Mapping inequalities through the life course

Deliverables

Decomposition of between and within-country differences in the labour market attainment and well-being of young adults

Working paper: Decomposition of between and within-country differences in the labour market attainment and well-being (life satisfaction) of young adults

Selectivity and risks along educational trajectories

Working paper: Selectivity and risks along educational trajectories

Report: Unequal mid-career trajectories

Unequal mid-career trajectories (month 36)

The short- and longer-term effects of economic conditions for late career across Europe

Report/original analysis: The short- and longer-term effects of economic conditions for late career across Europe

Policy database module

Report: Institutional policy-measure geo-linked database module

Report: Synthesis across the life course and policy making levels, and perceptions of inequality

Report: Synthesis across the life course and policy making levels, and perceptions of inequality (month 36)

Changes in inequalities related to the covid-19 pandemic

Working paper: Changes in inequalities related to the covid-19 pandemic

Decomposition analyses of factors for labour market attachment and earnings in late career & between and within-country inequalities

Report/original analysis: Decomposition analyses of factors for labour market attachment and earnings in late career & between and within-country inequalities

Demographic changes and educational inequalities

Working paper: Demographic changes and educational inequalities

Cross-national pseudo-cohort analysis of the association between adverse labour market conditions, family formation and as leaving the parental home

Working paper: Cross-national pseudo-cohort analysis of the association between adverse labour market conditions and family formation (marital status and children) as well as leaving the parental home

State-of-the-art/systematic review

Report: State-of-the-art review of spillovers over the life

Experimental socio-economic database module

Report: Experimental socio-economic inequality database module

Trends in educational inequalities at the tertiary level

Working paper: Trends in educational inequalities at the tertiary level

Policy brief on evidence towards longer and more healthy work career
Cross-national pseudo-cohort analysis of the short- and longer-term effects of conditions at labour market entry

Working paper: Cross-national pseudo-cohort analysis of the short- and longer-term effects of conditions at labour market entry

Empirical study of local environment on meeting individual's basic needs, local spatial constraints

Working paper: Empirical study of local environment (e.g., housing) on meeting individual’s basic needs, local spatial constraints

Biosocial determinants of occupational prestige and link with education, health and psychosocial factors

Working paper: Biosocial determinants of occupational prestige and link with education, health and psychosocial factors

Policy brief: Improving the labour market integration and well-being of young adults in times of crisis

Policy brief: Improving the labour market integration and well-being of young adults in times of

Data management plan

Data Management Plan

Intersectionality and occupational trajectories and attainment

Working paper: Intersectionality and occupational trajectories and attainment

Report: Labour market exits

Report/original analysis: Spillover effects of late career and health trajectories

Report: Educational inequalities
BACI case studies

Report of BACI case studies examining causal impact of macro-indicators on life course outcomes

Perceptions of inequality

Report/original analysis: Individual and regional differences in perceptions of inequality

Change in the economic resources of the immediate family

Working paper: Change in the economic resources of the immediate family

Environment database module

Report: Physical environmental geo-linked database module

Report: Inequalities in early childhood and families

Report: Inequalities in early childhood and families (month 36)

Report: Inequalities in school-to-work transitions
Changes in the immediate family structure

Working paper: Changes in the immediate family structure

Plan for the exploitation and dissemination of results including communication activities
Progress report: impact & dissemination

Progress report: Impact and dissemination

Interactive dashboard

Report and launch of interactive dashboard and visualisations of complete linked database

Ethics documents for check
Policy relevant conclusions concerning the national- and regional-level factors shaping early withdrawal and work in later life

Report on policy relevant conclusions concerning the national- and regional-level factors shaping early withdrawal and work in later life

Change in the human capital of the immediate family B

Working paper: Change in the human capital of the immediate family B

Empirical study of occupational attainment with health, account for environmental inequalities

Working paper: Empirical study of occupational attainment with health, account for environmental inequalities

Life course database module

Working paper: Key socio-demographic and life course measures

Final report: impact & dissemination

Report: Impact and dissemination activities

Bayesian modelling

Report: Bayesian modelling of relationships in online dashboard

Publications

Making Places Attractive to Live: What More Can Be Done? Results from the National Workshop in the United Kingdom.

Author(s): Vono de Vilhena, Daniela
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Population Europe
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15592627

Making Places Attractive to Live: What More Can Be Done? Results from the National Workshop in Spain.

Author(s): Vono de Vilhena, Daniela
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Population Europe
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15592395

Making Places Attractive to Live: What More Can Be Done? Results from the National Workshop in Finland.

Author(s): Vono de Vilhena, Daniela
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Population Europe
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15592509

Beyond Education and Training – How Can We Adapt to Future Needs of Local Labour Markets?

Author(s): Erola, Jani; Mills, Melinda C; Heike, Solga.
Published in: Population and Policy, Issue 42, 2023, ISSN 2512-6164
Publisher: Max Planck Society/Population Europe

Improving the labour market integration and well-being of young adults in times of crisis

Author(s): Hornberg, Carla
Published in: Mapineq Policy Brief No. 2, 2024
Publisher: Turku: INVEST Research Flagship Centre / University of Turku
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.14214858

Making Places Attractive to Live: What More Can Be Done? Results from the National Workshop in Germany.

Author(s): Vono de Vilhena, Daniela
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Population Europe
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15592228

Reimagining Child Welfare – Structural Solutions to Combat Child Poverty in High-Income Countries

Author(s): Erola, Jani; Jäntti, Markus
Published in: Population and Policy, Issue 45, 2025, ISSN 2512-6164
Publisher: Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science on behalf of the collaborative network “Population Europe”

WHAT MAKES A CITY ATTRACTIVE? Insights from the Mapineq Attractive Cities Survey

Author(s): Vono de Vilhena, Daniela
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Population Europe
DOI: 10.5281/ZENODO.15682338

Month of Birth, Early Academic Achievement, and Parental Expectations of University Completion: A New Test on Sticky Expectations

Author(s): Fabrizio Bernardi, Manuel T. Valdés
Published in: Sociology of Education, Issue 98, 2025, ISSN 0038-0407
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/00380407241300306

Genetics of female and male reproductive traits and their relationship with health, longevity and consequences for offspring

Author(s): Stefania Benonisdottir, Vincent J. Straub, Augustine Kong, Melinda C. Mills
Published in: Nature Aging, Issue 4, 2025, ISSN 2662-8465
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S43587-024-00733-W

The intergenerational effect of educational expansion: evidence from a natural experiment in Spain

Author(s): Mar C Espadafor, Alicia García-Sierra
Published in: European Sociological Review, 2025, ISSN 0266-7215
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/ESR/JCAF003

Can a low emission zone improve academic performance? Evidence from a natural experiment in the city of Madrid

Author(s): Manuel T. Valdés; Mar C. Espadafor; Risto Conte Keivabu
Published in: Population and Environment, Issue 47(8), 2025, ISSN 1573-7810
Publisher: Springer Nature Link
DOI: 10.1007/S11111-025-00477-8

The importance of family-based sampling for biobanks

Author(s): Neil M. Davies, Gibran Hemani, Jenae M. Neiderhiser, Hilary C. Martin, Melinda C. Mills, Peter M. Visscher, Loïc Yengo, Alexander Strudwick Young, Matthew C. Keller
Published in: Nature, Issue 634, 2024, ISSN 0028-0836
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41586-024-07721-5

Poor air quality at school and educational inequality by family socioeconomic status in Italy

Author(s): Fabrizio Bernardi, Risto Conte Keivabu
Published in: Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Issue 91, 2024, ISSN 0276-5624
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.RSSM.2024.100932

Do All Mothers Benefit Equally? The Effect of Childcare, Parental Leave Policies and Gender Norms on the Motherhood Wage Penalty by Occupational Group

Author(s): Unt, Marge; Täht, Kadri, & Lauri, Triin
Published in: Studies of Transition States and Societies, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 1736-8758
Publisher: Tallinn University SOGOLAS & IISS
DOI: 10.58036/STSS.V17I0.1093

Economic Circumstances of Children Living in Higher and Lower-Educated Families and the Contribution of Household Structure: A Cross-Country Comparison with a Child’s Perspective

Author(s): Heiskala, L., Tuominen, M., Erola, J., & Kilpi-Jakonen, E.
Published in: Studies of Transition States and Societies, Issue 17, 2025, ISSN 1736-8758
Publisher: Tallinn University SOGOLAS & IISS
DOI: 10.58036/STSS.V17I0.1375

Poor air at school and educational inequalities by family socioeconomic status

Author(s): Bernardi , Fabrizio; Conte Keivabu, Risto
Published in: MPIDR Working Paper WP, Issue 14, 2023, ISSN 0000-0000
Publisher: Rostock, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2023-014

Polygenic prediction of occupational status GWAS elucidates genetic and environmental interplay in intergenerational transmission, careers and health in UK Biobank

Author(s): Akimova, ET; Wolfram, T; Ding, X; Tropf, FC; Mills, MC
Published in: Nature Human Behaviour, Issue 9, 2024, ISSN 2397-3374
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/S41562-024-02076-3

Socioeconomic Status, Genotype, and the Differential Effects of Parental Separation on Educational Attainment

Author(s): Fabrizio Bernardi, Gaia Ghirardi
Published in: Demography, Issue 62, 2025, ISSN 1533-7790
Publisher: Duke University Press
DOI: 10.1215/00703370-11968557

Compensating or boosting genetic propensities? Gene-family socioeconomic status interactions by educational outcome selectivity

Author(s): Gaia Ghirardi, Fabrizio Bernardi
Published in: Social Science Research, Issue 129, 2025, ISSN 0049-089X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.SSRESEARCH.2025.103174

Interaction of family SES with children’s genetic propensity for cognitive and noncognitive skills: No evidence of the Scarr-Rowe hypothesis for educational outcomes

Author(s): Gaia Ghirardi; Carlos J. Gil-Hernández; Fabrizio Bernardi; Elsje van Bergen; Perline Demange
Published in: Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Issue 92, 2024, ISSN 1878-5654
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/J.RSSM.2024.100960

The interplay between male fertility, mental health and sexual function

Author(s): Vincent J. Straub, Melinda C. Mills
Published in: Nature Reviews Urology, Issue 22, 2024, ISSN 1759-4812
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41585-024-00936-1

Strengthening the labour force participation of low-qualified individuals in Europe

Author(s): Jan Paul Heisig, Carla Hornberg, Heike Solga
Published in: European View, Issue 23, 2024, ISSN 1781-6858
Publisher: SAGE Publications
DOI: 10.1177/17816858241240614

Can a low emission zone improve academic performance? Evidence from a natural experiment in the city of Madrid

Author(s): Valdés, Manuel T; Espadafor, Mar C; Conte Keivabu, Risto
Published in: MPIDR Working Paper WP, Issue 48, 2023, ISSN 0000-0000
Publisher: Rostock, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2023-048

The geography of tertiary education inequality in Europe: a within- and cross-country analysis over time

Author(s): Bernardi, F, Lievore, I., & Valdés, M. T.
Published in: European Societies, Issue 98, 2025, ISSN 1469-8307
Publisher: MIT press
DOI: 10.1162/EUSO.A.37

Spatial Variation in the Educational Gradient of First Motherhood in Spain: Occurrence and Timing

Author(s): Manuel T. Valdés, Cristina Suero, Fabrizio Bernardi
Published in: Population, Space and Place, Issue 31, 2025, ISSN 1544-8444
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/PSP.70106

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