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Mapping the strength & character of the norm to have children: Evidence from the US - Julia Behrman
Mapping the strength & character of the norm to have children: Evidence from the US - Julia Behrman YouTube video by Centre for Population Change Connecting Gens

💻 NEW VIDEO - last week, Julia Behrman from Northwestern University delivered our #CPCCGWebinar, exploring changing norms around having #children

She discussed how having children is no longer seen as something everyone is expected to do, but more as optional and contingent shaped by circumstances

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We'd love to see you at 1pm TODAY (UK time) at our #CPCCGWebinar hosted by @standrewssgsd.bsky.social

All welcome, register to join online: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e... @bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social @sociologi-su.bsky.social @suda-sthlm.bsky.social @uos-health-society.bsky.social

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The Great British Baby Bust • Resolution Foundation All developed countries are grappling with a falling birth rate, and the UK is no different. While the UK’s birth rate has often fluctuated, it has fallen sharply since 2012, and a rebound anytime soo...

📅 NEXT WEEK - 'The Great British #BabyBust: Should we worry about the UK’s falling #birthrate, and can we do anything about it?' hosted by @resolutionfoundation.org.

CPC-CG's @ann-berrington.bsky.social (@uossocstatdemo.bsky.social) and CG's @charliemccurdy.bsky.social are panellists. Register ⤵️

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📨 If you’ve enjoyed this issue of #ChangingPopulations, don’t forget to subscribe to be the first to receive all things #population change and #demography in future newsletters -a new one will be published in the summer ⬇️

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A collage of screenshots highlighting recent news and media appearances from CPC-CG members. The collage includes multiple article snippets, podcast tiles, and social media graphics. In the top left, there is an article preview about David Bell interviewed on the “Key Figures” podcast, alongside the Fraser of Allander Institute logo. Next to it is a headline announcing two professors appointed to REF 2029 Social Sciences sub‑panels. Beneath these, a brightly coloured “Certain Futures” podcast tile with an embedded play button is shown. A text box below discusses Carers Rights Day and the role of unpaid carers. In the middle row, there is a headline about discussing intergenerational economic injustice on BBC Radio 4, At the bottom, a section titled “Insights into “Insights into event history analysis” appears next to the National Centre for Research Methods logo and another video tile labelled “Harmonised Histories.”

A collage of screenshots highlighting recent news and media appearances from CPC-CG members. The collage includes multiple article snippets, podcast tiles, and social media graphics. In the top left, there is an article preview about David Bell interviewed on the “Key Figures” podcast, alongside the Fraser of Allander Institute logo. Next to it is a headline announcing two professors appointed to REF 2029 Social Sciences sub‑panels. Beneath these, a brightly coloured “Certain Futures” podcast tile with an embedded play button is shown. A text box below discusses Carers Rights Day and the role of unpaid carers. In the middle row, there is a headline about discussing intergenerational economic injustice on BBC Radio 4, At the bottom, a section titled “Insights into “Insights into event history analysis” appears next to the National Centre for Research Methods logo and another video tile labelled “Harmonised Histories.”

🌟 Did you discover our 'Researcher spotlight' in the latest issue of Changing Populations, our newsletter magazine? If not, you missed some great interviews, announcements and resources 🌟

▶️ Navigate to section 10 to read the full round-up: sway.cloud.microsoft/WzAYgcw05ELX... @bspsuk.bsky.social

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Image is a screenshot from the Changing Populations magazine. There is a headshot of Shu Li to the right of the article, alongside the article text which starts: PhD journeys. Shu Li is a PhD student in the Department of Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Southampton. Her research aims to link social media and fertility behaviour in China. Shu's PhD project is supervised by Professor Ann Berrington, Dr Jason Hilton, and Professor Sarah Neal. Here, she shares her research interests so far. "When pursuing my Bachelor's degree in Law at Liaoning University in China, I gained an understanding of how laws and policies are designed and applied. I became increasingly interested in how legal systems regulate social behaviour through formal rules, particularly concerning social issues such as marriage and family responsibilities. This prompted my aspiration to pursue sociology-related studies. Developing my interest in research on reproductive behaviour and demography, I then completed my Master's studies in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Southampton. I learned about the relationship between modernity and sociology, and enriched my theoretical knowledge and research skills by covering subjects such as welfare state regimes, the Theory of Planned Behaviour, gendering neoliberalism, life course theory, and data analysis. At that time, to address the demographic challenges posed by an ageing population and low fertility rates, China introduced a three-child policy after the universal two-child policy had been in place for five years. By integrating theoretical knowledge with real-world observations and drawing on extensive relevant literature, I recognised that low fertility and ageing are interrelated demographic processes profoundly influenced by shifting marital patterns, gender norms, economic pressures, cultural and policy contexts, and expectations of intergenerational support. This led me to focus my research interests on demography. …

Image is a screenshot from the Changing Populations magazine. There is a headshot of Shu Li to the right of the article, alongside the article text which starts: PhD journeys. Shu Li is a PhD student in the Department of Social Statistics and Demography at the University of Southampton. Her research aims to link social media and fertility behaviour in China. Shu's PhD project is supervised by Professor Ann Berrington, Dr Jason Hilton, and Professor Sarah Neal. Here, she shares her research interests so far. "When pursuing my Bachelor's degree in Law at Liaoning University in China, I gained an understanding of how laws and policies are designed and applied. I became increasingly interested in how legal systems regulate social behaviour through formal rules, particularly concerning social issues such as marriage and family responsibilities. This prompted my aspiration to pursue sociology-related studies. Developing my interest in research on reproductive behaviour and demography, I then completed my Master's studies in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Southampton. I learned about the relationship between modernity and sociology, and enriched my theoretical knowledge and research skills by covering subjects such as welfare state regimes, the Theory of Planned Behaviour, gendering neoliberalism, life course theory, and data analysis. At that time, to address the demographic challenges posed by an ageing population and low fertility rates, China introduced a three-child policy after the universal two-child policy had been in place for five years. By integrating theoretical knowledge with real-world observations and drawing on extensive relevant literature, I recognised that low fertility and ageing are interrelated demographic processes profoundly influenced by shifting marital patterns, gender norms, economic pressures, cultural and policy contexts, and expectations of intergenerational support. This led me to focus my research interests on demography. …

📝 In every issue of Changing Populations, we share a #PhD journey from one of our members. This time, Shu Li from @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social gives us insight into her research career.

Full article in our 'Researcher spotlight': sway.cloud.microsoft/WzAYgcw05ELX...

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Screenshot from Changing Populations newsletter which has an image showing a woman in bed looking distressed as she tries to sleep while the sun shines onto the bed, with the headline 'Night shift work and sleep'. Article intro text reads: Research by CG Co-Director Professor Melinda Mills MBE has found that night shift work is linked to shorter sleep duration among middle-aged and older adults, with women, parents, and less-educated workers facing the greatest impact. As part of her European Research Council (ERC) CHRONO and Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS) work, the research co-authored by Professor Mills draws on data from 217,863 participants in the UK Biobank. Findings show that night shift workers, on average, sleep eight minutes less per night than non-shift workers. While seemingly modest, this reduction compounds over years of work and has profound health implications. The research identifies multiple moderating factors that shape how night shift work affects sleep:

Screenshot from Changing Populations newsletter which has an image showing a woman in bed looking distressed as she tries to sleep while the sun shines onto the bed, with the headline 'Night shift work and sleep'. Article intro text reads: Research by CG Co-Director Professor Melinda Mills MBE has found that night shift work is linked to shorter sleep duration among middle-aged and older adults, with women, parents, and less-educated workers facing the greatest impact. As part of her European Research Council (ERC) CHRONO and Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS) work, the research co-authored by Professor Mills draws on data from 217,863 participants in the UK Biobank. Findings show that night shift workers, on average, sleep eight minutes less per night than non-shift workers. While seemingly modest, this reduction compounds over years of work and has profound health implications. The research identifies multiple moderating factors that shape how night shift work affects sleep:

🌃 “ #Sleep is often overlooked in discussions of work and health, yet it's a fundamental way #stress translates into disease," says @melindacmills.bsky.social from @oxforddemsci.bsky.social in the latest Changing Populations.

Read the full story in section 9: sway.cloud.microsoft/WzAYgcw05ELX...

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Image shows screenshot from Changing Populations newsletter of two people are embracing closely in front of warmly lit holiday decorations, including blurred golden lights and a decorated Christmas tree. Over the top of the image is a white banner with black text reading: ‘Reducing social isolation protects the brain in later life.’ To the right of the image, a large white text panel contains the following text: ‘CG member Dr Jo Mhairi Hale is the lead author of a newly published study which has found that reducing social isolation protects the brain in later life. The study, published in The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, found a consistent pattern: higher social isolation causes faster cognitive decline whether or not people identify as lonely. Social isolation is objectively measurable—for example, by availability, membership in community organisations, and religious practice. Loneliness is subjective and defined as feeling isolated from other people (feeling alone). Whilst loneliness and social isolation often go together, in this study, they appear to have independent and opposite associations. Dr Hale, based at the University of St Andrews, alongside researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Germany and University of Texas in the U.S., analysed data from the US Health and Retirement study, a study of 18,953 cognitively functioning adults between 2004 and 2016 who provided interviews. They found that reducing social isolation has a protective effect on cognitive function for all.

Image shows screenshot from Changing Populations newsletter of two people are embracing closely in front of warmly lit holiday decorations, including blurred golden lights and a decorated Christmas tree. Over the top of the image is a white banner with black text reading: ‘Reducing social isolation protects the brain in later life.’ To the right of the image, a large white text panel contains the following text: ‘CG member Dr Jo Mhairi Hale is the lead author of a newly published study which has found that reducing social isolation protects the brain in later life. The study, published in The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, found a consistent pattern: higher social isolation causes faster cognitive decline whether or not people identify as lonely. Social isolation is objectively measurable—for example, by availability, membership in community organisations, and religious practice. Loneliness is subjective and defined as feeling isolated from other people (feeling alone). Whilst loneliness and social isolation often go together, in this study, they appear to have independent and opposite associations. Dr Hale, based at the University of St Andrews, alongside researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Germany and University of Texas in the U.S., analysed data from the US Health and Retirement study, a study of 18,953 cognitively functioning adults between 2004 and 2016 who provided interviews. They found that reducing social isolation has a protective effect on cognitive function for all.

In the latest issue of Changing Populations, we report on a study by CG member @jo-hale.bsky.social from @standrewssgsd.bsky.social which has found that reducing social isolation protects the brain in later life.

Head to section 8 to find out more: sway.cloud.microsoft/WzAYgcw05ELX...

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Screenshot from the CPC-CG newsletter magazine Changing Populations. Shows people standing in a queue outdoors on a paved pedestrian walkway beside stone buildings. Individuals wear winter clothing and face toward a building entrance in the distance. The image is split, with the left showing the queue and the right showing a large white text box containing printed text. At the top left, over the image, a white banner reads: ‘The global promise of Our Future Health.’ The text on the right side reads: ‘A recently published article co-authored by CG Co-Director Professor Melinda Mills MBE and CG member Dr Stefania Bennisondottir highlights the potential of one of the UK’s new flagship health research programmes, Our Future Health. Published in Nature Genetics, the article by Vincent Sitrudo, Dr Bennisondottir, Professor Augustine Kong, and Professor Mills from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS) at the University of Oxford highlights how Our Future Health’s unprecedented scale and reach across the UK population makes it uniquely placed to overcome long-standing limits in genomic research. Our Future Health is a collaboration between the public, charity and private sectors to build the UK’s largest health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to prevent, detect and treat diseases. By combining genetic information with health, lifestyle, and health record data, the resource offers unique new opportunities for discoveries.

Screenshot from the CPC-CG newsletter magazine Changing Populations. Shows people standing in a queue outdoors on a paved pedestrian walkway beside stone buildings. Individuals wear winter clothing and face toward a building entrance in the distance. The image is split, with the left showing the queue and the right showing a large white text box containing printed text. At the top left, over the image, a white banner reads: ‘The global promise of Our Future Health.’ The text on the right side reads: ‘A recently published article co-authored by CG Co-Director Professor Melinda Mills MBE and CG member Dr Stefania Bennisondottir highlights the potential of one of the UK’s new flagship health research programmes, Our Future Health. Published in Nature Genetics, the article by Vincent Sitrudo, Dr Bennisondottir, Professor Augustine Kong, and Professor Mills from the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science (LCDS) at the University of Oxford highlights how Our Future Health’s unprecedented scale and reach across the UK population makes it uniquely placed to overcome long-standing limits in genomic research. Our Future Health is a collaboration between the public, charity and private sectors to build the UK’s largest health research programme, bringing people together to develop new ways to prevent, detect and treat diseases. By combining genetic information with health, lifestyle, and health record data, the resource offers unique new opportunities for discoveries.

"The sheer scale and ambition to reach 5 million people, coupled with #surveys, #health records, #genetics & future multi-omic data is unprecedented."

@melindacmills.bsky.social highlights the potential of Our Future Health in the latest Changing Populations: sway.cloud.microsoft/WzAYgcw05ELX...

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Image shows young couple considering their bills in a domestic kitchen setting with the headline ‘Falling fertility rates’. Article introduction text reads: When data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed a continued fall in fertility rates across England and Wales, CPC and CG members were called upon to provide expert comment. The ONS Births in England and Wales: 2024 release reported a total fertility rate (TFR) of 1.41 children per woman, a marginal drop from 1.42 in 2023. This is the lowest figure on record for the third year running. While most regions saw further decline, the West Midlands and London recorded slight increases, the first since 2021, with TFRs rising to 1.59 and 1.35 respectively. The release also showed that the standardised mean age at childbirth rose again in 2024, reaching 31.0 for mothers and 33.9 for fathers. London had the highest average maternal age at 32.5. The sharpest decline in age-specific fertility was among 25 to 29-year-olds...

Image shows young couple considering their bills in a domestic kitchen setting with the headline ‘Falling fertility rates’. Article introduction text reads: When data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) confirmed a continued fall in fertility rates across England and Wales, CPC and CG members were called upon to provide expert comment. The ONS Births in England and Wales: 2024 release reported a total fertility rate (TFR) of 1.41 children per woman, a marginal drop from 1.42 in 2023. This is the lowest figure on record for the third year running. While most regions saw further decline, the West Midlands and London recorded slight increases, the first since 2021, with TFRs rising to 1.59 and 1.35 respectively. The release also showed that the standardised mean age at childbirth rose again in 2024, reaching 31.0 for mothers and 33.9 for fathers. London had the highest average maternal age at 32.5. The sharpest decline in age-specific fertility was among 25 to 29-year-olds...

📉 When ONS data confirmed a fall in #fertility rates in England & Wales, CPC-CG members provided expert comment, with @janefalkingham.bsky.social describing it as "a really transitional moment" in @theguardian.com

Read a round-up on p.4 of Changing Populations:
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Image shows people walking to work in business attire with the headline ‘Gender pay gap underestimated’. Intro text to the article appears alongside the image and reads: CG member Dr Carl Singleton is co-author of a study that has revealed the UK’s gender pay gap may be larger than official estimates because the data is not weighted to account for jobs in small, young, and private sector firms. Dr Singleton from the University of Stirling worked with colleagues from University College London (UCL), Bayes Business School, and the University of the West of England to review the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is used to calculate the UK gender pay gap. The ASHE is used by the Low Pay Commission to monitor the impact of the minimum wage and by the Office for the Pay Review Bodies to inform public sector pay settlements. It is also used by the World Economic Forum for international comparisons.

Image shows people walking to work in business attire with the headline ‘Gender pay gap underestimated’. Intro text to the article appears alongside the image and reads: CG member Dr Carl Singleton is co-author of a study that has revealed the UK’s gender pay gap may be larger than official estimates because the data is not weighted to account for jobs in small, young, and private sector firms. Dr Singleton from the University of Stirling worked with colleagues from University College London (UCL), Bayes Business School, and the University of the West of England to review the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which is used to calculate the UK gender pay gap. The ASHE is used by the Low Pay Commission to monitor the impact of the minimum wage and by the Office for the Pay Review Bodies to inform public sector pay settlements. It is also used by the World Economic Forum for international comparisons.

💼 In the latest Changing Populations, we report on a study by CG member @singletonecon.bsky.social that revealed the UK's #genderpaygap may be larger than official estimates - with far-reaching implications for workers' pay.

▶️ Full story in section 6: sway.cloud.microsoft/WzAYgcw05ELX... @ukri.org

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Image shows grandfather helping toddler grandson to put shoes on in a playroom setting. Headline reads 'Grandparents and childcare' with intro text: CPC-CG member Professor Athina Vlachantoni and CPC-CG Co-Director Professor Maria Evandrou recently wrote an article for The Conversation examining why white British families are more likely to depend on grandparents for childcare. Drawing on findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study, Professors Vlachantoni and Evandrou from the University of Southampton discuss how employment patterns, cultural expectations, and health inequalities across ethnic communities shape family childcare arrangements, offering new perspectives on how intergenerational care connects to work, wellbeing and ageing in the UK. They explain: About two-thirds of people in the UK will become grandparents during their lifetime. Half of those grandparents will provide some form of care to their grandchildren. But who makes up that half depends on a number of factors. One of these is ethnicity.

Image shows grandfather helping toddler grandson to put shoes on in a playroom setting. Headline reads 'Grandparents and childcare' with intro text: CPC-CG member Professor Athina Vlachantoni and CPC-CG Co-Director Professor Maria Evandrou recently wrote an article for The Conversation examining why white British families are more likely to depend on grandparents for childcare. Drawing on findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study, Professors Vlachantoni and Evandrou from the University of Southampton discuss how employment patterns, cultural expectations, and health inequalities across ethnic communities shape family childcare arrangements, offering new perspectives on how intergenerational care connects to work, wellbeing and ageing in the UK. They explain: About two-thirds of people in the UK will become grandparents during their lifetime. Half of those grandparents will provide some form of care to their grandchildren. But who makes up that half depends on a number of factors. One of these is ethnicity.

🗞️ CPC-CG's Athina Vlachantoni & Maria Evandrou examine why white British #families are more likely to depend on #grandparents for #childcare, drawing on findings from @usociety.bsky.social data.

Full article in section 5 of the latest Changing Populations: sway.cloud.microsoft/WzAYgcw05ELX...

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Image shows page from Changing Populations newsletter with headline 'Informing policymaking for demographic challenges' over an image showing a group of three people meeting together in the lounge area of a coworking office space. Credit: istock.com/kali9. Article intro text reads: ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations (CPC-CG) members have been engaging with policymakers and stakeholders across the UK and Europe, using their state-of-the-art research findings, shared learning and collaboration to shape debate on significant demographic challenges such as ageing, labour markets, fertility and social care.

Image shows page from Changing Populations newsletter with headline 'Informing policymaking for demographic challenges' over an image showing a group of three people meeting together in the lounge area of a coworking office space. Credit: istock.com/kali9. Article intro text reads: ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations (CPC-CG) members have been engaging with policymakers and stakeholders across the UK and Europe, using their state-of-the-art research findings, shared learning and collaboration to shape debate on significant demographic challenges such as ageing, labour markets, fertility and social care.

We've been speaking with policymakers & stakeholders in UK & Europe, using our research findings, shared learning &collaboration to inform debate on demographic challenges like ageing, labour markets, fertility &social care

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Changing Populations Welcome to issue 17 of Changing Populations.

Out now - the new issue of Changing Populations, the @cpc-cg.bsky.social newsletter magazine.

Rounding up the last six months, we cover how we are contributing to the debate across the UK and Europe on the #demographic challenges affecting our society.

@bspsuk.bsky.social @populationeu.bsky.social

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Social media graphic for a CPC–Connecting Generations seminar. Talk by Joseph Harrison from the University of Salford on diseases and causes of death in the migrant morbidity–mortality paradox, using Swedish register data. Online event on 26 March, 13:00 to 14:00 GMT. Image shows a woman wearing headphones, writing notes at a desk during a video call.

Social media graphic for a CPC–Connecting Generations seminar. Talk by Joseph Harrison from the University of Salford on diseases and causes of death in the migrant morbidity–mortality paradox, using Swedish register data. Online event on 26 March, 13:00 to 14:00 GMT. Image shows a woman wearing headphones, writing notes at a desk during a video call.

📋 Come along this Thurs 26 March to our #CPCCGWebinar with @jharrison37.bsky.social of @migrantlife.bsky.social & @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social.

Joseph will discuss the migrant morbidity-mortality paradox, using data from the Swedish registers

Register to join us online: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e...

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Host Country Language and School Integration of Immigrant Students ROCKWOOL Foundation

For further reading, please see the @rfberlin.bsky.social Discussion Paper 'Host country language and school integration of immigrant students' by Yu Qin, @mvlass.bsky.social and Jackie Wahba @sotonecon.bsky.social: www.rfberlin.com/network-pape... @eapsmigranthealth.bsky.social

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A rectangular policy briefing cover with a grey background. At the top left is the logo for the Centre for Population Change (CPC) with teal vertical bars. To the right is the Connecting Generations logo in white. The main title reads: “Language proficiency is central to immigrant children’s integration at school.” A teal bar runs along the bottom with the number 90 on the left, the label “Policy Briefing” in the centre, and “Mar 2026” on the right.

A rectangular policy briefing cover with a grey background. At the top left is the logo for the Centre for Population Change (CPC) with teal vertical bars. To the right is the Connecting Generations logo in white. The main title reads: “Language proficiency is central to immigrant children’s integration at school.” A teal bar runs along the bottom with the number 90 on the left, the label “Policy Briefing” in the centre, and “Mar 2026” on the right.

📗 NEW CPC-CG Policy Briefing by @jackiewahba.bsky.social shows how improving #immigrant pupils’ competence in their host country #languageskills strengthens belonging, reduces bullying and benefits the wider #school environment: www.cpc.ac.uk/res/docs/PB9... @populationeu.bsky.social

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For anyone interested in #population change, #globalhealth, and #statistics – @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social is currently recruiting for their #MSc programmes, focusing on developing strong #analyticalskills for real-world #research and #policy.

Info and QR code links in flyers ⬇️ @bspsuk.bsky.social

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The baby letter You’re 29 years old. A letter arrives. It’s from your government, and it reminds you that you won’t be fertile forever, and if you want to have children, you should start thinking about it now.

CPC-CG member @bernicerunsonboba.bsky.social contributed to 'The baby letter', an article examining France’s new ' #demographicrearmament' plan, which includes sending letters to all 29‑year‑olds urging them to think about #fertility, alongside broader #reproductivehealth measures ⤵️ @ukri.org

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"How to be brilliant without being behaved!" - a little highlight from @melindacmills.bsky.social talk for international womens day and words to live by for all of us here at the centre 😇👩‍🔬

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🕒 Come at 3pm TODAY to a #CPCCGWebinar with Julia Behrman of Northwestern University. Julia will explore how shifting norms around having #children, through a new US survey experiment, reveal growing ambiguity & individualisation in #childbearing expectations. Register: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e...

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📢 Call for papers

The @cpc-cg.bsky.social Connecting Generations symposium on intergenerational change & support will take place on 23–24 June 2026 at the University of St Andrews.

🗓️ Abstract deadline: 13 April 2026

More details + how to submit here: cpc-cg-symposium-call-for-papers.tiiny.site

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Labour market insecurity and parental co-residence in the United Kingdom: heterogeneities by parental class and age Abstract. Amidst young adults’ increasing labour market insecurity and rates of parental co-residence, this article examines how unemployment and underexpl

➡️ Following on from the @economist.com article, see also: 'Labour market insecurity and parental co-residence in the UK: heterogeneities by parental class and age' by Ann, with @vincentrramos.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1093/esr/... @populationeu.bsky.social @bspsuk.bsky.social @uosmedia.bsky.social

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A teal and grey graphic from the Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations. It displays the title of Working Paper 109: “Economic uncertainty and intentions to remain childless: Macro-economic worries or individual-level economic uncertainty?” The bottom bar shows the label “Working Paper” on the left and the date “Nov 2024” on the right.

A teal and grey graphic from the Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations. It displays the title of Working Paper 109: “Economic uncertainty and intentions to remain childless: Macro-economic worries or individual-level economic uncertainty?” The bottom bar shows the label “Working Paper” on the left and the date “Nov 2024” on the right.

➡️ Find out more about the research mentioned in the article: 'Economic uncertainty and intentions to remain #childless: Macro-economic worries or individual-level #economic uncertainty?' by Ann, with @bernicerunsonboba.bsky.social and @bperelli-harris.bsky.social: www.cpc.ac.uk/res/docs/WP_...

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Ten years after the EU referendum, Britain has become more European Britain has become more European since Brexit, with falling birth rates, young people living at home longer and economic growth matching the euro zone.

In @economist.com: "@ann-berrington.bsky.social of @uossocstatdemo.bsky.social has shown that #childless Britons who think they are faring worse than their #parents at the same age are significantly less likely to expect to have a baby. Low earners are also more likely to remain living at home."

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A promotional graphic for the CPC–CG seminar series. On the left, a classroom scene shows an audience seated and one person raising a hand while listening to a presenter. On the right, a blue panel displays the Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations logos, along with seminar details: “Julia Behrman, Northwestern University. Mapping the strength and character of the norm to have children: Evidence from the US. Online, 19 March, 15:00–16:00 GMT.

A promotional graphic for the CPC–CG seminar series. On the left, a classroom scene shows an audience seated and one person raising a hand while listening to a presenter. On the right, a blue panel displays the Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations logos, along with seminar details: “Julia Behrman, Northwestern University. Mapping the strength and character of the norm to have children: Evidence from the US. Online, 19 March, 15:00–16:00 GMT.

🧑‍🏫 Join us next week on 19 March for our #CPCCGWebinar with Julia Behrman of Northwestern University

Julia will discuss mapping the strength and character of the norm to have children, drawing on evidence from the US.

Join us online - register at: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e... @bspsuk.bsky.social

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Jobs and Women: Untapped Talent, Unrealized Growth. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. The Economic Research Forum (ERF), in collaboration with the Office of the Chief Economist for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAAP) at the World Bank, is organizing a webi...

CPC-CG member @jackiewahba.bsky.social of @unisouthampton.bsky.social is speaking at an Economic Research Forum online seminar on:

The World Bank’s #MENA #Economic Update: Jobs and women: Untapped talent, unrealized growth

25 March, 4-5pm (Cairo Local Time)

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A promotional graphic for the CPC–CG seminar series. On the left, a classroom scene shows an audience seated and one person raising a hand while listening to a presenter. On the right, a blue panel displays the Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations logos, along with seminar details: “Julia Behrman, Northwestern University. Mapping the strength and character of the norm to have children: Evidence from the US. Online, 19 March, 15:00–16:00 GMT.

A promotional graphic for the CPC–CG seminar series. On the left, a classroom scene shows an audience seated and one person raising a hand while listening to a presenter. On the right, a blue panel displays the Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations logos, along with seminar details: “Julia Behrman, Northwestern University. Mapping the strength and character of the norm to have children: Evidence from the US. Online, 19 March, 15:00–16:00 GMT.

🧑‍🏫 Join us next week on 19 March for our #CPCCGWebinar with Julia Behrman of Northwestern University

Julia will discuss mapping the strength and character of the norm to have children, drawing on evidence from the US.

Join us online - register at: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/e... @bspsuk.bsky.social

2 weeks ago 3 2 0 1