01 January 1991
De Graaf, N. (1991) “Distinction by consumption in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and the Netherlands”, European Sociological Review, 7(3), pp. 267–290.
Friday, 01 June 1990
DEGRAAF, N. and ULTEE, W. (1990) “INDIVIDUAL PREFERENCES, SOCIAL-MOBILITY AND ELECTORAL OUTCOMES”, ELECTORAL STUDIES, 9(2), pp. 109–132.
Tuesday, 01 May 1990
JENKINS, S., ERMISCH, J. and WRIGHT, R. (1990) “‘Adverse Selection’ Features of Poverty amongst Lone Mothers”, Fiscal Studies, 11(2), pp. 76–90.
Sunday, 01 April 1990
Ermisch, J. (1990) “European women’s employment and fertility again”, Journal of Population Economics, 3(1), pp. 3–18.
Wednesday, 01 November 1989
Ermisch, J. and Wright, R. (1989) “Welfare Benefits the Duration of Single Parenthood”, National Institute Economic Review, 130(1), pp. 85–90.
Saturday, 01 July 1989
Muellbauer, J. and Murphy, T. (1989) “Why has UK personal saving collapsed?”, in Franklin, M. et al. (eds.) Why has UK Personal Saving Collapsed? Credit Suisse, pp. 26–76.
Thursday, 01 June 1989
Ermisch, J. (1989) “Purchased child care, optimal family size and mother’s employment Theory and econometric analysis”, Journal of Population Economics, 2(2), pp. 79–102.
Saturday, 01 April 1989
Cigno, A. and Ermisch, J. (1989) “A microeconomic analysis of the timing of births”, European Economic Review, 33(4), pp. 737–760.
Wednesday, 01 March 1989
Ermisch, J. (1989) “Intergenerational transfers in industrialised countries”, Journal of Population Economics, 1(4), pp. 269–284.
Sunday, 01 January 1989
De Graaf, N., Hagenaars, J. and Luijkx, R. (1989) “Intragenerational stability of postmaterialism in Germany, the Netherlands and the United States”, European Sociological Review, 5(2), pp. 183–201.
Thursday, 01 December 1988
DEGRAAF, N. and FLAP, H. (1988) “WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS - SOCIAL RESOURCES AS AN EXPLANATION OF OCCUPATIONAL-STATUS AND INCOME IN WEST-GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, AND THE UNITED-STATES”, SOCIAL FORCES, 67(2), pp. 452–472.
Tuesday, 01 November 1988
Ermisch, J. (1988) “Economic Influences On Birth Rates”, National Institute Economic Review, 126(1), pp. 71–92.
Monday, 01 August 1988
Ermisch, J. (1988) “FORTUNES OF BIRTH: THE IMPACT OF GENERATION SIZE ON THE RELATIVE EARNINGS OF YOUNG MEN”, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 35(3), pp. 266–282.
Wednesday, 01 July 1987
De Cooman, E., Ermisch, J. and Joshi, H. (1987) “The Next Birth and the Labour Market: A Dynamic Model of Births in England and Wales”, Population Studies, 41(2), pp. 237–268.
Wednesday, 01 April 1987
Ermisch, J. (1987) “A Partial Equilibrium Model of the Location of Economic Activity in a Metropolitan Area”, Urban Studies, 24(2), pp. 103–108.
Tuesday, 01 July 1986
Ermisch, J. (1986) “Impacts of Policy Actions on the Family and Household”, Journal of Public Policy, 6(3), pp. 297–318.
Friday, 01 March 1985
Ermisch, J. and Overton, E. (1985) “Minimal Household Units: A New Approach to the Analysis of Household Formation”, Population Studies, 39(1), pp. 33–54.
Friday, 01 March 1985
de Graaf, N. (1985) “Husbands’ and Wives’ Occupations: Comment on Hout”, American Journal of Sociology, 90(5), pp. 1078–1083.
Tuesday, 01 February 1983
Buckley, R. and Ermisch, J. (1983) “Theory and Empiricism in The Econometric Modelling of House Prices”, Urban Studies, 20(1), pp. 83–90.