Demographic choices in young adulthood are socially stratified (Billari et al. 2019). These
choices vary significantly by one's family of origin. As studies in numerous different countries …

Starting from the second half of the twentieth century there have been dramatic changes in
the family formation pathways in most Western countries (Buchmann and Kriesi 2011; …

Increasingly, researchers claim that disparities between individuals from different family
background have increased in Western societies. Relatively little research has focused on …

The way in which family background contributes to social inequality is a key social science
question. A central goal of the CONOPP project is to advance our understanding of the role …

This open access book examines how childhood social disadvantage influences young-
adult demographic decision-making and later-life economic and well-being outcomes. This …

In recent years, multidimensional conceptualizations of social origin have become
increasingsly common in social stratification research. We provide evidence on the …

Previous research has documented that children who do not live with both biological parents
fare somewhat worse on a variety of outcomes than those who do. In this article, which is the …

The family of origin plays an important role in the demographic choices that young adults
make. There is a large body of literature linking childhood socio-economic conditions and …

Empirical research on social mobility has an arguably proud and–in the case of sociology–
long tradition (Black and Devereux, 2010, Bowles et al., 2005, Ganzeboom et al., 1991, Hout …

This thesis is a collection of four empirical studies which analyze the effects of family and
sibling characteristics on educational outcomes. The analysis in all empirical studies is …