Alessandro Ferrara
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Alessandro Ferrara
@ferraraale.bsky.social
Postdoc at @wzb.bsky.social & @einsteinberlin.bsky.social | PhD in Sociology at @eui-eu.bsky.social | Social stratification, migration, education and health
Immigrants typically arrive in good health but experience fast health declines. Is the same true for Asylum Seekers though?

Check out my latest publication on PDR: doi.org/10.1111/padr...

Short answer: yes for (self-reported) physical health, but the opposite is true for mental health!
September 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
How do parental health shocks affect children’s well-being, personality and NEET status?

Our new paper on @jmfncfr.bsky.social l‬ suggests small or null effects in Germany.

With @jpheisig.bsky.social , Jonas Radl and Alena Scheinert

Open access here: doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
June 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Is there an Immigrant Health Paradox & unhealthy migrant assimilation in Germany?

Do findings hold in longitudinal data analyses with multiple health outcomes?

New article on SocSci&Med with Carla Grindel & @claudiabrunori.bsky.social:

doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
May 22, 2024 at 8:14 AM
When can immigrant educational selectivity explain second-generation attainment?

Renee Luthra and I outline some conditions and analyze a case where they are not met (the UK).

Check out our new paper on Social Science Research:

doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...
April 24, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Does immigrant educational selectivity explain their children’s better health at birth in Spain? Yes: but only for low birth weight and certain origin groups.

Check out our new Working Paper (with @marcocozzani.bsky.social) on Socarxiv at osf.io/preprints/so...
February 20, 2024 at 1:01 PM
CfA - International Conference: "Migration as a multi-sited phenomenon: migrant selection and the outcomes of migration". Join us next year!

When: 25-26 April 2024
Where: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Info & apply: sites.google.com/view/multisi...
November 24, 2023 at 8:45 AM