In short, political harmony (or mismatch) is a piece of the puzzle when we try to understand why some couples stay together and others break up.

We thank the CRITEVENTS project, LIVES (UniL), @erc.europa.eu's projects DisCont and BIOSFER, and @mpidr.bsky.social for their great support.

So, not only individuals' ideologies, but also big political moments - like the Brexit debate - can strain a couple’s relationship.

Our study shows that partners' political views substantially matter as much as their homogamy in age, education, religion, or ethnicity.

Second, Brexit had an impact by itself. The 2016 referendum is a case study to examine the effects of emerging political cleavages.

We found that couples with opposing views on Brexit (eg., Remain vs. Leave) had a higher risk of union dissolution.

First, we examined how political differences - measured by party closeness, voting intention, or reported vote - affect couple stability, using two British surveys (BHPS & UKHLS, 1991-2019).
We found that political heterogamy is negatively associated with relationship stability.

And huge thanks to @mpidr.bsky.social for the incredible support.

Both studies use data from @usociety.bsky.social and were funded by the Understanding Society Fellowship and the ERC Synergy Grant BIOSFER. Special thanks to @selinkoksal.bsky.social, Alice Goisis, and @heinivaisanen.bsky.social for their great comments.

In EJPH, I show that pregnancy loss significantly worsens women's perceived physical health, at least as persistently and deeply as live births, even in the long term. academic.oup.com/eurpub/artic...

Pregnancy loss, however, triggers deep, albeit short-term, emotional setbacks for women. Partners are less affected by pregnancy loss, though the effects on some indicators of SWB may be more persistent.

Women report better subjective well-being one year before and after the transition to motherhood. Men's well-being either remains stable or slightly declines post-childbirth.

In PDR, I examine how pregnancy outcomes shape subjective well-being (SWB) for women and their partners. The patterns also vary by gender. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The open access article is available on Socio-Economic Review.

This paper reveals that the state of joblessness is more complex than often portrayed in literature. The voluntariness and predictability of job end significantly influence how workers and their partners cope. Also, factors like stigma and self-perception likely play a role.

These findings also differ by gender. Women are more likely to be affected by their partners' job loss, whereas the opposite case is less common.

As one might expect, job separation significantly affects the worker more than the partner. However, less preventable and involuntary job terminations, like dismissals and redundancies, can also negatively impact the partners.

Other job separations, like fixed-term contract endings, often have minimal impact on workers who may seek jobs in advance. Terminations for undisclosed reasons are usually anticipated, with workers often feeling better afterwards, akin to resignations