Sarah Schmauk
@sschmauk.bsky.social
Social demographer | Postdoc Einstein Center Population Diversity | PhD at DYNAMICS | life course, family, old-age & retirement
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How is separation after childbirth linked to the labour earnings trajectories of mothers in Sweden and West Germany? Are there differences by mothers’ socioeconomic position?
👉 New paper by @sschmauk.bsky.social & A.-K. Nylin!
🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
👉 New paper by @sschmauk.bsky.social & A.-K. Nylin!
🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
October 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
How is separation after childbirth linked to the labour earnings trajectories of mothers in Sweden and West Germany? Are there differences by mothers’ socioeconomic position?
👉 New paper by @sschmauk.bsky.social & A.-K. Nylin!
🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
👉 New paper by @sschmauk.bsky.social & A.-K. Nylin!
🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
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I‘m very happy to share that my thesis “Couples‘ Careers and Women’s Financial Security in Later Life” has been awarded the Dissertation Prize of the Section Social Policy of @dgsoziologie.bsky.social
♾️-thanks to @katjamoe.bsky.social and Bernhard Ebbinghaus for their invaluable support!
#dgs2025
♾️-thanks to @katjamoe.bsky.social and Bernhard Ebbinghaus for their invaluable support!
#dgs2025
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I‘m very happy to share that my thesis “Couples‘ Careers and Women’s Financial Security in Later Life” has been awarded the Dissertation Prize of the Section Social Policy of @dgsoziologie.bsky.social
♾️-thanks to @katjamoe.bsky.social and Bernhard Ebbinghaus for their invaluable support!
#dgs2025
♾️-thanks to @katjamoe.bsky.social and Bernhard Ebbinghaus for their invaluable support!
#dgs2025
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💫Very happy to share that my first single-authored paper has been published in @sfjournal.bsky.social. I suggest to combine Life Course Feature Selection with Ñopo decomposition to disentangle which life-course events drive gender inequalities such as Gender Pension Gaps doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
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Full-time employment is all that matters? Quantifying the role of relevant and gender-exclusive life-course experiences for gender pension gaps
Abstract. Gender pension gaps (GPGs) represent crucial indicators of gender inequalities over the life course. Despite reaching higher levels, they have re
doi.org
September 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
💫Very happy to share that my first single-authored paper has been published in @sfjournal.bsky.social. I suggest to combine Life Course Feature Selection with Ñopo decomposition to disentangle which life-course events drive gender inequalities such as Gender Pension Gaps doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
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Researching inequalities among older adults? Interested in uncovering gender biases in quantitative research? Join us for a FemQuant seminar where @crowold.bsky.social will discuss Invisible Biases & Unequal Outcomes.
🗓️ 18 Sept 📍Online
Check time in your time zone & register 👇
🗓️ 18 Sept 📍Online
Check time in your time zone & register 👇
Seminar Series
The FemQuant seminar series brings together researchers from across the social sciences who explore the combination of feminist research commitments and quantitative research methods. We aim …
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September 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Researching inequalities among older adults? Interested in uncovering gender biases in quantitative research? Join us for a FemQuant seminar where @crowold.bsky.social will discuss Invisible Biases & Unequal Outcomes.
🗓️ 18 Sept 📍Online
Check time in your time zone & register 👇
🗓️ 18 Sept 📍Online
Check time in your time zone & register 👇
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We are hiring a 3-year postdoc for the ERC-funded WEALTHTRAJECT project at DIW Berlin. More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
DIW Berlin: Researcher (f/m/x)
www.diw.de
June 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We are hiring a 3-year postdoc for the ERC-funded WEALTHTRAJECT project at DIW Berlin. More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
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🗞️ Hot off the (last month’s) press: Happy to finally share that the paper with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social on family life course predictors of wealth has been published in @demresjournal.bsky.social ! See the whole article (open access 🫶) here: www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
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Demographic Research - Uncovering what matters: Family life-course aspects and personal wealth in late working age (Volume 52 - Article 22 | Pages 689–740)
Volume 52 - Article 22 | Pages 689–740
www.demographic-research.org
May 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🗞️ Hot off the (last month’s) press: Happy to finally share that the paper with @nicolekapelle.bsky.social on family life course predictors of wealth has been published in @demresjournal.bsky.social ! See the whole article (open access 🫶) here: www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
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📚 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
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
April 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
📚 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
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
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‼️JOB ALERT‼️
Come join the team 😊 Open Postdoc position at the Chair of Sociology, Family & Work
100%, 3 years, extension possible. Research interest in life course, gender inequality, pension, income/wealth, attitudes etc.
Apply by 31 May
DM me for questions👨💻👩🏫🦸
tinyurl.com/y6as7nxy
Come join the team 😊 Open Postdoc position at the Chair of Sociology, Family & Work
100%, 3 years, extension possible. Research interest in life course, gender inequality, pension, income/wealth, attitudes etc.
Apply by 31 May
DM me for questions👨💻👩🏫🦸
tinyurl.com/y6as7nxy
tinyurl.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
‼️JOB ALERT‼️
Come join the team 😊 Open Postdoc position at the Chair of Sociology, Family & Work
100%, 3 years, extension possible. Research interest in life course, gender inequality, pension, income/wealth, attitudes etc.
Apply by 31 May
DM me for questions👨💻👩🏫🦸
tinyurl.com/y6as7nxy
Come join the team 😊 Open Postdoc position at the Chair of Sociology, Family & Work
100%, 3 years, extension possible. Research interest in life course, gender inequality, pension, income/wealth, attitudes etc.
Apply by 31 May
DM me for questions👨💻👩🏫🦸
tinyurl.com/y6as7nxy
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Der #GenderPayGap macht sich auch in den Rentenansprüchen bemerkbar. Das belegt eine Studie von DIW-Forscher @phaan.bsky.social. Vor allem Mütter haben deutlich niedrigere Ansprüche als kinderlose Frauen. Die Anrechnung von Kindererziehungszeiten verringert die Lücke kaum
www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
March 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Der #GenderPayGap macht sich auch in den Rentenansprüchen bemerkbar. Das belegt eine Studie von DIW-Forscher @phaan.bsky.social. Vor allem Mütter haben deutlich niedrigere Ansprüche als kinderlose Frauen. Die Anrechnung von Kindererziehungszeiten verringert die Lücke kaum
www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c....
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Very excited to share that my first solo-authored paper is published in @demresjournal.bsky.social! ✨ I explore key trends in intimate partner violence (IPV) in Colombia over time and examine its relationship with infant health.
Read more here 👇
Read more here 👇
Research by @stefaniamolina.bsky.social examines the role of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the association between mothers' partnership status and infant health in Colombia. www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
Demographic Research - Unmarried motherhood and infant health: The role of intimate partner violence in Colombia (Volume 52 - Article 6 | Pages 141–178)
Volume 52 - Article 6 | Pages 141–178
www.demographic-research.org
January 22, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Very excited to share that my first solo-authored paper is published in @demresjournal.bsky.social! ✨ I explore key trends in intimate partner violence (IPV) in Colombia over time and examine its relationship with infant health.
Read more here 👇
Read more here 👇
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❓ How fair is the division of labor around first childbirth? Women feel it is most fair near birth but increasingly unfair as the child grows, while men’s perceptions remain unchanged.
▶️ New publication by Maria Hornung & @comochia.bsky.social open access!
🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
▶️ New publication by Maria Hornung & @comochia.bsky.social open access!
🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
January 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
❓ How fair is the division of labor around first childbirth? Women feel it is most fair near birth but increasingly unfair as the child grows, while men’s perceptions remain unchanged.
▶️ New publication by Maria Hornung & @comochia.bsky.social open access!
🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
▶️ New publication by Maria Hornung & @comochia.bsky.social open access!
🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
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Are you going to #PAA2025 and work with sequence analysis? Then submit your paper to our pre-PAA sequence analysis workshop, happening right before #PAA2025, same venue, on April 9 - free of charge! You only need a 200-word abstract 🚀 and can also just register for attendance.
See y'all there! 🤗
See y'all there! 🤗
CALL FOR PAPERS!
One day workshop on sequence analysis on April 9, 2025 in Washington DC (before the @popassocamerica.bsky.social annual meeting). Free of charge - onsite only event.
For expressing your interest in attending and/or presenting a paper: sequenceanalysis.org/conference/
One day workshop on sequence analysis on April 9, 2025 in Washington DC (before the @popassocamerica.bsky.social annual meeting). Free of charge - onsite only event.
For expressing your interest in attending and/or presenting a paper: sequenceanalysis.org/conference/
January 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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📢 Flexible working supposedly addresses women's work-family conflicts but is less prevalent in women-dominated occupations. @aljoschajacobi.bsky.social, @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social & I explore why and how this has changed over past decades
Out in @socialindicators.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
Out in @socialindicators.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
January 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
📢 Flexible working supposedly addresses women's work-family conflicts but is less prevalent in women-dominated occupations. @aljoschajacobi.bsky.social, @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social & I explore why and how this has changed over past decades
Out in @socialindicators.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
Out in @socialindicators.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1007/s112...
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We are hiring a postdoc for the deciphe.eu project at @diw.de. Work with @svidal.bsky.social, @sbeduk.bsky.social, S. Zinn, M. Medgyesi, myself, and other fantastic team members to understand the intergenerational persistence in homeownership in Europe! More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
DECIPHE Research Project
deciphe.eu
November 29, 2024 at 9:53 AM
We are hiring a postdoc for the deciphe.eu project at @diw.de. Work with @svidal.bsky.social, @sbeduk.bsky.social, S. Zinn, M. Medgyesi, myself, and other fantastic team members to understand the intergenerational persistence in homeownership in Europe! More details here: www.diw.de/sixcms/detai...
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I’m looking for an RA to work 20-30h during Jan-March 2025.
Ideally (quasi-)native speakers of Swedish, and it involves reading policy/legal docs related to education and climate change. 24.92GBP/hour
If you or someone you know are interested email me at a.valentim@lse.ac.uk!
Ideally (quasi-)native speakers of Swedish, and it involves reading policy/legal docs related to education and climate change. 24.92GBP/hour
If you or someone you know are interested email me at a.valentim@lse.ac.uk!
December 17, 2024 at 2:32 PM
I’m looking for an RA to work 20-30h during Jan-March 2025.
Ideally (quasi-)native speakers of Swedish, and it involves reading policy/legal docs related to education and climate change. 24.92GBP/hour
If you or someone you know are interested email me at a.valentim@lse.ac.uk!
Ideally (quasi-)native speakers of Swedish, and it involves reading policy/legal docs related to education and climate change. 24.92GBP/hour
If you or someone you know are interested email me at a.valentim@lse.ac.uk!
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The Sustainable Ageing Working Group of the European Association for Population Studies announces its first conference!
11-12 September 2025
Padua, Italy
Deadline for submissions: 21 March 2025
See the attached call for papers for further details tinyurl.com/4u7ajh8c
@valeriabordone.bsky.social
11-12 September 2025
Padua, Italy
Deadline for submissions: 21 March 2025
See the attached call for papers for further details tinyurl.com/4u7ajh8c
@valeriabordone.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 1:44 PM
The Sustainable Ageing Working Group of the European Association for Population Studies announces its first conference!
11-12 September 2025
Padua, Italy
Deadline for submissions: 21 March 2025
See the attached call for papers for further details tinyurl.com/4u7ajh8c
@valeriabordone.bsky.social
11-12 September 2025
Padua, Italy
Deadline for submissions: 21 March 2025
See the attached call for papers for further details tinyurl.com/4u7ajh8c
@valeriabordone.bsky.social
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Our new AJS article shows that high earning family and work life courses are remarkably similar in different countries, but differ much for low earners. This is related to country specific policies structuring especially the low-earning life courses.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Lives in Welfare States: Life Courses, Earnings Accumulation, and Relative Living Standards in Five European Countries1 | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 130, No 2
How do work and family life courses differ in welfare states with varying emphasis on the state, market, and family for welfare provision? The authors compare life courses until midlife in Denmark, Fi...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 25, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Our new AJS article shows that high earning family and work life courses are remarkably similar in different countries, but differ much for low earners. This is related to country specific policies structuring especially the low-earning life courses.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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New pub @europeansocieties.bsky.social!🚀 @apweiland.bsky.social & I explore intra-couple gaps in retirees’ fin. resources. We find (1) diff. in East↔️West Germany, (2)⬆️ gaps in pension than net wealth, (3) diff. in spouses’ employ. explain gaps in pension but not in net wealth: osf.io/preprints/os...
November 19, 2024 at 4:21 PM
New pub @europeansocieties.bsky.social!🚀 @apweiland.bsky.social & I explore intra-couple gaps in retirees’ fin. resources. We find (1) diff. in East↔️West Germany, (2)⬆️ gaps in pension than net wealth, (3) diff. in spouses’ employ. explain gaps in pension but not in net wealth: osf.io/preprints/os...
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I made a Starter Pack!
But I got tired after 70 names. Intended to be inclusive of the #work-family adjacent and interdisciplinary
Reply if you'd like to be added and please RT
@wfrn.bsky.social @cwfjournal.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/63Jq944
#Sociology #Demography #hdfs #PoliSky #academicsky
But I got tired after 70 names. Intended to be inclusive of the #work-family adjacent and interdisciplinary
Reply if you'd like to be added and please RT
@wfrn.bsky.social @cwfjournal.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/63Jq944
#Sociology #Demography #hdfs #PoliSky #academicsky
November 15, 2024 at 12:57 AM
I made a Starter Pack!
But I got tired after 70 names. Intended to be inclusive of the #work-family adjacent and interdisciplinary
Reply if you'd like to be added and please RT
@wfrn.bsky.social @cwfjournal.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/63Jq944
#Sociology #Demography #hdfs #PoliSky #academicsky
But I got tired after 70 names. Intended to be inclusive of the #work-family adjacent and interdisciplinary
Reply if you'd like to be added and please RT
@wfrn.bsky.social @cwfjournal.bsky.social
go.bsky.app/63Jq944
#Sociology #Demography #hdfs #PoliSky #academicsky
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Poverty and social policy started pack with EU focus. Wave to be added.
go.bsky.app/BQXryVx
go.bsky.app/BQXryVx
November 14, 2024 at 12:16 PM
Poverty and social policy started pack with EU focus. Wave to be added.
go.bsky.app/BQXryVx
go.bsky.app/BQXryVx
Don't miss the submission deadline for the Divorce Conference 2024 - this year we will meet in Berlin!
www.uni-due.de/divorce-conf...
www.uni-due.de/divorce-conf...
April 12, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Don't miss the submission deadline for the Divorce Conference 2024 - this year we will meet in Berlin!
www.uni-due.de/divorce-conf...
www.uni-due.de/divorce-conf...
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Im neuen Einstein Center Population Diversity (ECPD) kommen Forschende verschiedener Berliner Einrichtungen zusammen. Am Beispiel der Familie gehen sie den aktuellen demografischen Veränderungen nach. Heute nimmt es für 6 Jahre seine Forschung auf: einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2024/...
April 9, 2024 at 8:07 AM
Im neuen Einstein Center Population Diversity (ECPD) kommen Forschende verschiedener Berliner Einrichtungen zusammen. Am Beispiel der Familie gehen sie den aktuellen demografischen Veränderungen nach. Heute nimmt es für 6 Jahre seine Forschung auf: einsteinfoundation.de/presse/2024/...
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🚨JOB ALERT 🚨
We're hiring 3 postdocs for the new Einstein Center Population Diversity. Work with a fantastic team of social scientists and biomedical researchers in the city of Berlin! Details: bit.ly/3RX0GpZ
Apply by Feb 7 & dm or email for questions.
We're hiring 3 postdocs for the new Einstein Center Population Diversity. Work with a fantastic team of social scientists and biomedical researchers in the city of Berlin! Details: bit.ly/3RX0GpZ
Apply by Feb 7 & dm or email for questions.
3 Postdoctoral Research Fellows (f/m/x) / ID 242
The research units Skill Formation and Labor Markets (Director: Professor Heike Solga) and Health and Inequality (Head: Professor Jan Paul Heisig) at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) are...
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January 11, 2024 at 10:16 AM
🚨JOB ALERT 🚨
We're hiring 3 postdocs for the new Einstein Center Population Diversity. Work with a fantastic team of social scientists and biomedical researchers in the city of Berlin! Details: bit.ly/3RX0GpZ
Apply by Feb 7 & dm or email for questions.
We're hiring 3 postdocs for the new Einstein Center Population Diversity. Work with a fantastic team of social scientists and biomedical researchers in the city of Berlin! Details: bit.ly/3RX0GpZ
Apply by Feb 7 & dm or email for questions.
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📢Job Alert: We´re recruiting 10 Doctoral Researchers
@dynamics.bsky.social Program studying #DemographicChange, #DemocraticProcesses and #PublicPolicy @hertieschool.bsky.social and Humboldt-University Berlin.
Great Job, great city, vibrant research community! Come and join our team in Berlin!
@dynamics.bsky.social Program studying #DemographicChange, #DemocraticProcesses and #PublicPolicy @hertieschool.bsky.social and Humboldt-University Berlin.
Great Job, great city, vibrant research community! Come and join our team in Berlin!
December 11, 2023 at 3:31 PM
📢Job Alert: We´re recruiting 10 Doctoral Researchers
@dynamics.bsky.social Program studying #DemographicChange, #DemocraticProcesses and #PublicPolicy @hertieschool.bsky.social and Humboldt-University Berlin.
Great Job, great city, vibrant research community! Come and join our team in Berlin!
@dynamics.bsky.social Program studying #DemographicChange, #DemocraticProcesses and #PublicPolicy @hertieschool.bsky.social and Humboldt-University Berlin.
Great Job, great city, vibrant research community! Come and join our team in Berlin!
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Absolutely excited that the DFG has just approved the renewal of @dynamics.bsky.social 🥳🍾 We are delighted to train 20 additional PhD students working on demography, democracy and public policy during the next 5 years at Humboldt University and @hertieschool.bsky.social! www.dfg.de/service/pres...
DFG fördert zwölf neue Graduiertenkollegs
Weiterlesen
www.dfg.de
November 9, 2023 at 8:17 AM
Absolutely excited that the DFG has just approved the renewal of @dynamics.bsky.social 🥳🍾 We are delighted to train 20 additional PhD students working on demography, democracy and public policy during the next 5 years at Humboldt University and @hertieschool.bsky.social! www.dfg.de/service/pres...