Berkay Ozcan
@berkayozcan.bsky.social
Professor of Social and Public Policy @NYU AD; @LSE
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🎉Many congratulations to @mary-aliced.bsky.social who has successfully completed her PhD, a fantastic achievement! Thank you to @berkayozcan.bsky.social and @stephenpjenkin1.bsky.social for their expert supervision.
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PhD recent completions
Recent PhD completions in the Department of Social Policy.
buff.ly
May 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🎉Many congratulations to @mary-aliced.bsky.social who has successfully completed her PhD, a fantastic achievement! Thank you to @berkayozcan.bsky.social and @stephenpjenkin1.bsky.social for their expert supervision.
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Celebrating Richard Breen’s work in honour of his retirement, with a great conference organized by @berkayozcan.bsky.social , @kbkarlson.bsky.social and Janne Jonsson
May 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Celebrating Richard Breen’s work in honour of his retirement, with a great conference organized by @berkayozcan.bsky.social , @kbkarlson.bsky.social and Janne Jonsson
I recently spoke to the Daily Mail about fertility trends in the UK. We dug into what's driving the decline and what it means for "baby deserts" and future of UK, etc.
Here's the piece + interactive map:
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
Here's the piece + interactive map:
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
Britain's 'baby deserts' shown in interactive map
Alarming figures laying bare the 'baby bust' reveal some boroughs have seen a 60 per cent decline in women having children since 2013.
www.dailymail.co.uk
March 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I recently spoke to the Daily Mail about fertility trends in the UK. We dug into what's driving the decline and what it means for "baby deserts" and future of UK, etc.
Here's the piece + interactive map:
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
Here's the piece + interactive map:
www.dailymail.co.uk/health/artic...
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We started with Matthias Doepke's presentation, discussed by @berkayozcan.bsky.social: "The Economics of Fertility: a New Era". Mind-blowing!
March 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
We started with Matthias Doepke's presentation, discussed by @berkayozcan.bsky.social: "The Economics of Fertility: a New Era". Mind-blowing!
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"Gender Inequality: Navigating New frontiers And Paradigm Shifts": what an event !! Super proud of our organizing team for making this happen! Almudena Sevilla, @berkayozcan.bsky.social @paolaprofeta.bsky.social @kenza-elass.bsky.social 🥳 A brief overview of last week's event👇
March 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"Gender Inequality: Navigating New frontiers And Paradigm Shifts": what an event !! Super proud of our organizing team for making this happen! Almudena Sevilla, @berkayozcan.bsky.social @paolaprofeta.bsky.social @kenza-elass.bsky.social 🥳 A brief overview of last week's event👇
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🎤 We kicked off the workshop this morning with the fascinating talks of Almudena Sevilla and Matthias Doepke ✨
Join us online for talks on Gender, AI, Climate Change and Transformations! 💻
@margauxsuteau.bsky.social @paolaprofeta.bsky.social @axagenderlab.bsky.social @berkayozcan.bsky.social
Join us online for talks on Gender, AI, Climate Change and Transformations! 💻
@margauxsuteau.bsky.social @paolaprofeta.bsky.social @axagenderlab.bsky.social @berkayozcan.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🎤 We kicked off the workshop this morning with the fascinating talks of Almudena Sevilla and Matthias Doepke ✨
Join us online for talks on Gender, AI, Climate Change and Transformations! 💻
@margauxsuteau.bsky.social @paolaprofeta.bsky.social @axagenderlab.bsky.social @berkayozcan.bsky.social
Join us online for talks on Gender, AI, Climate Change and Transformations! 💻
@margauxsuteau.bsky.social @paolaprofeta.bsky.social @axagenderlab.bsky.social @berkayozcan.bsky.social
I will be presenting this at the PAA in Washington DC, stop by if interested.
📢New Working Paper!
"Gifts That Bind"
✍️ @violaangelini.bsky.social @jcosta-font.bsky.social
@berkayozcan.bsky.social
Find out if receiving monetary gifts from parents increases the intensity of parent-child social contact: www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
📚More: www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
"Gifts That Bind"
✍️ @violaangelini.bsky.social @jcosta-font.bsky.social
@berkayozcan.bsky.social
Find out if receiving monetary gifts from parents increases the intensity of parent-child social contact: www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
📚More: www.cesifo.org/en/publicati...
March 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I will be presenting this at the PAA in Washington DC, stop by if interested.
I am excited about this joint workshop between LSE, Bocconi and NYU AD -- and looking forward to fantastic series of papers!
🌟Next week's Workshop! 🌟
⏲️Join us on Wednesday, March 12 at the LSE or online 👩💻
💡Topic "Gender Inequality: Navigating New Frontiers and Paradigm Shifts"
📝For more info and registration 👇
@axagenderlab.bsky.social @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social @margauxsuteau.bsky.social @berkayozcan.bsky.social
⏲️Join us on Wednesday, March 12 at the LSE or online 👩💻
💡Topic "Gender Inequality: Navigating New Frontiers and Paradigm Shifts"
📝For more info and registration 👇
@axagenderlab.bsky.social @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social @margauxsuteau.bsky.social @berkayozcan.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I am excited about this joint workshop between LSE, Bocconi and NYU AD -- and looking forward to fantastic series of papers!
I could not be more proud of Magdalena. She completed her PhD with an excellent dissertation and has already started (I'm sure doing fantastic work) at InterAmerican Development Bank (IAB) in Washington, D.C. Magda has been the glue in the PhD Programme. I'm sure LSE will miss her terribly!
🎉Congratulations to Magdalena Rossetti Youlton, who has successfully completed her PhD!
Thank you to @berkayozcan.bsky.social & @stephenpjenkin1.bsky.social for their expert supervision.
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Thank you to @berkayozcan.bsky.social & @stephenpjenkin1.bsky.social for their expert supervision.
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PhD recent completions
Recent PhD completions in the Department of Social Policy.
buff.ly
February 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I could not be more proud of Magdalena. She completed her PhD with an excellent dissertation and has already started (I'm sure doing fantastic work) at InterAmerican Development Bank (IAB) in Washington, D.C. Magda has been the glue in the PhD Programme. I'm sure LSE will miss her terribly!
Our latest version—with improved datasets and additional analyses—is out! We show that large-scale refugee migration can shape native fertility patterns.
A big thank you to my co-authors Giray Aksoy and Aya Aboulhosn and to @rfberlin.bsky.social for sharing our work!
👉 Read more below!
A big thank you to my co-authors Giray Aksoy and Aya Aboulhosn and to @rfberlin.bsky.social for sharing our work!
👉 Read more below!
🆕 RFBerlin-CReAM #DiscussionPaper: Aya Aboulhosn, Cevat Giray Aksoy, and @berkayozcan.bsky.social investigate the relationship between refugee migration and native fertility. (1/6)
February 18, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Our latest version—with improved datasets and additional analyses—is out! We show that large-scale refugee migration can shape native fertility patterns.
A big thank you to my co-authors Giray Aksoy and Aya Aboulhosn and to @rfberlin.bsky.social for sharing our work!
👉 Read more below!
A big thank you to my co-authors Giray Aksoy and Aya Aboulhosn and to @rfberlin.bsky.social for sharing our work!
👉 Read more below!
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Submit your paper to RC28 in Los Angeles for the summer 2025 meeting:
rc28.soc.ucla.edu
rc28.soc.ucla.edu
UCLA RC28 Conference
Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28) of the International Sociological Association (ISA) field of social stratification and social mobility
rc28.soc.ucla.edu
February 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Submit your paper to RC28 in Los Angeles for the summer 2025 meeting:
rc28.soc.ucla.edu
rc28.soc.ucla.edu
We are going for another round with this fantastic Workshop on Gender Inequality, now, in addition to @Bocconi and @LSE with support from @nyuad-oaa.bsky.social. Feel free to register for an online or in-person participation -- see program below👇
🚨New Workshop🚨
“𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐦 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬”
Organized by Bocconi Axa Gender Lab,the WISPPRH at the lSE, @margauxsuteau.bsky.social & NYU Abu Dhabi ✨
👩💻Online or in-person participation is more than welcome!
Registration & info👉 www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic... 🔗
“𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐦 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬”
Organized by Bocconi Axa Gender Lab,the WISPPRH at the lSE, @margauxsuteau.bsky.social & NYU Abu Dhabi ✨
👩💻Online or in-person participation is more than welcome!
Registration & info👉 www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic... 🔗
February 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
We are going for another round with this fantastic Workshop on Gender Inequality, now, in addition to @Bocconi and @LSE with support from @nyuad-oaa.bsky.social. Feel free to register for an online or in-person participation -- see program below👇
I am excited about being part of this symposium with excellent company. Please submit your papers below👇 #EconSky #Demography
January 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I am excited about being part of this symposium with excellent company. Please submit your papers below👇 #EconSky #Demography
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Faculty position in computational social science available in the division of social science at NYU Abu Dhabi. Details and application here ⬇️
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December 23, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Faculty position in computational social science available in the division of social science at NYU Abu Dhabi. Details and application here ⬇️
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Yet another study (this time by Claudia Goldin) that uses cross-sectional data, and finds evidence for a U-shaped pattern for gender equality and fertility, even though this pattern does not exist for (almost) any country across time.
www.nber.org/papers/w33311
www.nber.org/papers/w33311
January 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Yet another study (this time by Claudia Goldin) that uses cross-sectional data, and finds evidence for a U-shaped pattern for gender equality and fertility, even though this pattern does not exist for (almost) any country across time.
www.nber.org/papers/w33311
www.nber.org/papers/w33311
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We have an open call out for papers in the European Sociological Review for a special issue celebrating Richard Breen's contributions to sociology!
Deadline 15 June!
More info 👇
Deadline 15 June!
More info 👇
January 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We have an open call out for papers in the European Sociological Review for a special issue celebrating Richard Breen's contributions to sociology!
Deadline 15 June!
More info 👇
Deadline 15 June!
More info 👇
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“Improvements in income have relatively little effect on happiness,” he said … when he was in his mid-90s, “whereas improvements in health and family life have substantial impact.”
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www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/b...
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/b...
Richard A. Easterlin, ‘Father of Happiness Economics,’ Dies at 98
He put forth the so-called Easterlin paradox, finding that the richer you are doesn’t mean the more satisfied you’ll be with your life.
www.nytimes.com
January 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“Improvements in income have relatively little effect on happiness,” he said … when he was in his mid-90s, “whereas improvements in health and family life have substantial impact.”
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/b...
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/b...
My alma mater is hiring! Fantastic place to work!
We are hiring!! (2 positions) TT Assistant Professor position in #Demography and Population Health. DEADLINE 02/02/25 Please share
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NEXT CALL: Tenure Track Assistant Professor position in Demography and Population Health (REF. POL-TTPT-2025-01)
NEXT CALL: Tenure Track Assistant Professor position in Demography and
Population Health (REF. POL-TTPT-2025-01) 12.12.2024 RRSS WhatsApp RRSS
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December 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
My alma mater is hiring! Fantastic place to work!
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📢 Job: Sabino Kornrich and I are hiring a 3-year Postdoc to join us at #NYUAD to work on parenting, childhood inequalities, and parenting norms in international and comparative perspective using experimental methods. Deadline to apply: February 14, 2025. To apply: apply.interfolio.com/160976
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December 18, 2024 at 8:20 AM
📢 Job: Sabino Kornrich and I are hiring a 3-year Postdoc to join us at #NYUAD to work on parenting, childhood inequalities, and parenting norms in international and comparative perspective using experimental methods. Deadline to apply: February 14, 2025. To apply: apply.interfolio.com/160976
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Our new paper on behavioral changes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi, based on 4 rounds of a panel survey with mobile phone users #episky #IDsky
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
Controlling the first wave of the COVID–19 pandemic in Malawi: Results from a multi-round study
We investigated behavioral responses to COVID–19 in Malawi, where a first wave of the pandemic occurred between June and August 2020. Contrary to many countries on the African continent, the Governmen...
journals.plos.org
October 24, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Our new paper on behavioral changes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malawi, based on 4 rounds of a panel survey with mobile phone users #episky #IDsky
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
journals.plos.org/globalpublic...
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We're organising the 6th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of #Migration on 22-23 May 2025 in Madrid!
Keynotes: Leah Boustan (Princeton) and Dean Yang (Michigan)
Submit your papers before January 26, 2025: tinyurl.com/y2cd98kk
Keynotes: Leah Boustan (Princeton) and Dean Yang (Michigan)
Submit your papers before January 26, 2025: tinyurl.com/y2cd98kk
October 21, 2024 at 8:01 AM
We're organising the 6th Workshop on the Economics and Politics of #Migration on 22-23 May 2025 in Madrid!
Keynotes: Leah Boustan (Princeton) and Dean Yang (Michigan)
Submit your papers before January 26, 2025: tinyurl.com/y2cd98kk
Keynotes: Leah Boustan (Princeton) and Dean Yang (Michigan)
Submit your papers before January 26, 2025: tinyurl.com/y2cd98kk
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City of London chief says Brexit 'disaster' cost 40,000 finance jobs
www.reuters.com/world/uk/cit...
www.reuters.com/world/uk/cit...
City of London chief says Brexit 'disaster' cost 40,000 finance jobs
Britain's departure from the European Union cost London's financial centre about 40,000 jobs, the Lord Mayor of the City of London told Reuters, a far deeper impact from Brexit than previous estimates.
www.reuters.com
October 16, 2024 at 8:28 AM
City of London chief says Brexit 'disaster' cost 40,000 finance jobs
www.reuters.com/world/uk/cit...
www.reuters.com/world/uk/cit...
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Taking applications now for arguably one of the most attractive postdoc positions in sociology (2 openings) www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Sociology (two posts) - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
August 21, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Taking applications now for arguably one of the most attractive postdoc positions in sociology (2 openings) www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
The highlight of the week: The panel I joined @BoodleHatfield LLP, a prominent law firm, discussing legal marriage! Met family law experts & prominent (and entertaining) journalists. Grateful for the opportunity and two lessons I took:👇 insights.boodlehatfield.com/post/102j2p2... #divorce #FamilyLaw
March 17, 2024 at 2:09 AM
The highlight of the week: The panel I joined @BoodleHatfield LLP, a prominent law firm, discussing legal marriage! Met family law experts & prominent (and entertaining) journalists. Grateful for the opportunity and two lessons I took:👇 insights.boodlehatfield.com/post/102j2p2... #divorce #FamilyLaw
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New postdoc opportunity in demography and public health at NYU Abu Dhabi. Please share widely:
apply.interfolio.com/142228
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March 1, 2024 at 10:01 AM
New postdoc opportunity in demography and public health at NYU Abu Dhabi. Please share widely:
apply.interfolio.com/142228
apply.interfolio.com/142228