Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 04/08/2026After the summer holidays it's time to start thinking ahead... e.g., about submitting your abstract to our working group on "Work and working life in times of rupture" at the Finnish social policy conference (Turku, Oct. 29-30)! Deadline for submissions is Sept. 6. sites.utu.fi/sosiaalipoli... 021
Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 19/05/2026In a new report with Susanna Sten-Gahmberg and Merja Kauhanen (@labore.fi) we use a pilot survey to identify platform workers and link these data to various registers to study their income and employment over the course of several years: www.etk.fi/en/topical-i... @elaketurvakeskus.bsky.socialetk.fiPlatform workers face more variability in income and labour market status than rest of population - Finnish Centre for PensionsPlatform workers’ taxable earned income in 2022 averaged around 32,200 euros, while those with no reported platform work earned an average of around 37,000 euros. Platform workers also earned less in… 071
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffMaria Vaalavuo @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social · 04/05/2026📢Our new @sustageable.fi working paper on immigrants' family-work trajectories and old age poverty in Finland: osf.io/preprints/so... Together with @ajriekhoff.bsky.social and @aleksikarhula.bsky.social #poverty #immigration #work #family #sequenceanalysisosf.ioOSF 174
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffAndreas P. Weiland @apweiland.bsky.social · 03/02/2026"Behind Closed Doors: Intra-Couple Pension and Wealth Gaps in Germany and Beyond" 🚪👩🦳👴 @lisdata.bsky.social / @liser.lu policy brief by @nicolekapelle.bsky.social and me out now! Read more here 👉 www.lisdatacenter.org/newsletter/n...lisdatacenter.orgLIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg 1246
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffEläketurvakeskus @elaketurvakeskus.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Hae Eläketurvakeskuksen pro gradu -palkintoa! Palkitsemme ansiokkaan eläkeaiheisen opinnäytteen vuodelta 2025. Palkinnon arvo 2 000 on euroa. www.etk.fi/ajankohtaista/pro-gradu-… #gradu #palkinto #eläke etk.fi 021
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffWouter De Tavernier @wdetavernier.bsky.social · 27/11/2025#Pensions at a Glance 2025 launched today. 🧵 with some key insights from this edition. Full report now available here: www.oecd.org/en/publicati... 1/4 1135
Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 20/11/2025📢 New article with @apolvinen.bsky.social and Riku Perhoniemi in the European Journal of Public Health! What happens to Finns who end up on a temporary disability pension, not only after the start of the pension but also before? 1/3 171
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffRC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · 19/11/2025RC28 spring meeting deadline is December 1, 2025. Looking forward to seeing you in Seville. eventos.upo.es/137585/detai... 033
Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Together with Kène Henkens and Harry van Dalen we updated the chapter on “Managing an older workforce and retirement: The employer’s perspective” for the forthcoming second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Retirement. academic.oup.com/edited-volum.... 162
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffLIFECON @lifecon.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Kiitos #sosiaalipolitiikanpäivät2025! @sustageable.fi yhteistyönä @laursalo.bsky.social & @ajriekhoff.bsky.social vetivät työryhmää työmarkkinoiden uudesta sosiaalipolitiikasta. Kiinnostavia keskusteluja työmarkkinapoluista, työelämän inklusiivisuuden tarpeesta ja uusista työn muodoista. 132
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffCarla Rowold @crowold.bsky.social · 08/09/2025💫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... 🧵👇doi.orgFull-time employment is all that matters? Quantifying the role of relevant and gender-exclusive life-course experiences for gender pension gapsAbstract. Gender pension gaps (GPGs) represent crucial indicators of gender inequalities over the life course. Despite reaching higher levels, they have re 58722
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffSatu Helske @satuhelske.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Come work on my new research project! We are studying whether and how #parentalLeave is shared in different types of families, how the use of parental leave has changed in different families since the 2000s, and how parents’ social environments influence their leave uptake. #research #hiring 02320
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffKatja Möhring 🦁 @katjamoe.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Very good summary of our @europeansocieties.bsky.social article by @ajriekhoff.bsky.social with @katikuitto.bsky.social & @lmpalomaki.bsky.social Indeed, consequences of financial hardship turn out to be quite different for men and women 💁♀️🙍♂️ 041
Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Previous research shows that retirement is often associated with changes in perceived quality of life. But does it matter WHEN you retire? And what drives those changes in the quality of life? In our new article with @lmpalomaki.bsky.social, Jyri Liukko & @sannatenhunen.bsky.social we find out 1/3 173
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffMaria Vaalavuo @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Our article with @terhia.bsky.social and Joonas Uotinen "(Un)happy Together—The Interrelated Life Satisfaction of Older Couples" published online in Social Indicators Research: rdcu.be/eBZin A fine outcome of a discussion on a bus trip back from the first @sustageable.fi consortium meeting 😀rdcu.be(Un)happy Together—The Interrelated Life Satisfaction of Older Couples 083
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffAndreas P. Weiland @apweiland.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Publication alert 🚨 @katjamoe.bsky.social @claraoverweg.bsky.social and I investigate the motherhood penalty on personal net wealth and public pension wealth for East and West German women born between 1937 and 1989. 1217
Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 21/08/2025At the @work2025fi.bsky.social conference in Turku. This afternoon presenting our research on entrepreneurial entry of gig workers in Finland 040
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffSustAgeable @sustageable.fi · 14/08/2025Experiencing financial problems during the early and mid-life course does not necessarily bear negative consequences for one’s pension income in old age, writes researcher @ajriekhoff.bsky.social on the blog. Read the full post: www.sustageable.fi/tulokset/add... #pensions #financialhardshipsustageable.fiAddressing financial hardship throughout the life course can improve pension adequacy - SustAgeableOur latest study shows that experiencing financial problems during the early and mid-life course does not necessarily bear negative consequences for one’s pension income in old age. However, a better ... 163
Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Remember to send in your abstracts for our working group on "New social policies for changing labour markets" at the Finnish Social Policy Conference (October 23-24 in Helsinki). Deadline for submissions: September 1. 043
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffKonrad Turek @kturek.bsky.social · 27/06/2025🎥 I had the pleasure of speaking with Sage Research Methods about open science, open-source knowledge production and the @cpfdata.bsky.social Comparative Panel File Open Harmonization Project. Unfortunately (and surprisingly), the full interview is behind a paywall for now: lnkd.in/e4McXwa2 152
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffPhilipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · 26/06/2025In the age of asset manager capitalism, do asset owners still matter? And what does this mean for the green transition? @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social and I investigate this through an in-depth study of how some of the most important asset owners - pension funds - invest. Now out in SER! 🧵 16933
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffNiko Väänänen @nikovaananen.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Since the mid-90s Finland has taken big steps transition from a country of early retirement to one of later retirement. This article reviews 30 years of key policy, legislative, and institutional changes that enabled Finland to confront deep-rooted ageism. urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-f...urn.fiReversing ageism and extending working lives: the Finland model 011
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffNicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · 25/06/2025🚨PhD in Quantitative Sociology @tcdsociology.bsky.social Join me for a project on “The Economics of Late-Life Divorce” 📌 €25,000/year + fees 📌 Strong quant skills & soc background needed 📌 Deadline: July 21, 2025 👉 www.tcd.ie/sociology/ab... #PhD #Sociology #Demography #QuantMethods #AcademicJobs 02613
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffLaura Salonen @laursalo.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Hei työelämätutkija! 👋 Lähetä abstrakti meidän työryhmään Sosiaalipolitiikan päiville! Hello fellow working life researcher! 👋 Send an abstract to our working group at the Social Policy Conference! Dl 1.9. ❗️ 083
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffTobias Wiß @tobiaswiss.bsky.social · 12/06/2025What do Europeans think about their public-private pension income mix? In our (@karendublin.bsky.social and Juan J Fernandez) new study in the Journal of European Social Policy, we analyse pension attitudes across 6 countries based on a novel survey: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 1/n 1106
Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 10/06/2025With @laursalo.bsky.social we're organising a working group at the Finnish social policy days. Make sure to send an abstract (FI/EN) if you're doing research on change in labour markets, underlying causes, consequences, or policies to address inequalities! DL: 1.9 www.helsinki.fi/fi/konferens... 020
Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Not often that there is an official mythbuster to give a keynote at a sociology conference 020
Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Heading out east to Lappeenranta to join the ESA RN21 mid-term conference. It so far from home that it's almost like going abroad 😅 Tomorrow I will be talking about doing research on age and ageing with register data and present new work on gig work and entrepreneurial entry. Looking forward! 130
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffMaarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Academic studies consistently show that access to citizenship has positive effects. Immigrants who become citizens experience lower unemployment, earn higher income, less likely to be overqualified for jobs & experience stronger sense of belonging eg @gathmannch.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.la... 15017
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffJonas Jessen @jonasjessen.bsky.social · 26/05/2025📣CALL FOR PAPERS 📣 Workshop on the economics of ageing and pensions tinyurl.com/2wez4wp7 Where? Berlin @wzb.bsky.social 🐻 When? November 20-21 November 🍂 For whom? Researchers at all stages in their career Anything else? Accomodation & travel cost will be covered 🚅🏨 Please circulate! 14637
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffSebastian Kluesener @demomapper.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Interested in doing a PhD on social inequalities in retirement transitions? Then join our team at the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) in Wiesbaden, Germany 😀 We offer great research conditions and a thriving research environment: www.bib.bund.de/EN/Institute...bib.bund.deJob VacanciesJob Vacancies at the Federal Institute for Population Research 025
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffCarla Rowold @crowold.bsky.social · 16/05/2025🗞️ 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... Little 🧵demographic-research.orgDemographic 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 2236
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffBritish Society of Gerontology @britishgerontology.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Check out this Centre for Population Change webinar on pension reforms & public pension adequacy. Our Emerging Researchers in Ageing Chair, Dr Lisa Davison, presents on their work with colleagues from Southampton using Luxembourg Income Study data. @cpc-cg.bsky.social @lisadavisonphd.bsky.socialyoutu.beExploring pension reforms and public pension adequacy - Traute Meyer, Paul Bridgen, Lisa DavisonYouTube video by Centre for Population Change Connecting Gens 055
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffMustafa Firat @mustafafirat.bsky.social · 13/05/2025❓What drives people to work in retirement? 👉My latest PhD paper attempts to answer this question from a life course and cross-national perspective. The paper can be read open access at Work, Aging and Retirement. doi.org/10.1093/work...doi.orgWhat drives people to work in retirement? The role of work–family trajectories, finances, health, and welfare state generosity in bridge employment across EuropeAbstract. Bridge employment—retirees performing paid work before permanently retiring—is becoming increasingly common. However, it remains unclear how brid 1216
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffSocial Indicators Research @socialindicators.bsky.social · 11/05/2025We are seeing multiple instances of reviewers doing manuscript reviews via use of AI/LLM. If you don't want to do a review the old-fashioned way, better to decline the request. Giving someone else's manuscript to AI is a violation of intellectual property rights/laws; the manuscript isn't yours... 111066313
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffEläketurvakeskus @elaketurvakeskus.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Private savings for retirement have increased significantly over the past decade. According to a comprehensive survey, especially young people save for retirement. www.etk.fi/en/topical-i... #pension #research #economyetk.fiMore than half of working-age people save for retirement, especially young people - Finnish Centre for PensionsAccording to the study, the most common pension savers are the self-employed, people with above-average incomes and Finns close to retirement age. Savings rates among people under 30 have increased… 011
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffPaolo Fornaro @paolofornaro.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Working paper alert! I use variance decomposition techniques to see how much Finnish wage inequality, and its change over time, is explained by within-firm vs between-firm (and between-industry) differences in compensations (link: labore.fi/julkaisu/dri...)labore.fiDrivers of wage dispersion in Finland - Työn ja talouden tutkimus LABORETutkimuksessani tarkastelen Suomen yrityssektorin palkkahajonnan pääajureita vuosina 2001–2022. Erottelen palkkahajotelmien avulla yritysten sisäisestä vaihtelusta johtuvan hajonnan osuuden toimialoje... 1103
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffForschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung (FNA) bei der DRV-Bund @fna.bsky.social · 15/04/2025In diesem Beitrag des sozialpolitikblog fassen Kati Kuitto und Dirk Hofäcker die Ergebnisse aus einem Forschungsprojekt zu den langfristigen Auswirkungen von Arbeitsmarktunsicherheiten auf das Sparverhalten und die Rentenansprüche junger Menschen zusammen: 👉🏼 difis.org/blog/?blog=159difis.orgJunge Erwachsene: prekäre Arbeit, ungewisse RenteDie Arbeitsmarktunsicherheit junger Erwachsener hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten zugenommen. Das wirkt sich negativ auf ihre Alterssicherung aus. Ein europäisches Forschungsprojekt hat das Sparverhalten... 073
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffMaria Vaalavuo @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Call for papers for ESPAnet #socialpolicy conference in Milan open until 24/4. We are chairing again a stream on #poverty and #inequality together with @zparolin.bsky.social @danieledmiston.bsky.social and @sbeduk.bsky.social. ✉️🖨️ www.espanetmilano2025.it/en-US/stream...espanetmilano2025.itESPANET 2025University of Milan, 27th-29th August 2025 087
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffFrank van Tubergen @frankvantubergen.bsky.social · 26/03/2025We're hiring! Vacancies for 3 permanent research positions at the Assistant/Associate Professor level at NIDI (The Hague), in the field of labor market studies, inequality, and human geography/spatial studies. #Sociology #Demography #SocialSciences #Economics nidi.nl/en/about-us/...nidi.nlVacancies - NIDIVacancies Are you interested in joining our interdisciplinary team of ambitious researchers studying population issues? Then we welcome you to reply to the vacancies at NIDI advertised below. 3 Resear... 03426
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffDemography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 28/03/2025“Declining Fertility, Human Capital & Economic Sustainability”: M Myrskyla @angelorenti.bsky.social @htikkanen.bsky.social et al show how fertility & investment in education affect pension burden. @flux-consortium.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social @pophel.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a... 04714
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffDirk Witteveen @dirkwitteveen.bsky.social · 28/03/2025New paper in International Migration Review! 📝📈 Our analyses of linked 1900–1940 US Censuses suggest that macroeconomic opportunities do not explain career growth variation variation between multi-gen US men and 1st-/2nd-gen European immigrants. with @mobarakhossain.net 🙌 doi.org/10.1177/0197...doi.orgWhat Drives Immigrant Inequalities in Career Growth in the Age of Mass Migration? - Dirk Witteveen, Mobarak Hossain, 2025This article examines the association between modernization and career growth of American men and European immigrants, focusing on heterogeneity along ancestry,... 0197
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffEläketurvakeskus @elaketurvakeskus.bsky.social · 27/03/2025The average monthly pension in Finland in 2024 was €2,100: €2,349 for men and €1,893 for women. www.etk.fi/en/topical-i... New #statistics 📈 #pension #economy #socialsecurity #Finlandetk.fiAverage monthly pension in Finland in 2024: €2,100 - Finnish Centre for PensionsIn 2024, the average monthly pension of Finns was 2,100 euros (1,977 in 2023). The median pension was 1,848 euros per month. These data stem from recent statistics of the Finnish Centre for Pensions… 043
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffSanna Kailaheimo-Björkqvist @kailaheimosanna.bsky.social · 20/03/2025My new policy brief about mental health disorders and childlessness 0103
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffMarjo Honkaranta @marjohonkaranta.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Today is the day! The first-ever ETK Pension Research Forum -webinar starts at 13 CET! If you haven't registered yet, do it now, and check our programme: www.etk.fi/en/topical-i... Warmly welcome on behalf of the organizing team! 💙 #ETKResearch #ETKPensionResearchForum #pensions #PensionReformsetk.fiNavigating Pension Reforms – Insights from Recent Research - Finnish Centre for PensionsThe presentations at the webinar will provide in-depth insights into the impact of raising the pension claiming age on labour market outcomes in Sweden, the impact of the Finnish guarantee pension on… 033
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffMariska van der Horst @mariskavdhorst.bsky.social · 17/03/2025New article published, first one of PhD-candidate Anika Chowdhury who has done impressive analyses on Dutch register data looking at retirement pathways, available open access www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgCliff-edge or atypical retirement? Exploring retirement trajectories of post-war baby boomers in The Netherlands | Ageing & Society | Cambridge CoreCliff-edge or atypical retirement? Exploring retirement trajectories of post-war baby boomers in The Netherlands 011
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffTimo Kauppinen @timok.bsky.social · 12/03/2025New publication with @aleksikarhula.bsky.social! ”Contributions of Residential and Income Mobility in Different Life Stages to Increasing Low-Income Rates in Suburban Neighbourhoods” #segregation #segregaatio #lähiöt onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....onlinelibrary.wiley.comContributions of Residential and Income Mobility in Different Life Stages to Increasing Low‐Income Rates in Suburban NeighbourhoodsSocioeconomic residential segregation has been increasing in many cities in Europe and globally. Selective migration is usually considered the main mechanism shaping the socioeconomic trajectories of... 1173
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffNicole Kapelle @nicolekapelle.bsky.social · 04/03/2025🚨I'm advertising for a PhD position (4 yrs) in quant. Sociology/Social Demography (life course, social ineq.) @tcdsociology.bsky.social! 📅 Deadline: April 21, 2025 📄 More info: www.tcd.ie/sociology/va... 🔄 Please share! #Sociology #Demography #AcademicChatter #PhDOpportunity #TrinityCollegeDublin 17878
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffHans Hämäläinen @hanshamalainen.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Our new #research examines how changes in individuals’ resources (health, financial, time) are associated with #volunteering among older Europeans. Read more: doi.org/10.1093/gero... @invest-flagship.bsky.social @netresilience.bsky.social @geronsociety.bsky.social @share-eric.bsky.social 1106
Reposted by Aart-Jan RiekhoffMatthias Collischon 🇺🇦🇪🇺 @mcollischon.bsky.social · 03/03/2025New paper with Kamila Cygan-Rehm (@tudresden.bsky.social) and Regina T. Riphahn (@fauwiso.bsky.social) out now in Socio-Economic Review (@sasemeeting.bsky.social)! We investigate how Minijobs (subisidized small jobs) affect motherhood penalties in the long run 1/13 12312