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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Nyt kun laitoit linkin tähän bsky:yn, tulee varmasti taas valtava määrä latauksia 😅

Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

After 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...

Work and careers are at the crosswind of change. Increased job insecurity and nonstandard employment relations, new forms of work – such as platform and gig work– and emerging new technologies with requirement for new skills, are just some of the current trends that are reshaping working life. At the same time, global turmoil and demographic changes, such as population ageing and immigration, add to uncertainties in the labour market. These changes may have wide-reaching consequences not only for work and careers, but also, for example, for workers’ (mental) health, social security, and inten-tions to start a family. Working life needs to adapt to a changing environment and workers need to adapt to a changing working life. In addition, changes affect different population groups unequally. Altogether, this poses particular challenges for social policy to design innovative solutions, to manage change effectively, and ensure a functional and socially just labour market. In this working group, we will explore the current changes in working life and the challenges it poses to individuals, workplaces and society. We will examine how these changes contribute to social inequalities. Who are the most affected and what can social policy – including labour market, education, health, pension, and family policies – do to protect the economic wellbeing and health especially of the most vulnerable groups? We invite presentations that explore and analyse recent and ongoing changes in working lives and labour markets, as well as their consequences and the policies to address them. We welcome both theoretical and empirical studies across disciplinaries.

Presentations can be held in Finnish or in English.

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Maria 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 #sequenceanalysis

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Andreas 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...

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LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

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Eläketurvakeskus @elaketurvakeskus.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Hae 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

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Wouter 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

The average future net replacement rate in the OECD is 63%.
Retirement ages are set to increase in more than half of OECD countries, on average from 64.7 to 66.4 years.
Men have higher disposable income than women in old age, at 92% and 82% of the average disposable income of the total population, respectively.
Gender gaps are large, but steadily declining, from 28% in 2007 to 23% in 2024 in the OECD on average.
Also gender gaps in career length have dropped sharply, from 10.2 to 5.9 years between 2000 and 2023 in the OECD on average.
Past fertility projections have been too optimistic. If fertility were to fall further, population ageing may be faster than currently projected, further undermining pension sustainability.

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

📊 Using sequence analysis and clustering, we find that relatively few return to work after the temporary disability pension: only around a fifth within four years after the start of the pension. The labour market status before the start strongly predicts chances of return to work 2/3

A graph displaying the 9 clusters that were found in the analysis.

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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

Screen shot of the abstract of the article: Every year, a significant number of people in Finland retire on a disability pension. Half of them are granted a temporary disability pension. Our study examines the different pathways into and out of temporary disability retirement and analyses how individual-level factors are associated with these pathways. We used comprehensive register data on Finns aged 30–58 who received a temporary disability pension in 2018 and followed them for 4 years before and after their pension claim. Sequence analysis in combination with clustering was used to identify typical patterns in and out of temporary disability pension. In addition, we examined the association between individual-level factors and the observed pathways. We identified nine distinct clusters with unique pathways. Two-thirds of the study population belonged to five clusters in which receipt of a disability pension continued for several years. The majority had been employed before receiving the pension. Only 18% belonged to a single cluster characterized by return to work, while persons in the remaining three clusters (20%) ended up in unemployment or unknown labour market states. The different pathways also differed by individual-level factors.
We identified several different pathways into and out of temporary disability pensions. Most of them were characterized by long-term disability retirement rather than return to work. A better understanding of these pathways and associated individual factors is crucial to developing more effective strategies to facilitate return to work and prevent long-term disability.

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RC28 Social Stratification @isa-rc28.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

RC28 spring meeting deadline is December 1, 2025. Looking forward to seeing you in Seville. eventos.upo.es/137585/detai...

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Suriname isn't there yet, but yeah, Dutch should be world cup's official language 😄

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

If you don’t have access to the chapter, there is also a discussion paper version: www.netspar.nl/wp-content/u....

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Together 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....

Abstract: This chapter discusses the literature with respect to the role of employers in the retirement processes of older workers and provides suggestions for future research. The first part of the chapter reviews existing theoretical insights regarding the employers’ actions and attitudes toward older workers and retirement. The next section discusses empirical findings with regard to age-related stereotypes in the workplace and age norms with respect to retirement, and presents some results from an international comparative employer study. The chapter concludes with a section on the management of retirement processes, focusing on the exit and hiring of older workers.

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LIFECON @lifecon.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Kiitos #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.

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Carla 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... 🧵👇

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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

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Satu Helske @satuhelske.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Come 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

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Katja Möhring 🦁 @katjamoe.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Very 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 💁‍♀️🙍‍♂️

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Our results show that those who had the lowest levels of quality of life were the first to retire and had the largest improvements in quality of life after retirement. Improvements in quality of life were mainly explained by increases in coping (“jaksaminen”) and satisfaction with leisure time 2/3

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Previous 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

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Maria Vaalavuo @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Our 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 😀

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(Un)happy Together—The Interrelated Life Satisfaction of Older Couples

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Andreas P. Weiland @apweiland.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Publication 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.

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

At the @work2025fi.bsky.social conference in Turku. This afternoon presenting our research on entrepreneurial entry of gig workers in Finland

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SustAgeable @sustageable.fi · 14/08/2025

Experiencing 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 #financialhardship

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Addressing financial hardship throughout the life course can improve pension adequacy - SustAgeable

Our 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 ...

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Remember 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.

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Konrad 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

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Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

In 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! 🧵

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Niko Väänänen @nikovaananen.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Since 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...

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Reversing ageism and extending working lives: the Finland model

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Nicole 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

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Laura Salonen @laursalo.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Hei 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. ❗️

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Tobias Wiß @tobiaswiss.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

What 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

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

With @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...

A description of the working group theme. Text can also be found by clicking on the link.

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Not often that there is an official mythbuster to give a keynote at a sociology conference

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Aart-Jan Riekhoff @ajriekhoff.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Heading 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!

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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Academic 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...

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Jonas 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!

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Sebastian Kluesener @demomapper.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Interested 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...

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Job Vacancies at the Federal Institute for Population Research

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Carla 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 🧵

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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

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British Society of Gerontology @britishgerontology.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Check 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.social

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Exploring pension reforms and public pension adequacy - Traute Meyer, Paul Bridgen, Lisa Davison

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Mustafa 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...

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What drives people to work in retirement? The role of work–family trajectories, finances, health, and welfare state generosity in bridge employment across Europe

Abstract. Bridge employment—retirees performing paid work before permanently retiring—is becoming increasingly common. However, it remains unclear how brid

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Social Indicators Research @socialindicators.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

We 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...

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Paolo Fornaro @paolofornaro.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Working 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...)

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Drivers of wage dispersion in Finland - Työn ja talouden tutkimus LABORE

Tutkimuksessani tarkastelen Suomen yrityssektorin palkkahajonnan pääajureita vuosina 2001–2022. Erottelen palkkahajotelmien avulla yritysten sisäisestä vaihtelusta johtuvan hajonnan osuuden toimialoje...

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Forschungsnetzwerk Alterssicherung (FNA) bei der DRV-Bund @fna.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

In 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=159

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Junge Erwachsene: prekäre Arbeit, ungewisse Rente

Die Arbeitsmarktunsicherheit junger Erwachsener hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten zugenommen. Das wirkt sich negativ auf ihre Alterssicherung aus. Ein europäisches Forschungsprojekt hat das Sparverhalten...

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Maria Vaalavuo @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Call 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...

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ESPANET 2025

University of Milan, 27th-29th August 2025

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