Giammarco Alderotti
Biographic Data
| ID | 146315 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Giammarco Alderotti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Giammarco |
| FAMILY NAME | Alderotti |
| SIGNATURE | ALDEROTTI G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florence |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7988-8385 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 100 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Overqualified, still satisfied? Revisiting job satisfaction among overqualified migrants
Overqualification – possessing qualifications exceeding job requirements – is a persistent challenge in many high-income countries and disproportionately affects migrant workers. However, little is known about how migrants’ overqualification influences their job satisfaction across different groups. Using the Labour Force Survey and Heckman selection models, this study examines these dynamics in Italy – a revealing case given its relatively recen…
Positive demography
A positive demography agenda extends beyond addressing aging-related needs; it requires investments in younger generations to help them prepare for long and fulfilling lives. Achieving this vision necessitates interdisciplinary collaboration, innovation in data collection, and a methodological shift from forecasting to backcasting-identifying present actions necessary to shape a desirable demographic future
Formal Childcare Use and Mothers’ Fertility Intentions and Behaviours
Numerous studies have explored the influences of family policies, such as formal childcare use, and migration on fertility, with mixed findings. However, limited research has examined how formal childcare use (or the lack thereof) affects both fertility intentions and behaviours among native and migrant women. This study uses Italy as a case study, where the familistic welfare system creates challenges in work–family reconciliation and female wor…
Can Family Policies Enhance Fertility? An Ex Ante Evaluation Through Factorial Survey Experiments
This article explores the family policies–fertility nexus by assessing the potential impact of parental leaves, childcare services, and child benefits on fertility through a factorial survey experiment (FSE). We focus on Italy, where persistently low fertility rates are often linked to limited welfare support for families. We surveyed 4,022 respondents aged 20–44 and exposed them to various scenarios characterized by different family policy packa…
Partners' health and silver splits in Europe
Objective Building on the Theory of Dyadic Illness Management, this paper addresses the correlates of silver splits—voluntary union dissolutions after age 50—among mixed‐gender couples in Europe focusing on the role of partners' health status. Background Family diversity at older ages is growing in wealthy countries, with late union dissolutions increasingly occurring through separation and divorce rather than widowhood. Nonetheless, the correlat…
Health in early adulthood and fertility
Health is rarely used as an explanatory variable in fertility studies in high-income contexts, unlike in low-income settings. Using the 1958 National Child Development Study, we explore how self-rated health (SRH) and body mass index (BMI) at age 23 relate to achievement of fertility goals by age 46. We find that worse SRH and a BMI outside the healthy range at age 23 are strongly associated with lower fertility and underachieving fertility goals…
Unstable employment careers and (quasi-)completed fertility
Most research on the fertility consequences of labour market instability has focussed on the transition to parenthood, ignoring potential 'catching up' effects and, thus, the more encompassing view on cohort fertility. This work extends on this point by analysing the consequences of employment instability on (quasi-)completed fertility for men and women in Italy. From a cohort perspective, we look at fertility outcomes at age 41 among those who e…
Employment uncertainty and parenthood
This study aims to quantify the extent to which union formation mediates the relationship between employment uncertainty and the transition to parenthood, taking Italy as a case study. Research on the determinants of low fertility is increasingly shedding light on the negative effects of employment uncertainty. It is generally acknowledged that partnership formation plays a fundamental mediating role, as uncertain employment conditions may hamper…
The Big Five personality traits and earnings
Natives’ and immigrants’ fertility intentions in Europe
In several European countries, births to immigrant women represent more than 10% of all births [Sobotka 2008]; however, there is evidence showing that in the aftermath of the Great Recession migrants’ fertility might have fallen more pronouncedly among migrants than natives [Sobotka 2017].With this study, we aim to provide further evidence about the employment/fertility link among migrants by focusing on the relationship between employment and fe…
Natives’ and migrants’ employment uncertainty and childbearing during the great recession
This study contributes to the empirical research on the fertility decline registered in Europe in the aftermath of the Great Recession adopting a comparative perspective. We explore childbearing behavior during the crisis across three dimensions of vulnerability: migration background (measured as: country of origin and length of stay in the destination country), labor market uncertainty, and country of residence. We compare childbearing behavior …
Silver splits’ in Europe
â Silver splitsâ â the union dissolutions after the age of 50 â have received growing attention in both the press and nonacademic discourse. Nonetheless, while there is a vast amount of research on the sociodemographic, health-related, and economic conseque
Employment Instability and Fertility in Europe
The relationship between employment instability and fertility is a major topic in demographic research, with a proliferation of published papers on this matter, especially since the Great Recession. Employment instability, which most often manifests in unemployment or time-limited employment, is usually deemed to have a negative effect on fertility, although different fertility reactions are hypothesized by sociological theories, and micro-level …
Health status and fertility intentions among migrants
The role of health has never entered the debate about migrant fertility. The main goal of this work was to explore, for the first time, the relationship between health and fertility intentions among migrants by gender, duration of stay and parity. Three health measures were considered: self‐rated health, the presence of chronic illnesses and mental health. We compiled data from the Italian survey "Social Condition and Integration of Foreign Citiz…
Employment Instability and Fertility in Europe
The relationship between employment instability and fertility is a major topic in demographic research, with a proliferation of published papers on this matter, especially since the Great Recession. Employment instability, which most often manifests in unemployment or time-limited employment, is usually deemed to have a negative effect on fertility, although different fertility reactions are hypothesized by sociological theories, and micro-level …
Health status and fertility intentions among migrants
The role of health has never entered the debate about migrant fertility. The main goal of this work was to explore, for the first time, the relationship between health and fertility intentions among migrants by gender, duration of stay and parity. Three health measures were considered: self‐rated health, the presence of chronic illnesses and mental health. We compiled data from the Italian survey "Social Condition and Integration of Foreign Citiz…
The Big Five personality traits and earnings
Natives’ and migrants’ employment uncertainty and childbearing during the great recession
This study contributes to the empirical research on the fertility decline registered in Europe in the aftermath of the Great Recession adopting a comparative perspective. We explore childbearing behavior during the crisis across three dimensions of vulnerability: migration background (measured as: country of origin and length of stay in the destination country), labor market uncertainty, and country of residence. We compare childbearing behavior …
Silver splits’ in Europe
â Silver splitsâ â the union dissolutions after the age of 50 â have received growing attention in both the press and nonacademic discourse. Nonetheless, while there is a vast amount of research on the sociodemographic, health-related, and economic conseque
Can Family Policies Enhance Fertility? An Ex Ante Evaluation Through Factorial Survey Experiments
This article explores the family policies–fertility nexus by assessing the potential impact of parental leaves, childcare services, and child benefits on fertility through a factorial survey experiment (FSE). We focus on Italy, where persistently low fertility rates are often linked to limited welfare support for families. We surveyed 4,022 respondents aged 20–44 and exposed them to various scenarios characterized by different family policy packa…
Positive demography
A positive demography agenda extends beyond addressing aging-related needs; it requires investments in younger generations to help them prepare for long and fulfilling lives. Achieving this vision necessitates interdisciplinary collaboration, innovation in data collection, and a methodological shift from forecasting to backcasting-identifying present actions necessary to shape a desirable demographic future
Partners' health and silver splits in Europe
Objective Building on the Theory of Dyadic Illness Management, this paper addresses the correlates of silver splits—voluntary union dissolutions after age 50—among mixed‐gender couples in Europe focusing on the role of partners' health status. Background Family diversity at older ages is growing in wealthy countries, with late union dissolutions increasingly occurring through separation and divorce rather than widowhood. Nonetheless, the correlat…
Unstable employment careers and (quasi-)completed fertility
Most research on the fertility consequences of labour market instability has focussed on the transition to parenthood, ignoring potential 'catching up' effects and, thus, the more encompassing view on cohort fertility. This work extends on this point by analysing the consequences of employment instability on (quasi-)completed fertility for men and women in Italy. From a cohort perspective, we look at fertility outcomes at age 41 among those who e…
Health in early adulthood and fertility
Health is rarely used as an explanatory variable in fertility studies in high-income contexts, unlike in low-income settings. Using the 1958 National Child Development Study, we explore how self-rated health (SRH) and body mass index (BMI) at age 23 relate to achievement of fertility goals by age 46. We find that worse SRH and a BMI outside the healthy range at age 23 are strongly associated with lower fertility and underachieving fertility goals…
Employment Instability and Fertility in Europe
The relationship between employment instability and fertility is a major topic in demographic research, with a proliferation of published papers on this matter, especially since the Great Recession. Employment instability, which most often manifests in unemployment or time-limited employment, is usually deemed to have a negative effect on fertility, although different fertility reactions are hypothesized by sociological theories, and micro-level …
Health status and fertility intentions among migrants
The role of health has never entered the debate about migrant fertility. The main goal of this work was to explore, for the first time, the relationship between health and fertility intentions among migrants by gender, duration of stay and parity. Three health measures were considered: self‐rated health, the presence of chronic illnesses and mental health. We compiled data from the Italian survey "Social Condition and Integration of Foreign Citiz…
Natives’ and immigrants’ fertility intentions in Europe
In several European countries, births to immigrant women represent more than 10% of all births [Sobotka 2008]; however, there is evidence showing that in the aftermath of the Great Recession migrants’ fertility might have fallen more pronouncedly among migrants than natives [Sobotka 2017].With this study, we aim to provide further evidence about the employment/fertility link among migrants by focusing on the relationship between employment and fe…
Natives’ and migrants’ employment uncertainty and childbearing during the great recession
This study contributes to the empirical research on the fertility decline registered in Europe in the aftermath of the Great Recession adopting a comparative perspective. We explore childbearing behavior during the crisis across three dimensions of vulnerability: migration background (measured as: country of origin and length of stay in the destination country), labor market uncertainty, and country of residence. We compare childbearing behavior …
Silver splits’ in Europe
â Silver splitsâ â the union dissolutions after the age of 50 â have received growing attention in both the press and nonacademic discourse. Nonetheless, while there is a vast amount of research on the sociodemographic, health-related, and economic conseque
The Big Five personality traits and earnings
Employment uncertainty and parenthood
This study aims to quantify the extent to which union formation mediates the relationship between employment uncertainty and the transition to parenthood, taking Italy as a case study. Research on the determinants of low fertility is increasingly shedding light on the negative effects of employment uncertainty. It is generally acknowledged that partnership formation plays a fundamental mediating role, as uncertain employment conditions may hamper…
Positive demography
A positive demography agenda extends beyond addressing aging-related needs; it requires investments in younger generations to help them prepare for long and fulfilling lives. Achieving this vision necessitates interdisciplinary collaboration, innovation in data collection, and a methodological shift from forecasting to backcasting-identifying present actions necessary to shape a desirable demographic future
Formal Childcare Use and Mothers’ Fertility Intentions and Behaviours
Numerous studies have explored the influences of family policies, such as formal childcare use, and migration on fertility, with mixed findings. However, limited research has examined how formal childcare use (or the lack thereof) affects both fertility intentions and behaviours among native and migrant women. This study uses Italy as a case study, where the familistic welfare system creates challenges in work–family reconciliation and female wor…
Can Family Policies Enhance Fertility? An Ex Ante Evaluation Through Factorial Survey Experiments
This article explores the family policies–fertility nexus by assessing the potential impact of parental leaves, childcare services, and child benefits on fertility through a factorial survey experiment (FSE). We focus on Italy, where persistently low fertility rates are often linked to limited welfare support for families. We surveyed 4,022 respondents aged 20–44 and exposed them to various scenarios characterized by different family policy packa…
Partners' health and silver splits in Europe
Objective Building on the Theory of Dyadic Illness Management, this paper addresses the correlates of silver splits—voluntary union dissolutions after age 50—among mixed‐gender couples in Europe focusing on the role of partners' health status. Background Family diversity at older ages is growing in wealthy countries, with late union dissolutions increasingly occurring through separation and divorce rather than widowhood. Nonetheless, the correlat…
Health in early adulthood and fertility
Health is rarely used as an explanatory variable in fertility studies in high-income contexts, unlike in low-income settings. Using the 1958 National Child Development Study, we explore how self-rated health (SRH) and body mass index (BMI) at age 23 relate to achievement of fertility goals by age 46. We find that worse SRH and a BMI outside the healthy range at age 23 are strongly associated with lower fertility and underachieving fertility goals…
Unstable employment careers and (quasi-)completed fertility
Most research on the fertility consequences of labour market instability has focussed on the transition to parenthood, ignoring potential 'catching up' effects and, thus, the more encompassing view on cohort fertility. This work extends on this point by analysing the consequences of employment instability on (quasi-)completed fertility for men and women in Italy. From a cohort perspective, we look at fertility outcomes at age 41 among those who e…
Overqualified, still satisfied? Revisiting job satisfaction among overqualified migrants
Overqualification – possessing qualifications exceeding job requirements – is a persistent challenge in many high-income countries and disproportionately affects migrant workers. However, little is known about how migrants’ overqualification influences their job satisfaction across different groups. Using the Labour Force Survey and Heckman selection models, this study examines these dynamics in Italy – a revealing case given its relatively recen…
Economics (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (7 works) · Fertility (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 works) · Demography (3 works)