CRITEVENTS

Critical Life Events and the Dynamics of Inequality: Risk, Vulnerability, and Cumulative Disadvantage

Countries

Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland

Project Details

CRITEVENTS studies the impact of two critical life events – job loss and union dissolution – on the life trajectories of adults and their children.

The main objectives are to understand:

How job loss and union dissolution contribute to the accumulation of (dis)advantage over the life course;
What mechanisms explain the (unequal) impact of these events;
Which work and family policies are effective in targeting these mechanisms in order to reduce inequality.

Principal Investigators

Thomas Leopold
Professor, University of Cologne
Christiaan W.S. Monden
Professor, University of Oxford
Juho Härkönen
Professor, European University Institute
Daniel Oesch
Professor, University of Lausanne

Recent Publications

The intergenerational transmission of family dissolution – and how it varies by social class origin and birth cohort

Authors: Alessandro di Nallo, Daniel Oesch, | Working Paper

Stressful Life Events, Differential Vulnerability, and Depressive Symptoms: Critique and New Evidence

Authors: Lewis R. Anderson, Christiaan W.S. Monden, Erzsebet Bukodi, | Journal Article

Why do lower educated people separate more often? Life strains and the gradient in union dissolution

Authors: Bram Hogendoorn, Matthijs Kalmijn, Thomas Leopold, | Journal Article

Uncovering social stratification: Intersectional inequalities in work and family life courses by gender and race

Authors: Anette E. Fasang, Silke Aisenbrey, | Journal Article

See all publications by CRITEVENTS

Research Themes

Stakeholders

Advisory board:
Giuliano Bonoli, Social Policy, University of Lausanne
Daniela Del Boca, Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, University of Torino
Eva Bernhardt, Professor emerita of Demography, Stockholm University
Ruben van Gaalen, Demography, Statistics Netherlands and Endowed Chair Amsterdam