Our paper investigates how family income during the first 1,000 days of life, a critical developmental stage in the life course, shapes educational…
Our paper investigates how family income during the first 1,000 days of life, a critical developmental stage in the life course, shapes educational…
Changes in life expectancy across selected countries in the Western Pacific Region and their underlying risk factors, 1990–2021 In this paper we…
New paper in Social Indicators Research with Magdalena Muszyńska-Spielauer, Alyson van Raalte, and Yukiko Asada In this paper, we develop a …
The article outlines three promising research directions in the field of mortality inequalities: The emergence of a "meritocracy" of longevity …
Our paper discusses Israel's unique demographic profile, situated between Europe and the Middle East. We review recent trends in fertility, …
SUDA Demographic Colloquium Series (September 19) https://www.su.se/department-of-sociology/calendar/suda-demographic-colloquium-series-1.692353
At the Population Research Center and Center on Aging and Population Sciences Friday Seminar Series (March 22). …
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Sociology Seminar Series at Nuffield College (January 17) Social Inequalities in Bereavement across the Life Course: A Study of Four-Generation …
Measuring Jewish identity in population surveys is challenging. In most countries Jews are a small minority group, which requires wide canvassing …
Abstract: Against the backdrop of the attempted judicial overhaul, tensions between different sectors in Israeli society are intensifying. In this …
Read our paper in Early Child Development and Care.
A new decomposition method of inequality in length of life to reconcile group- and individual-based approaches to health inequality. Rather than …
Looking for a postdoctoral fellow to join an ISF-funded research project on mortality inequalities in the United States and in Israel. The position…
Do Americans who expect to live longer actually live longer? The answer varies by race and gender. For example, white men on average underestimate …
The five-year grant (with Itai Sened, Vered Blass, Asher Tishler, and Hadas Mamane Steindel) will kickstart the Applied Systems Analysis Excellence…
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The study will examine inequalities in length of life, over time, by class, gender, and race/ethnicity in Israel and the United States. It will draw…
Abstract: Israel, like other high-income countries, exhibits substantial and rising class disparities in health and mortality. Individuals with high…
Glad to have taken part in this important project, involving more than 80 researchers worldwide and led by Tim Riffe and Enrique Acosta from the Max…
The Herczeg Institute on Aging at Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (University of …
COVID-19 is often portrayed as a "disease of the elderly," but is this portrayal supported by the evidence? How does the risk of dying from …
"Regional trajectories in life expectancy and lifespan variation: Persistent inequality in two Nordic welfare states" published in PSP (with SUDA …