Elena Pojman
@elenapojman.com
postdoc at mpidr studying gender, kinship, social demography, and work & family
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New paper in Social Science Research 📄
Using expenditure data, we find same-sex couples are modestly more likely than different-sex couples to outsource housework. Much of this gap reflects higher education and paid work hours, though much is unexplained. Free access for 50 days: tinyurl.com/ssossr
Using expenditure data, we find same-sex couples are modestly more likely than different-sex couples to outsource housework. Much of this gap reflects higher education and paid work hours, though much is unexplained. Free access for 50 days: tinyurl.com/ssossr
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hope to see your work, especially in the realm of caregiving and/or LGBTQ+ kinship!
Call for Papers!
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
hope to see your work, especially in the realm of caregiving and/or LGBTQ+ kinship!
New paper in Social Science Research 📄
Using expenditure data, we find same-sex couples are modestly more likely than different-sex couples to outsource housework. Much of this gap reflects higher education and paid work hours, though much is unexplained. Free access for 50 days: tinyurl.com/ssossr
Using expenditure data, we find same-sex couples are modestly more likely than different-sex couples to outsource housework. Much of this gap reflects higher education and paid work hours, though much is unexplained. Free access for 50 days: tinyurl.com/ssossr
tinyurl.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New paper in Social Science Research 📄
Using expenditure data, we find same-sex couples are modestly more likely than different-sex couples to outsource housework. Much of this gap reflects higher education and paid work hours, though much is unexplained. Free access for 50 days: tinyurl.com/ssossr
Using expenditure data, we find same-sex couples are modestly more likely than different-sex couples to outsource housework. Much of this gap reflects higher education and paid work hours, though much is unexplained. Free access for 50 days: tinyurl.com/ssossr
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I am thrilled to announce that my first PhD paper, 'Analysing biases in genealogies using demographic microsimulation', co-authored with @demography.bsky.social and @ezagheni.bsky.social, has already been published in the European Journal of Population. rdcu.be/eTImq
Analysing Biases in Genealogies Using Demographic Microsimulation
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December 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I am thrilled to announce that my first PhD paper, 'Analysing biases in genealogies using demographic microsimulation', co-authored with @demography.bsky.social and @ezagheni.bsky.social, has already been published in the European Journal of Population. rdcu.be/eTImq
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📢 New dataset for researchers!
The new European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) Dataset tracks parenting leave regulations over five decades! It provides harmonised data on maternity, co-parent, paid parental, and job-protected leave across 21 countries from 1970 to 2024.
🔗 eplp-dataset.org
The new European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) Dataset tracks parenting leave regulations over five decades! It provides harmonised data on maternity, co-parent, paid parental, and job-protected leave across 21 countries from 1970 to 2024.
🔗 eplp-dataset.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
📢 New dataset for researchers!
The new European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) Dataset tracks parenting leave regulations over five decades! It provides harmonised data on maternity, co-parent, paid parental, and job-protected leave across 21 countries from 1970 to 2024.
🔗 eplp-dataset.org
The new European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) Dataset tracks parenting leave regulations over five decades! It provides harmonised data on maternity, co-parent, paid parental, and job-protected leave across 21 countries from 1970 to 2024.
🔗 eplp-dataset.org
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WelcomeWeeks@MPIDR
We welcome Elena Pojman 👏👏👏. Before MPIDR, Elena was a dual-title Ph.D. candidate in sociology and demography at Penn State University. Her research focuses on social stratification & how it affects how people spend their time & money.
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/go/welcomeEP
We welcome Elena Pojman 👏👏👏. Before MPIDR, Elena was a dual-title Ph.D. candidate in sociology and demography at Penn State University. Her research focuses on social stratification & how it affects how people spend their time & money.
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/go/welcomeEP
December 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
WelcomeWeeks@MPIDR
We welcome Elena Pojman 👏👏👏. Before MPIDR, Elena was a dual-title Ph.D. candidate in sociology and demography at Penn State University. Her research focuses on social stratification & how it affects how people spend their time & money.
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/go/welcomeEP
We welcome Elena Pojman 👏👏👏. Before MPIDR, Elena was a dual-title Ph.D. candidate in sociology and demography at Penn State University. Her research focuses on social stratification & how it affects how people spend their time & money.
https://www.demogr.mpg.de/go/welcomeEP
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The call for applications for the Summer Incubator 2026 at the @mpidr.bsky.social is open!
Deadline: Jan 14, 2026.
Topics/Teams:
1) Spatial Mobility and Scientific Production
2) Digitalization, AI and Inequalities
Check out the brand new website for information:
www.incubator.demogr.mpg.de
Deadline: Jan 14, 2026.
Topics/Teams:
1) Spatial Mobility and Scientific Production
2) Digitalization, AI and Inequalities
Check out the brand new website for information:
www.incubator.demogr.mpg.de
November 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The call for applications for the Summer Incubator 2026 at the @mpidr.bsky.social is open!
Deadline: Jan 14, 2026.
Topics/Teams:
1) Spatial Mobility and Scientific Production
2) Digitalization, AI and Inequalities
Check out the brand new website for information:
www.incubator.demogr.mpg.de
Deadline: Jan 14, 2026.
Topics/Teams:
1) Spatial Mobility and Scientific Production
2) Digitalization, AI and Inequalities
Check out the brand new website for information:
www.incubator.demogr.mpg.de
What can demography teach us about the "gay cousin at Thanksgiving" meme?
A lot! If you were born in the 80s, 90s, or 00s, you could have one queer cousin, on average*. Younger cohorts have fewer cousins overall, but still have a strong share who are queer.
* for an American woman in 2023.
A lot! If you were born in the 80s, 90s, or 00s, you could have one queer cousin, on average*. Younger cohorts have fewer cousins overall, but still have a strong share who are queer.
* for an American woman in 2023.
November 27, 2025 at 10:45 AM
What can demography teach us about the "gay cousin at Thanksgiving" meme?
A lot! If you were born in the 80s, 90s, or 00s, you could have one queer cousin, on average*. Younger cohorts have fewer cousins overall, but still have a strong share who are queer.
* for an American woman in 2023.
A lot! If you were born in the 80s, 90s, or 00s, you could have one queer cousin, on average*. Younger cohorts have fewer cousins overall, but still have a strong share who are queer.
* for an American woman in 2023.
Reposted by Elena Pojman
Gaza: Study Reveals Unprecedented Losses of Life & Life Expectancy
Researchers from MPIDR & the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) investigated the impact of the conflict in Gaza on mortality. Life expectancy 2024 fell to nearly half the level expected without the war. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/GazaLE
Researchers from MPIDR & the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) investigated the impact of the conflict in Gaza on mortality. Life expectancy 2024 fell to nearly half the level expected without the war. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/GazaLE
November 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Gaza: Study Reveals Unprecedented Losses of Life & Life Expectancy
Researchers from MPIDR & the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) investigated the impact of the conflict in Gaza on mortality. Life expectancy 2024 fell to nearly half the level expected without the war. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/GazaLE
Researchers from MPIDR & the Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) investigated the impact of the conflict in Gaza on mortality. Life expectancy 2024 fell to nearly half the level expected without the war. www.demogr.mpg.de/go/GazaLE
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My latest article was recently published in Ethnic & Racial Studies. A 🧵:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9WABN...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9WABN...
Through the looking glass: reexamining family structure’s contribution to racial inequality in life chances
Black–white differences in rates of marriage, two-parent families, and single parenthood have long been regarded as a fundamental cause of U.S. racial inequality. Nonetheless, this perspective over...
www.tandfonline.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My latest article was recently published in Ethnic & Racial Studies. A 🧵:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9WABN...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9WABN...
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🚨 #Hiring! 3yr #postdoc w/survey methodology experience to join the ERC-project SINGLE for its next stage of designing & launching a comparative multidisciplinary singlehood #survey in EU. Research area is open!
Application deadline: 12-Jan-2026 (12PM CET). Barcelona-based.
👉🏻 shorturl.at/CmY0F
Application deadline: 12-Jan-2026 (12PM CET). Barcelona-based.
👉🏻 shorturl.at/CmY0F
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🚨 #Hiring! 3yr #postdoc w/survey methodology experience to join the ERC-project SINGLE for its next stage of designing & launching a comparative multidisciplinary singlehood #survey in EU. Research area is open!
Application deadline: 12-Jan-2026 (12PM CET). Barcelona-based.
👉🏻 shorturl.at/CmY0F
Application deadline: 12-Jan-2026 (12PM CET). Barcelona-based.
👉🏻 shorturl.at/CmY0F
hope to see your work, especially in the realm of caregiving and/or LGBTQ+ kinship!
Call for Papers!
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
hope to see your work, especially in the realm of caregiving and/or LGBTQ+ kinship!
Reposted by Elena Pojman
Call for Papers!
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Call for Papers!
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
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4 days left! Submit your work by Sunday, Oct. 5. Join demographers and social and health scientists at all career stages, from the US and abroad, next May in St. Louis, Missouri for #PAA2026. buff.ly/HoZlR1U
October 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
4 days left! Submit your work by Sunday, Oct. 5. Join demographers and social and health scientists at all career stages, from the US and abroad, next May in St. Louis, Missouri for #PAA2026. buff.ly/HoZlR1U
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This new study from @nber.org analyzed the imapct of 2013 Texas abortion laws, finding bans cause “significant economic hardship” and widen income inequality, translating into higher rates of “financially motivated crime, such as theft and burglary.”
www.nber.org/papers/w34245
www.nber.org/papers/w34245
Abortion, Economic Hardship, and Crime
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
September 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This new study from @nber.org analyzed the imapct of 2013 Texas abortion laws, finding bans cause “significant economic hardship” and widen income inequality, translating into higher rates of “financially motivated crime, such as theft and burglary.”
www.nber.org/papers/w34245
www.nber.org/papers/w34245
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👶 In 1960, most women had their first child by age 22. By 2023, the median was 27. Education plays a role: doi.org/10.25035/ncf...
September 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
👶 In 1960, most women had their first child by age 22. By 2023, the median was 27. Education plays a role: doi.org/10.25035/ncf...
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🚨New Publication🚨
In the August Issue of #PRPR, England & Xu present evidence that challenges the applicability of Second Demographic Transition theory to the U.S.—where disadvantage predicts cohabitation and non-marital births.
Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In the August Issue of #PRPR, England & Xu present evidence that challenges the applicability of Second Demographic Transition theory to the U.S.—where disadvantage predicts cohabitation and non-marital births.
Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
U.S. Women’s First Family-Forming Transitions to Cohabitation or Birth: Differences by Racial and Socioeconomic Disadvantage Challenge the Theory of the Second Demographic Transition - Population Rese...
Which do U.S. women do first—cohabit, have a birth, or marry? At what age do they experience this first family-forming event? How do these patterns differ by race, socioeconomic background, and their ...
link.springer.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🚨New Publication🚨
In the August Issue of #PRPR, England & Xu present evidence that challenges the applicability of Second Demographic Transition theory to the U.S.—where disadvantage predicts cohabitation and non-marital births.
Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In the August Issue of #PRPR, England & Xu present evidence that challenges the applicability of Second Demographic Transition theory to the U.S.—where disadvantage predicts cohabitation and non-marital births.
Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I'm organizing Session 804 - Families and Inequalities. Looking forward to reading your excellent submissions!
The submission site is now open! Submit your work to #PAA2026 — Deadline is Sunday, October 5. www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...
August 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I'm organizing Session 804 - Families and Inequalities. Looking forward to reading your excellent submissions!
New in Rural Sociology: Caregiver well-being varies across rural, surburban, and urban places.
We find:
- Rural & surburban caregivers are worse-off than urbanites.
- State-level family policy matters little.
Caregivers deserve support, & policy should reflect that.
doi.org/10.1111/ruso...
We find:
- Rural & surburban caregivers are worse-off than urbanites.
- State-level family policy matters little.
Caregivers deserve support, & policy should reflect that.
doi.org/10.1111/ruso...
Does Caregiver Well‐Being Differ by Rurality and State Policy Environment? Identifying a Well‐Being Typology for Rural, Suburban, and Urban Caregivers
Despite caregiving making up a considerable portion of how individuals and governments spend their time and money, its impacts on caregivers' well-being are not well understood. In this article, we i....
doi.org
August 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
New in Rural Sociology: Caregiver well-being varies across rural, surburban, and urban places.
We find:
- Rural & surburban caregivers are worse-off than urbanites.
- State-level family policy matters little.
Caregivers deserve support, & policy should reflect that.
doi.org/10.1111/ruso...
We find:
- Rural & surburban caregivers are worse-off than urbanites.
- State-level family policy matters little.
Caregivers deserve support, & policy should reflect that.
doi.org/10.1111/ruso...
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Finally got this banger of a title out: 𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠, 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠.
If your descriptive figures and your model tell different stories, trust the figure. (And maybe rethink the model.)
👉 📄 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If your descriptive figures and your model tell different stories, trust the figure. (And maybe rethink the model.)
👉 📄 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Sometimes, a descriptive figure is worth more than a thousand model coefficients: the importance of data description in social research
Many social research questions aim at understanding relationships between different phenomena, and increasingly complex multivariate statistical models are often employed to address these questions...
www.tandfonline.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Finally got this banger of a title out: 𝑆𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠, 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠.
If your descriptive figures and your model tell different stories, trust the figure. (And maybe rethink the model.)
👉 📄 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
If your descriptive figures and your model tell different stories, trust the figure. (And maybe rethink the model.)
👉 📄 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New research brief from @elenapojman.com and Florence Becot on caregiving in the northeast region of the U.S.
The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD) has published a fourth brief in its caregiving research brief series. The brief describes the caregiving experience for rural, suburban & urban caregivers in the Northeast region of the US. Full brief ➡️
Rural-Suburban-Urban Differences in Caregiving in the Northeast U.S. Region - Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
Enhancing the capacity of Land Grant Universities to foster regional prosperity and rural development.
buff.ly
July 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
New research brief from @elenapojman.com and Florence Becot on caregiving in the northeast region of the U.S.
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The call for @wfrn.bsky.social papers is open! Join us in lovely Montreal June 17-20. The 2026 theme is Centering Care across the Life Course. Preconferences for Early Career Fellows and Predocs, plus plenty of social activities.
Submit by Oct 1. All the info here: wfrn.org/2026-work-an...
Submit by Oct 1. All the info here: wfrn.org/2026-work-an...
2026 Work and Family Researchers Network Conference - Work and Family Researchers Network
ABOUT THE EVENT
Work and Family Researchers Network next conference will be June 17-20, 2026 at Concordia University in Montreal Canada. The WFRN will host preconference events on June 17, including ...
wfrn.org
June 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The call for @wfrn.bsky.social papers is open! Join us in lovely Montreal June 17-20. The 2026 theme is Centering Care across the Life Course. Preconferences for Early Career Fellows and Predocs, plus plenty of social activities.
Submit by Oct 1. All the info here: wfrn.org/2026-work-an...
Submit by Oct 1. All the info here: wfrn.org/2026-work-an...
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Women already do 2/3 of the unpaid care in the US, equating to $683 billion a year in unpaid care work. infogram.com/1pdd7xxy9p5x...
June 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Women already do 2/3 of the unpaid care in the US, equating to $683 billion a year in unpaid care work. infogram.com/1pdd7xxy9p5x...
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4% of marriages each year are now to same-sex marriage! 10 years of love wins! www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resour...
June 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
4% of marriages each year are now to same-sex marriage! 10 years of love wins! www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resour...
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In “Changing Demographic Rates Reshape Kinship Networks,” @shajiang.bsky.social W Zuo, Z Guo & S Tuljapurkar “explore how demographic transition, especially the speed of transition, affects the number & age of kin” & kin networks. @stanford.edu @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
June 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In “Changing Demographic Rates Reshape Kinship Networks,” @shajiang.bsky.social W Zuo, Z Guo & S Tuljapurkar “explore how demographic transition, especially the speed of transition, affects the number & age of kin” & kin networks. @stanford.edu @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
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#MorningReads
@rinreczek.bsky.social shows estrangement from family isn't just psychological—it's cultural. Findings show the repertoire of democratized kinship is used to create strategies of action to estrange. #pureintemacy #relationshipdisruption #relationshipexit
@rinreczek.bsky.social shows estrangement from family isn't just psychological—it's cultural. Findings show the repertoire of democratized kinship is used to create strategies of action to estrange. #pureintemacy #relationshipdisruption #relationshipexit
Mapping the Cultural Repertoires of Family Estrangement: A New Theory of Democratized Kinship
Abstract. Research on the causes of family of origin estrangement—the severing of contact between family of origin members—has focused on the psychological
academic.oup.com
June 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
#MorningReads
@rinreczek.bsky.social shows estrangement from family isn't just psychological—it's cultural. Findings show the repertoire of democratized kinship is used to create strategies of action to estrange. #pureintemacy #relationshipdisruption #relationshipexit
@rinreczek.bsky.social shows estrangement from family isn't just psychological—it's cultural. Findings show the repertoire of democratized kinship is used to create strategies of action to estrange. #pureintemacy #relationshipdisruption #relationshipexit