Alessandro Di Nallo

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How are reproductive trajectories diversifying? How do the new pathways shape health inequalities, partnership dynamics and children’s outcomes across the life course? We'll work with large-scale administrative population registers and surveys, across demography, epidemiology and sociology.

What happens to a woman's working life after a pregnancy loss? Up to one in five or six recognised pregnancies ends in a loss. We know a lot about how having a child changes women's careers, but we know very little about what happens when a pregnancy ends without one.

The study also assesses some potential mechanisms (e.g., health-related reasons, having a child post-pregnancy loss, etc.). It does suggest that a pregnancy loss, usually treated as a private grief, also has a cost at work, and that leave policies and employers should take it into account.

What happens to a woman's working life after a pregnancy loss? Up to one in five or six recognised pregnancies ends in a loss. We know a lot about how having a child changes women's careers, but we know very little about what happens when a pregnancy ends without one.

In a new article in Social Science Research, I follow more than 2,600 women in the UK from before their first pregnancy to several years after it. In the year after a loss, women's hourly pay is about 6 to 7% lower than before, even though they work the same hours.

Our paper "Sleeping With the Enemy" is featured in the Süddeutsche Zeitung in "Wie viel Gegensatz verträgt die Liebe?" (how much opposition can love bear?), Sebastian Herrmann uses our study to make a point that political difference between partners has stopped being only a matter of taste.

@brunoarpino.bsky.social and I followed British couples over years, drawing on the NHPS and the UK Household Longitudinal Study, and the ones who disagreed politically were more likely to break up. Around Brexit the pattern was sharpest. That fault line still splits dinner tables.

Using the Norwegian MoBa cohort, we find no clear evidence that mid-pregnancy PFAS concentrations are associated with a recent miscarriage among women who have not experienced any pregnancy. Open access on Environmental Research 👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Relationships are often built on shared values and beliefs, but what happens when political preferences create a divide? @brunoarpino.bsky.social and I investigated how political (mis)match affects union dissolution in @readdemography.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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.

Relationships are often built on shared values and beliefs, but what happens when political preferences create a divide? @brunoarpino.bsky.social and I investigated how political (mis)match affects union dissolution in @readdemography.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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.

In the last couple of years, I’ve explored how involuntary pregnancy loss and live birth impact mental and physical health. Two recent articles - published in Population Development Review and European Journal of Public Health - shed light on these topics.

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 the last couple of years, I’ve explored how involuntary pregnancy loss and live birth impact mental and physical health. Two recent articles - published in Population Development Review and European Journal of Public Health - shed light on these topics.

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.

In the last couple of years, I’ve explored how involuntary pregnancy loss and live birth impact mental and physical health. Two recent articles - published in Population Development Review and European Journal of Public Health - shed light on these topics.

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/...

Not all forms of job termination impact workers and their partners equally. Dismissals and redundancies (such as mass lay-offs and downsizing) have a greater effect on workers' well-being compared to the conclusion of fixed-term contracts. doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

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.

Not all forms of job termination impact workers and their partners equally. Dismissals and redundancies (such as mass lay-offs and downsizing) have a greater effect on workers' well-being compared to the conclusion of fixed-term contracts. doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

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.

Not all forms of job termination impact workers and their partners equally. Dismissals and redundancies (such as mass lay-offs and downsizing) have a greater effect on workers' well-being compared to the conclusion of fixed-term contracts. doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

In contrast, dismissals, which specifically target individual workers and are generally seen as more preventablethan redundancies, have a more significant impact. Their effects are typically observed only in the year they occur.

Not all forms of job termination impact workers and their partners equally. Dismissals and redundancies (such as mass lay-offs and downsizing) have a greater effect on workers' well-being compared to the conclusion of fixed-term contracts. doi.org/10.1093/ser/...