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Lara Bister

@larabister.bsky.social
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Sociologist & Social Demographer | Postdoc at ECPD @einsteinberlin.bsky.social & @wzb.bsky.social 🇩🇪 | Affiliated with Bocconi University 🇮🇹 & @pophel.bsky.social 🇫🇮 | 🪄 Health, Family, Life Course & Child Disability | she/her

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IMPRS-PHDS @imprs-phds.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
It's great to see IMPRS-PHDS doctoral students, alumni, faculty members, and friends back at @mpidr.bsky.social for our 7th PHDS Academy and three days filled with research presentations, networking, and singing!
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Einstein Foundation Berlin @einsteinberlin.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Auch wir gratulieren @larabister.bsky.social, Postdoctoral Researcher am Einstein Center Population Diversity, mit etwas Verspätung ganz herzlich zur Auszeichnung! 💐
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WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Was für eine Nachricht! Wir gratulieren WZB-Forscherin Lara Bister zum Deutschen Studienpreis der Körber-Stiftung. Sie untersuchte erstmals die Langzeitfolgen der ostdeutschen Wirtschaftskrise für die sogenannten „Wendekinder“. wzb.eu/de/news/deut...
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Deutscher Studienpreis für Lara Bister
Die WZB-Forscherin ist für ihre Dissertation von der Körber-Stiftung mit dem ersten Preis in der Sektion Sozialwissenschaften ausgezeichnet worden. In ihrer Arbeit untersuchte sie die...
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Leibniz-Gemeinschaft @leibniz-gemeinschaft.de · 04/08/2025
Herzlichen Glückwunsch an @larabister.bsky.social vom @wzb.bsky.social und Christian Ollig vom @bredowinstitut.bsky.social für dir Auszeichnung mit dem Deutschen Studienpreis 2025 der Köber Stiftung! 🥳 👉 www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/ueber-uns/ne... 👉 www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/ueber-uns/ne...
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IMPRS-PHDS @imprs-phds.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Big congratulations to @larabister.bsky.social, alumna of the EDSD and IMPRS-PHDS programs, on winning first prize in the Social Sciences section of the Körber Foundation's German Thesis Award for her doctoral thesis on economic crises and health! Details: www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
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Lara Bister @larabister.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🐣 Another chapter from my dissertation was just published in @europeansocreview.bsky.social – Fanny Janssen (NIDI-KNAW), Tobias Vogt (@popresgroningen.bsky.social @rug.nl) & me we were wondering: Do #parents suffer too if their adult children experience #unemployment? OA-🔗: doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
Average Marginal Effects of Children’s Unemployment on their Parents’ Depression Risk Overall and over the Great Recession Phases for Fathers and Mothers; Source: Data obtained from SHARE (Börsch-Supan et al., 2013); Note: Average marginal effects of children’s unemployment on their parents’ depression risk for the overall observation period (left) and over the Great Recession phases (right) estimated for fathers and mothers from pooled and fixed-effects linear regression models (Tables S6). All estimates are provided in Table S8.Average Marginal Effects of Children’s Unemployment on their Parents’ Depression Risk Overall and for Great Recession Phases for Fathers and Mothers and by Country Groups; Source: Data obtained from SHARE (Börsch-Supan et al., 2013); Note: Average marginal effects of children’s unemployment on their parents’ depression risk for the overall observation period (left) and over the Great Recession phases (right) estimated for fathers and mothers from pooled and fixed-effects linear regression models and stratified by country groups of Northern (Panel A), Central-Western (Panel B), Southern (Panel C) and Central-Eastern European countries (Panel D). All estimates are provided in Table S8.
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Lara Bister @larabister.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Es war mir eine große Freude, meine Forschung gestern am IFB in Bamberg vorzustellen. Vielen Dank für die anregende Diskussion und das Interesse!
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WZB Berlin @wzb.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Zwischen heute erwachsenen „Wendekindern" aus Ost- und Westdeutschland gibt es deutliche gesundheitliche Unterschiede. In den aktuellen WZB-Mitteilungen schreibt @larabister.bsky.social über Ursachen für die gesundheitlichen Nachteile junger Ostdeutscher. 📰: bibliothek.wzb.eu/artikel/2024...
Bild der Berliner Mauer zum Mauerfall mit Verweis auf die WZB-Studie zur Gesundheit der WendekinderZitatkachel mit Bild von Lara Bister
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Monica Alexander @monjalexander.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Details for the #PAA2025 run below, thanks to @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social for organizing 😊 and if you’re a demog runner come join us on Strava! strava.app.link/oxhaD2a5gSb
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Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health @pophel.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Implementation of stricter alcohol policies (Finland, mid-1970s), especially alcohol advertising ban, likely protected adolescents at the time from later life alcohol-attributable adverse health. Preprint out in Epidemiology. doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000001857
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Tom VanHeuvelen @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
ESR has been crushing it recently.
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 29/11/2024
Yesterday I gave a talk at @imprs-life.bsky.social in Berlin on how siblings shape our personalities. It was a lot of fun to talk about my substantive work for a change! Slides, in case you're curious: osf.io/xepmk
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
When someone in the audience is nodding during your talk
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Rense Nieuwenhuis @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Check in on your quantiles, people, they might not be (interpreted) alright. Excellent paper by Nicolai Borgen, @andreashaupt.bsky.social, and @oyvindw.bsky.social academic.oup.com/esr/article/...
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GENUS @genus.bsky.social · 04/10/2024
New paper by @larabister.bsky.social, @peibich.bsky.social, @robertarutigliano.bsky.social using admin data on how parental leave reforms in Germany impacted women's leave length. They find significant influences on uptake for women with strong labor market attachment. 👇 🔗 tinyurl.com/d3pccpk8
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Nicole Hiekel @nhiekel.bsky.social · 15/10/2024
My research group Gender Inequalities and Fertility @mpidr.bsky.social happily hosted Dr. Elena Bastianelli today who presented fascinating findings from a vignette study on the changing family ideals in Italy and Spain.
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Valeria Ferraretto @vferraretto.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
We have worked on this study since the early days of my PhD, and I am so happy to see it published! Some changes are impressive: among the 1980s cohort, the probability of not being parent by age 35 is 44% among men and 26% among women (all over EU). ⤵️ www.demographic-research.org/articles/vol...
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Demographic Research - The transition to adulthood in Europe at the intersection of gender and parental socioeconomic status (Volume 51 - Article 23 | Pages 723–762)
Volume 51 - Article 23 | Pages 723–762
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Lara Bister @larabister.bsky.social · 02/10/2024
📢 New paper out in @genus.bsky.social on women's selection into different #parentalleave lengths in Germany 🤱💼🇩🇪 /w @peibich.bsky.social & @robertarutigliano.bsky.social Check out the paper here: doi.org/10.1186/s411...
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Who is affected by parental leave reforms? Women’s selection into different parental leave lengths across recent policy reforms in Germany - Genus
Public parental leave schemes aim to facilitate women’s reconciliation of family and employment after their transition into motherhood. While parental leave policies underwent several reforms over the...
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Population Research Centre Groningen @popresgroningen.bsky.social · 04/06/2024
Our colleague @larabister.bsky.social defended her thesis yesterday! Well done Dr. Bister👏🏼 Interested in reading more? pure.rug.nl/ws/portalfil...
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Prof Keith Marzilli Ericson @profericson.bsky.social · 11/03/2024
🚨New working paper!🚨 Non-Binary Gender Economics. Gender econ has almost exclusively measured gender as binary. But 1+ million people in US identify as non-binary. Nat'l Academies + American Psych Assn recommend better measurement of gender v. bio sex. www.nber.org/papers/w32222 Thread: (1/n)
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Non-Binary Gender Economics
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 16/03/2024
Do you find Bluesky too quiet? Not sure how to connect with others? I've updated my New To Bluesky? Here Are Some Tips! post. Feel free to share with anyone who needs it! If you have your own #BlueSkyTips to share, pls reply below or post on your own feed with the hashtag. I'm still learning, too!
Illustration of a person sitting alone on a green hill looking at a sign that reads 'Bluesky' upside down, with a speech bubble filled with a crowd of happy people above. Text reads 'New to Bluesky? Here are some tips.' A QR code and the URL 'debbieohi.link/bluesky-tips' are provided for more information. Artwork by Debbie Ridpath Ohi.
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 12/03/2024
Are you a serious social scientist considering using "generation" labels in your actual research? Here is all you need to know: #demography #generations
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Andreas Hövermann @andreashoev.bsky.social · 08/03/2024
Für mehr Geschlechtergerechtigkeit! #Weltfrauentag #InternationalWomensDay
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Verrückte Geschichte @drguidoknapp.bsky.social · 08/03/2024
1979: Am Int. Frauentag demonstrieren in Teheran Zehntausende Frauen gegen das Verschleierungsgebot ("Wir haben nicht eine Revolution gemacht, um rückwärts zu gehen!"). Das Regime gibt zunächst nach, erneuert das Gebot später aber. Strafe bei Verstoß: bis zu 74 Peitschenhiebe.
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Andreas Hövermann @andreashoev.bsky.social · 08/03/2024
Welche Auswirkungen hätte die Einführung der Kindergrundsicherung? Neue @boeckler-stiftung.bsky.social-geförderte Studie zeigt: Sie bekämpft Kinderarmut und erhöht Chancengleichheit, Beschäftigung (bis 2050 +155.500 VZ-äquivalente Stellen) und gesamtwirtschaftliche Produktion (+11,3 Mrd.€/Jahr).
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Population Research Centre Groningen @popresgroningen.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
⬇️ New #PopDigest on the post-reunification economic crisis in East Germany and its long-term health effects in young adults by our colleague @larabister.bsky.social
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Lara Bister @larabister.bsky.social · 06/03/2024
New #PopDigest out on the post-reunification economic crisis in East Germany and its long-term health effects in young adults, w/ Jeroen Spijker, Fanny Janssen & Tobias Vogt @popresgroningen.bsky.social. population-europe.eu/research/pop... Many thanks to Population Europe for their help!
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Philipp Dierker @philippdierker.bsky.social · 28/02/2024
I am happy to use my first skeet (do we still say that here?) to share that this paper with Martin Diewald on parental support strategies in response to children's school performance, which is based on my master’s thesis, is now published online #OpenAccess in ESR (doi.org/10.1093/esr/...)
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Compensation or accentuation? How parents from different social backgrounds decide to support their children
Abstract. Previous research has shown that parents respond to differences in their children’s potential by providing them with different levels of support, and
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Tim Gill @timgill924.bsky.social · 25/02/2024
A lot going on in this world but I’m glad someone is finally speaking out about the violence of the literature review 👏🏻
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Lidia Panico @lidiapanico.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
The EAPS working group on Child and Adolescent Development will be hosting a Masterclass for early career researchers before the EPC conference in Edinburgh, June 12th. Abstract deadline March 1st. A great opportunity for those working on childhood, and broadly within a demography perspective.
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Lara Bister @larabister.bsky.social · 15/02/2024
New research out on family structure changes and stress in children using biomarkers ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Zuzana Zilincikova @zilincikova.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
🟦👍Great to see our research centre on Bluesky. Please follow @popresgroningen.bsky.social
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Kieron Barclay @kieronbarclay.bsky.social · 13/02/2024
We are looking for a new doctoral student in Sociological Demography. Hosted by the Department of Sociology / Demography Unit (SUDA) here at Stockholm University. Salaried position with good conditions! Deadline: March 1st. More details via the link below.
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PhD Student Positions - Stockholm University
PhD Student Positions
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Pauline Kleinschlömer @p-kleinschloemer.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
Our study on changes in family structure and children’s stress, using a biomarker as a proxy for objective stress measurements, has finally been published in the JHSB. Joint work w/ @minekuhn.bsky.social, @larabister.bsky.social, Tobias Vogt and Sandra Krapf Check it out doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Analyzing the Impact of Family Structure Changes on Children’s Stress Levels Using a Stress Biomarker - Pauline Kleinschlömer, Mine Kühn, Lara Bister, Tobias C. Vogt, Sandra Krapf, 2024
Changes in family structure (e.g., parental separation or stepfamily formation) are associated with a deterioration in children’s well-being. Most researchers h...
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Lara Bister @larabister.bsky.social · 05/01/2024
📅🤱❤️‍🩹 Which maternity leave length is most beneficial for women's health? Social Policy Blog Post based on our recent article published in the Journal of Social Policy, read here: 🔗 socialpolicyblog.com/2024/01/05/w...
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Ilya Kashnitsky @ikashnitsky.phd · 28/12/2023
Dear DEMOGRAPHERS 🙌 Following my bibliographic exploration of a *subjective* selection of demographic journals I want to run a study to explore the question more objectively. Please consider participating 🤝 forms.gle/5Eh7VSTvRWa3... (feedback welcome) #demography #AcademicSky #ScientificPublishing
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Pauline Kleinschlömer @p-kleinschloemer.bsky.social · 11/12/2023
Out new paper on family structure changes and children’s stress was featured in DER WELT (GER), joint work w/ @minekuhn.bsky.social, @larabister.bsky.social, Tobias Vogt, Sandra Krapf. Check out the corresponding podcast episode www.welt.de/podcasts/aha... 🚨 Paper will be out soon, stay tuned!
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Trennung: Wie sich die Erfahrung der Kinder auf das spätere Leben auswirkt - WELT
Kinder leiden lange an den Folgen einer Scheidung oder Trennung. Forscher können nach Experimenten nun ein hohes Stress-Level belegen. Eine der Expertinnen erklärt, was in der Studie gemessen wurde ...
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Kathrin Kühn @kathrinkuehn.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
Für die Bewältigung gesellschaftlicher Krisen braucht es Daten über die Menschen selbst. Doch die großen repräsentativen Panel sind unter Druck. Steigende Kosten wegen größeren Aufwands für face-to-face (Menschen wollen sich weniger gerne befragen lassen). www.deutschlandfunk.de/unter-druck-... 1/
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Unter Druck: Das Erheben repräsentativer Befragungsdaten wird schwieriger
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 04/12/2023
New paper: of 5000 PhDs awarded at large Dutch uni, men were about twice as likely to receive a cum laude degree even if they had same supervisor. Difference most severe with all male PhD committees & reduces with more female members. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Gender inequality in cum laude distinctions for PhD students - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Gender inequality in cum laude distinctions for PhD students
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Lara Bister @larabister.bsky.social · 04/12/2023
👫💊💼📉How does #PartnerUnemployment affect #MentalHealth across different #EconomicContexts? Will present this study as a poster today at the #DutchDemgraphyDay, joint work with colleagues from @PRUhelsinkiuni @PopResGroningen @NIDI_KNAW Looking forward to seeing you there!🤗
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
Call for sessions and strands at the next British Society for Population Studies conference is now out. Deadline for proposals 15 January. Conference will be held at University of Bath 9-11 Sept 2024
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Annual Conference
The British Society for Population Studies holds an annual conference in a different venue each September.
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GENUS @genus.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
…and GENUS is on Bluesky! 🎊 As far as we can see, we are among the first demographic journals to join the other place 🌤️ While we wait for the others to join, feel free to have a look at our most recent articles here👇 🔗 genus.springeropen.com/articles
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Lara Bister @larabister.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
First post on here! 🫐 📢 Call for papers! 2024 Annual Meeting of the German Demographic Association & the Demographic Societies of the Nordic Countries. Submit to my & Jonathan Wörn's session on "The impact on sickness & health on family members" 👪⚕️📈, deadline is 27 Nov 23 tinyurl.com/t2cymy9e
Session title: The impact of sickness and health on family members in young families.
Chairs: Lara Bister (Milan/Helsinki), Jonathan Wörn (Oslo)

Severe sickness of a person can have a strong impact on the situation of their family members. While this is well-known in the context of older family members with care needs, this session focuses on the situation in young families, where parents live together with their minor children who fell sick. 

This session welcomes contributions in three domains: associations and causality, vulnerability and resilience, and impact pathways, regardless of the specific type of illness or disability under scrutiny, including congenital disorders, mental health issues, substance abuse problems, accidents, and other health problems.
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