Valeria Ferraretto

Not only an article of interest in its field, but also a nice application of a method - event history analysis - that is used in other disciplinary sub-fields. Great things always occur when crossing disciplinary boundaries!

💰 Dual-earner couples have the highest probability to cohabit
🙋‍♂️ Men's employment remains a precondition for cohabiting
💼 Temporary employment does not discourage cohabitation.
I'm looking forward to future research and new data on this topic! (also: to seeing again 2 papers published in 2 days...😮)

While it is increasingly common to have a partner while residing in separate households, research often assumes that individuals transition from being single to cohabitation directly.
Drawing on 13 waves of the German Family Panel Pairfam (2008–2021), we find that:

Non-cohabiting Partners’ Economic Characteristics and the Transition to Living Together in Germany: A Couple-Level Perspective - European Journal of Population Living together marks an important step in the progression of intimate partner relationships. While existing literature highlights the relevance of both partners’ economic characteristics for union formation, it remains unclear whether both partners’ economic characteristics are equally linked to the transition to co-residence, whether one partner’s traits matter more, and how this varies by gender. We address these gaps by examining how the economic characteristics of women and men in non-residential relationships relate to their transition to co-residence. Using 13 waves (2008–2021) of the German Family Panel pairfam and Cox proportional hazards model, we analyse 7165 non-residential relationships, capturing dyadic data on partners’ employment status, contract type, and income. Our findings show that economic factors significantly influence the likelihood of moving in together. Couples with two employed partners are most likely to move in together, while gender plays a role when only one partner works—this transition being more likely when the man is employed. Among employed individuals, higher income increases the probability of moving in together for both men and women. Additionally, temporary employment raises the likelihood of starting a co-residence exclusively for women. Overall, results suggest that men’s employment status plays a pivotal role in this transition and that union formation is socially stratified among young adults, reinforcing gender inequalities in partnership dynamics.

The last chapter of my PhD thesis, coauth. with @nhiekel.bsky.social & @agnese-vitali.bsky.social
and hosted by @mpidr.bsky.social, was published on the European Journal of Population:
doi.org/10.1007/s106...
We study the econ determinants of the transition from living apart to living together 👫:

The study, based on GGS @ggp.bsky.social & ESS @ess-survey.bsky.social, shows that young people all over EU consider it ideal to start to cohabit, marry, and become parents during their 20s but, on average, experience these events later than their ideal timeline.
🚻Country & gender diff. persist.

Entry into adulthood is being postponed, but when do young adults intend and deem ideal to experience events? 💭A joint work w/ K. Schwanitz @utu.fi, @francescorampazzo.com & @agnese-vitali.bsky.social reveals mismatches btw ideals and reality ⬇️:

comparativepopulationstudies.de/index.php/CP...

what a nice news! Congratulations on your new position!!👏

Should we be concerned about low fertility? Øystein Kravdal discusses six possible arguments in this reflection: www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...

Here is a reminder that you still have one month (deadline August 25) to apply to the 6th TN-Square edition! 🏔️

Here is where to candidate:

webapps.unitn.it/form/it/Web/...

Don’t miss it!

#TNSquare25

Honored to be part of the team of writers behind the @unfpa.org State of the World Population 2025 report.

The real fertility crisis: The most consequential reproductive decision a person can make –when, whether and with whom to have a child– is being undermined by a set of barriers and obstacles

PopDays 2025, we are on our way! 🌞

The Trento delegation is heading to Cagliari to join the 2025 edition of PoPDays ( @aisp-sis.bsky.social ) - and hopefully squeeze in some sunny moments by the sea.

Want to catch up with our members and their works? Here is when and where you can find them:

I'm really looking forward to this! My coauthors and I will present a poster on using statistical boosting + multistate models to study romantic partnership trajectories 👫💒💔😱
Very interesting results in my (very unbiased 😜) opinion, so don't forget to stop by our poster!

- Wellbeing&health, 5/6 h 9
- Fertility, wellbeing & life course, 6/6 h 11
@rebeccasoldo.bsky.social
See you in Cagliari to discover more about the implications of fertility desires and family policies for subjective wellbeing🏄

Exciting news from the #WelFerPoli project (PI: @agnese-vitali.bsky.social, Co-PI: R.Guetto): the first results of our data collection will be presented next week at #PopDays25!✨
From the first to the last session, you can find us here: ⤵️
- Family policies, 4/6 h 16.30 @giuliafeltrin.bsky.social

🚨Fully funded PhD opportunity!

Apply now for joint St Andrews–Max Planck project on fertility trends in high-income countries.
📍Rostock & St. Andrews
🗓️ Deadline: 10 June 2025

📢 More info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/geography-su...
#PhD #Demography #FertilityResearch

Research Handbook on Partnering across the Life Course Research Handbooks in Sociology series Edited by Dimitri Mortelmans, Centre for Population, Family and Health (CPFH), University of Antwerp, Belgium, Laura Bernardi, Swiss Center of Expertise in Life Course Research (LIVES), University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and Brienna Perelli-Harris, Department of Social Statistics and Demography, University of Southampton, UK Publication Date: April 2025 ISBN: 978 1 80392 337 6 Extent: 394 pp This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com.

📚 NEW BOOK - open access!

Leading scholars explore how individual life trajectories, societal norms, and legal frameworks are shaping modern #relationships.

Co-edited by CPC member @briennaph.bsky.social

🔖 www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...

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

Volere figli in Italia: quali i costi e i benefici attesi? • Neodemos Come viene percepito l’arrivo di un figlio dai potenziali genitori in Italia? In un’analisi dei dati di Famiglie e Soggetti Sociali (2016), Rebecca Soldo, Giulia Feltrin e Valeria Ferraretto mostrano ...

📢 È online un nuovo contributo mio, di @vferraretto.bsky.social e @giuliafeltrin.bsky.social, su Neodemos:
"Volere figli in Italia: quali i costi e benefici attesi?"
www.neodemos.info/2025/04/08/v...

Il contributo è parte del progetto WelFerPoli - Well-being and Fertility Policies.

And by P09 (April 13, 8.30-10am) to discover findings from the WelFerPoli project on "Attitudes towards childbearing in a low fertility context" 👶 w/
@rebeccasoldo.bsky.social & @giuliafeltrin.bsky.social
@csisunitn.bsky.social @florenceups.bsky.social ceups.bsky.social
See you soon in Washington!

Packing for #PAA2025 (my very first #PAA conference and trip to the US...) with 2 new pieces of research! 🛩️🧳
Make sure to drop by P09 (April 12, 4-5.30pm) to learn more about age at first union & subjective wellbeing among young adults 👩‍❤️‍👨⏰, my first solo-authored work
@csisunitn.bsky.social

🆕Conference"Gender Inequalities, Fertility & the Future of Family Demography:Intersectionality in an Era of Family Complexity” kicked off @mpidr.bsky.social!Researchers from around the🌏are engaging into discussions on how gender inequalities shape fertility, families, & demographic change. #GIF2025

Thanks a lot Andreas!!

Congratulations are in order for our @vferraretto.bsky.social ! ✨

Yesterday, she brilliantly defended her PhD thesis “The Transition to Adulthood Revisited: Gender and Socio-Economic Differences in the Timing of Events Among Young Europeans”.

Yesterday my PhD has come to an end and I cannot be more grateful to my supervisor @agnese-vitali.bsky.social who made this journey more stimulating and smooth than what I possibly expected, and to all the colleagues that I met along the way. Looking forward to what's next!

thank you dear Angela!! Me too!

My first (short) article from the PhD is out! 👀
Check it out to discover a bit more on the demographics of age at self-disclosure and age at first coming out among LGB people in Europe 📝
(co-authored with my supervisor, @agnese-vitali.bsky.social !)

Well done to my brilliant colleagues at the Dep. of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Trento 🏔️ for bringing together PhD students from all the sub-fields of sociology (from political to economic to family sociology and much more) and creating room for constructive debate!💡

Thrilled to share our study in Digital Health! With Alyce Raybould, @peterampazzo.bsky.social, Ross Barker & Doug Leasure, we explore the global use of menstrual tracking apps across income levels. Key trends revealed!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Definitely very well deserved! Complimenti Angela!! 👏

Thanks a lot, Nicole!!

I am grateful to the many colleagues who gave precious feedback along the way. Analysing trends across many countries and cohorts is not an easy task 🧠