{"id":1139,"date":"2025-09-18T08:07:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T08:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/isasson1\/?page_id=1139"},"modified":"2025-09-18T13:27:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:27:16","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/isasson\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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February 9, 2026<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n Paper published in European Journal of Public Health with Yan Zheng and Alyson van Raalte<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\nIn recent years, several high-income countries have experienced slowdowns in mortality improvements. Prior research has focused on how those …<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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December 9, 2025<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n Awarded ERC Consolidator Grant to study social inequalities in bereavement<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\nProject DEM-LOSS aims to understand how demographic processes shape exposure to family bereavement across the life course, how that experience …<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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November 26, 2025<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n New paper in European Sociological Review with Dana Shay and Yossi Shavit<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\nOur paper investigates how family income during the first 1,000 days of life, a critical developmental stage in the life course, shapes educational…<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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November 13, 2025<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n New paper in BMC Public Health with Yan Zheng, Stefanos Tyrovolas, and Paul Yip<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\nChanges in life expectancy across selected countries in the Western Pacific Region and their underlying risk factors, 1990\u20132021\n\n\n\nIn this paper we…<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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October 15, 2025<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n \"From Lifespan Inequality to Lifespan Inequity\" published in Social Indicators Research<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\nNew paper in Social Indicators Research with Magdalena Muszy\u0144ska-Spielauer, Alyson van Raalte, and Yukiko Asada\n\n\n\nIn this paper, we develop a …<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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January 30, 2025<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n \"A New Research Agenda for Social Inequalities in Mortality\" published in PDR<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\nThe article outlines three promising research directions in the field of mortality inequalities:\n\n\n\n\nThe emergence of a \"meritocracy\" of longevity …<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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November 18, 2024<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n \"Israel as a demographic anomaly\" published in Strategic Assessment (with Alex Weinreb)<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\nOur paper discusses Israel's unique demographic profile, situated between Europe and the Middle East. We review recent trends in fertility, …<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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September 10, 2024<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n Upcoming talk at Stockholm University<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\nSUDA Demographic Colloquium Series (September 19)\n\n\n\nhttps:\/\/www.su.se\/department-of-sociology\/calendar\/suda-demographic-colloquium-series-1.692353\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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March 18, 2024<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n Upcoming talk at the University of Texas at Austin<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\nAt the Population Research Center and Center on Aging and Population Sciences Friday Seminar Series (March 22).\n\n\n\n\n…<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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February 23, 2024<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n Upcoming talk at the University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

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February 6, 2024<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n Upcoming talk at Harvard University<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\n\nhttps:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/population-development\/popcenterevents\/social-demography-seminar\/past-social-demography-seminars\n\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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January 15, 2024<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n <\/a>\n Postdoctoral vacancy at the BMI Demography Lab<\/a>\n Postdoctoral vacancy at the BMI Demography Lab<\/a>\n Postdoctoral vacancy at the BMI Demography Lab<\/a>\n Postdoctoral vacancy at the BMI Demography Lab<\/a>\n Postdoctoral vacancy at the BMI Demography Lab<\/a>\n Postdoctoral vacancy at the BMI Demography Lab<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\nSociology Seminar Series at Nuffield College (January 17)\n\n\n\nSocial Inequalities in Bereavement across the Life Course: A Study of Four-Generation …<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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September 12, 2023<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n Commentary on Measuring Jewish Identity in Population Surveys published in Contemporary Jewry<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\nMeasuring Jewish identity in population surveys is challenging. In most countries Jews are a small minority group, which requires wide canvassing …<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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July 31, 2023<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n A Demographic Perspective on Israel\u2019s Regime Crisis: New paper in Israeli Sociology (with Yossi Harpaz)<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\nAbstract: Against the backdrop of the attempted judicial overhaul, tensions between different sectors in Israeli society are intensifying. In this …<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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July 19, 2023<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n Poverty in early childhood and future educational achievements (with Dana Shay and Yossi Shavit)<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\nRead our paper in Early Child Development and Care.\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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February 7, 2023<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n \"Group- and individual-based approaches to health inequality\" published in the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (with I\u00f1aki Permanyer & Francisco Villavicencio)<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\nA new decomposition method of inequality in length of life to reconcile group- and individual-based approaches to health inequality. Rather than …<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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February 1, 2023<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n Postdoctoral vacancy at the BMI Demography Lab<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\nLooking for a postdoctoral fellow to join an ISF-funded research project on mortality inequalities in the United States and in Israel. The position…<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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January 31, 2023<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n \"Black and white differences in subjective survival expectations\" published in SSM-Population Health (with Shayna Bernstein)<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\nDo Americans who expect to live longer actually live longer? The answer varies by race and gender. For example, white men on average underestimate …<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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December 22, 2022<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n Awarded Center Grant from the Ministry of Innovation, Science & Technology<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

\nThe five-year grant (with Itai Sened, Vered Blass, Asher Tishler, and Hadas Mamane Steindel) will kickstart the Applied Systems Analysis Excellence…<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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November 30, 2022<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n Demography session at the IIASA-Israel Symposium<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

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August 18, 2022<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n Announcing the 54th annual meeting of the Israeli Sociological Society, to be held at Tel Aviv University<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

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July 31, 2022<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n Awarded ISF Personal Research Grant to study \"the social dynamics of lifespan inequality\"<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

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…<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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June 27, 2022<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n \"Class-Based Inequalities in Health and Mortality in Israel:\" review paper published in Israeli Sociology (with Atalia Regev)<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

Abstract: Israel, like other high-income countries, exhibits substantial and rising class disparities in health and mortality. Individuals with high…<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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May 19, 2021<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n Profile on COVID-19 demographic database published in International Journal of Epidemiology<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

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…<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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December 23, 2020<\/span>\n <\/div>\n

\n Upcoming Webinar: New Perspectives on Lifespan Inequality<\/a>\n <\/h4>\n

The Herczeg Institute on Aging at Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (University of …<\/p>\n <\/div>\n Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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