Z Van Winkle
Biographic Data
| ID | 30510 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Z Van Winkle |
| GIVEN NAMES | Z |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Winkle |
| SIGNATURE | VAN WINKLE Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7756-6799 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 154 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Widowhood and Economic Well-being in China: The Role of Coresident Children Before, During and After Spousal Death
The observed improvement in economic well-being reflects how older adults, who often have limited personal income, depend on their adult children in a familistic welfare system lacking sufficient public support for older adult care. Women and those with agricultural occupational backgrounds emerge as particularly vulnerable and dependent within these economic well-being dynamics
Government Restrictions During the Covid-19 Pandemic and Depressive Symptoms Following Widowhood
Spousal loss is associated with an immediate increase in depressive symptoms. However, the consequences of widowhood for symptoms of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic have remained largely unexplored. In this study, we use data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and fixed-effects regression modeling to address three research questions. First, how have depressive symptoms changed over time in 10 European countries for…
The Role of Family Complexity in Mental and Physical Health in Mid-Adulthood
ObjectiveThis study examines the association between accumulated family complexity and mental and physical health in mid-adulthood, with a focus on gender differences.BackgroundWhile research on family and health often centers on the health effects of specific family transitions, the life course health development model emphasizes the cumulative influence of life experiences on health. Complex family trajectories, particularly those including epi…
Parental separation and children's genetic influences on education
ObjectiveThis study focuses on the extent to which parental divorce and separation during childhood affect children's chances to realize genetic influences on educational attainment.BackgroundWhether the family context matters for genetic influences on children's educational attainment remains an open question. Previous research mainly considers parents' socio-economic standing and overlooks a key dimension of social stratification: childhood fam…
Changes in Household Wealth Over the Process of Widowhood Across European Countries
Widowhood is associated with lower wealth, especially housing wealth, even in the years before spousal loss. Future research should focus on adjudicating the mechanisms behind country differences and exploring the implications of lost wealth following widowhood for surviving spouses' well-being and intergenerational transfers
The life course boat: A theoretical framework for analyzing variation in family lives across time, place, and social location
Objective We propose a life course theoretical framework for understanding variation in family life courses between birth cohorts (historical time), societies (place), and social groups (social location). Building on the life course paradigm, we explain how key predictors on different levels of analysis can reinforce, precondition, counteract, preclude, or alter each other's influence on family life courses in specific contexts. The proposed fram…
A Holistic Approach to Family Life Course Change across 1930-1978 Chinese Birth Cohorts
Family formation in China has undergone dramatic changes. Despite increasing academic attention, few studies have taken a holistic approach to study cohort change in Chinese family life courses. In this study, we assess how family life course patterns and diversity changed across 1930-1978 birth cohorts. Moreover, we evaluate to what extent changing norms, economic constraints, and institutional reforms drove cohort differences. Data from the Chi…
Life Course Trajectories and Wealth Accumulation in the United States: Comparing Late Baby Boomers and Early Millennials
Millennials are often assumed to be economically worse off than previous generations because of more precarious employment and unstable family lives. Using sequence analysis and unconditional quantile decomposition, we analyze the work and family trajectories of late baby boomers and early millennials and relate them to wealth holdings at age 35. We find that the poorest millennials have less wealth than their baby boomer counterparts, but the we…
Family Size and Parental Wealth: The Role of Family Transfers in Europe
As baby boomers enter retirement, an increasing portion of the population in Europe will rely on wealth as a source of financial security. We address two research questions: what is the association between family size, i.e. the number of children, and wealth for adults who are preparing for or have entered retirement and does the generosity of family transfers moderate that association? Data from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Eu…
Does Parental Separation Lower Genetic Influences on Children's School Performance
Objective A behavioral genetics approach is used to test whether parental separation lowers the importance of genes for children's school performance. Background The Scarr–Rowe hypothesis, which states that the relative importance of genes on cognitive ability is higher for advantaged compared to disadvantaged children, has been expanded to educational outcomes. However, advantage/disadvantage is predominantly conceptualized as parental socioecon…
Genome-Wide Heritability Estimates for Family Life Course Complexity
Sequence analysis is an established method used to study the complexity of family life courses. Although individual and societal characteristics have been linked with the complexity of family trajectories, social scientists have neglected the potential role of genetic factors in explaining variation in family transitions and events across the life course. We estimate the genetic contribution to sequence complexity and a wide range of family demog…
The Unexpected Decline in Feelings of Depression among Adults Ages 50 and Older in 11 European Countries amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
Findings on the mental health impact of the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Europe are mixed and lack a comparative and longitudinal perspective. The authors used the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe and fixed-effects regressions to estimate within-individual change in the probability to report feelings of depression between 2005 and 2017 and directly following the first wave of the COVID-19 pan…
The complexity of employment and family life courses across 20th century Europe: More evidence for larger cross-national differences but little change across 1916‒1966 birth cohorts
There has been much debate whether work and family lives became more complex in past decades, that is, exhibiting more frequent transitions and more uncertainty. Van Winkle and Fasang (2017) and Van Winkle (2018) first benchmarked change in employment and
Gender and race differences in pathways out of in-work poverty in the US
Research on in-work poverty has focused on the probability of being employed while living in an impoverished household, but no studies have investigated pathways of labor market attachment and economic vulnerability following in-work poverty. We use the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to establish a typology of employment pathways out of in-work poverty and to estimate differences by gender and race. By using the Sequence Analysis Multistat…
Family size and economic wellbeing following divorce: The United States in comparative perspective
Early Family Life Course Standardization in Sweden: The Role of Compositional Change
The diversity of early family life courses is thought to have increased, although empirical evidence is mixed. Less standardized family formation is attributed to compositional changes in educational attainment, labour market participation, and childhood living conditions. I investigate whether and why family trajectories have become more or less standardized across birth cohorts in Sweden. I combine sequence metrics with Oaxaca–Blinder decomposi…
Using sequence analysis to test if human life histories are coherent strategies
Parenthood Wage Gaps Across the Life Course: A Comparison by Gender and Race
ObjectiveWe map the magnitude, timing, and persistence of parenthood wage gaps in the life course for Black, Hispanic, and White men and women in the United States.BackgroundPrevious research indicates that penalties only persist into mid-life for mothers with three or more children without distinguishing by race. The timing and age range in which parenthood wage gaps occur for fathers and mothers of different racial backgrounds are unknown. We d…
Women’s Family and Employment Life Courses Across Twentieth-Century Europe: The Role of Policies and Norms
This article examines longitudinal patterns of work–family reconciliation across Europe and whether the influence of defamilizing policies on those patterns is contingent on the normative context. Data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement and sequence analysis are used to reconstruct and analyze women’s family and employment life courses from age fifteen to fifty years, born in the period between 1924 and 1966 from fourteen countries.…
Family policies and family life course complexity across 20th-century Europe
The family policy landscape changed dramatically across and within European societies during the 20th century. At the same time, family life courses have become more complex, unstable and unpredictable. However, there are no empirical studies that attempt to link changes in family policies with increasing family life course complexity. In this study, I address two research questions: (1) What is the association between family policies and family …
Family Trajectories Across Time and Space: Increasing Complexity in Family Life Courses in Europe
Family life courses are thought to have become more complex in Europe. This study uses SHARELIFE data from 14 European countries to analyze the family life courses of individuals born in 1924–1956 from ages 15 to 50. A new methodological approach, combining complexity metrics developed in sequence analysis with cross-classified multilevel modeling, is used to simultaneously quantify the proportions of variance attributable to birth cohort and cou…
When working isn't enough: Family demographic processes and in-work poverty across the life course in the United States
In-work poverty, a phenomenon that engenders social exclusion, is exceptionally high in the United States. The literature on in-work poverty focuses on occupational polarization, human capital, demographic characteristics, and welfare generosity. However
Complexity in Employment Life Courses in Europe in the Twentieth Century—Large Cross-National Differences but Little Change across Birth Cohorts
Whether employment life courses have become more unstable and complex across the twentieth century has been a prominent topic in academic and public debate. Yet, empirical evidence on longer-term employment trajectories and how they changed across cohorts beyond single-country analyses is sparse. In this paper, we propose a new methodological approach that includes measures developed in sequence analysis to summarize complexity in employment traj…
Family Trajectories Across Time and Space: Increasing Complexity in Family Life Courses in Europe
Family life courses are thought to have become more complex in Europe. This study uses SHARELIFE data from 14 European countries to analyze the family life courses of individuals born in 1924–1956 from ages 15 to 50. A new methodological approach, combining complexity metrics developed in sequence analysis with cross-classified multilevel modeling, is used to simultaneously quantify the proportions of variance attributable to birth cohort and cou…
Complexity in Employment Life Courses in Europe in the Twentieth Century—Large Cross-National Differences but Little Change across Birth Cohorts
Whether employment life courses have become more unstable and complex across the twentieth century has been a prominent topic in academic and public debate. Yet, empirical evidence on longer-term employment trajectories and how they changed across cohorts beyond single-country analyses is sparse. In this paper, we propose a new methodological approach that includes measures developed in sequence analysis to summarize complexity in employment traj…
Family policies and family life course complexity across 20th-century Europe
The family policy landscape changed dramatically across and within European societies during the 20th century. At the same time, family life courses have become more complex, unstable and unpredictable. However, there are no empirical studies that attempt to link changes in family policies with increasing family life course complexity. In this study, I address two research questions: (1) What is the association between family policies and family …
Life Course Trajectories and Wealth Accumulation in the United States: Comparing Late Baby Boomers and Early Millennials
Millennials are often assumed to be economically worse off than previous generations because of more precarious employment and unstable family lives. Using sequence analysis and unconditional quantile decomposition, we analyze the work and family trajectories of late baby boomers and early millennials and relate them to wealth holdings at age 35. We find that the poorest millennials have less wealth than their baby boomer counterparts, but the we…
The complexity of employment and family life courses across 20th century Europe: More evidence for larger cross-national differences but little change across 1916‒1966 birth cohorts
There has been much debate whether work and family lives became more complex in past decades, that is, exhibiting more frequent transitions and more uncertainty. Van Winkle and Fasang (2017) and Van Winkle (2018) first benchmarked change in employment and
Parenthood Wage Gaps Across the Life Course: A Comparison by Gender and Race
ObjectiveWe map the magnitude, timing, and persistence of parenthood wage gaps in the life course for Black, Hispanic, and White men and women in the United States.BackgroundPrevious research indicates that penalties only persist into mid-life for mothers with three or more children without distinguishing by race. The timing and age range in which parenthood wage gaps occur for fathers and mothers of different racial backgrounds are unknown. We d…
Women’s Family and Employment Life Courses Across Twentieth-Century Europe: The Role of Policies and Norms
This article examines longitudinal patterns of work–family reconciliation across Europe and whether the influence of defamilizing policies on those patterns is contingent on the normative context. Data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement and sequence analysis are used to reconstruct and analyze women’s family and employment life courses from age fifteen to fifty years, born in the period between 1924 and 1966 from fourteen countries.…
A Holistic Approach to Family Life Course Change across 1930-1978 Chinese Birth Cohorts
Family formation in China has undergone dramatic changes. Despite increasing academic attention, few studies have taken a holistic approach to study cohort change in Chinese family life courses. In this study, we assess how family life course patterns and diversity changed across 1930-1978 birth cohorts. Moreover, we evaluate to what extent changing norms, economic constraints, and institutional reforms drove cohort differences. Data from the Chi…
The Unexpected Decline in Feelings of Depression among Adults Ages 50 and Older in 11 European Countries amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
Findings on the mental health impact of the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Europe are mixed and lack a comparative and longitudinal perspective. The authors used the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe and fixed-effects regressions to estimate within-individual change in the probability to report feelings of depression between 2005 and 2017 and directly following the first wave of the COVID-19 pan…
When working isn't enough: Family demographic processes and in-work poverty across the life course in the United States
In-work poverty, a phenomenon that engenders social exclusion, is exceptionally high in the United States. The literature on in-work poverty focuses on occupational polarization, human capital, demographic characteristics, and welfare generosity. However
Changes in Household Wealth Over the Process of Widowhood Across European Countries
Widowhood is associated with lower wealth, especially housing wealth, even in the years before spousal loss. Future research should focus on adjudicating the mechanisms behind country differences and exploring the implications of lost wealth following widowhood for surviving spouses' well-being and intergenerational transfers
The life course boat: A theoretical framework for analyzing variation in family lives across time, place, and social location
Objective We propose a life course theoretical framework for understanding variation in family life courses between birth cohorts (historical time), societies (place), and social groups (social location). Building on the life course paradigm, we explain how key predictors on different levels of analysis can reinforce, precondition, counteract, preclude, or alter each other's influence on family life courses in specific contexts. The proposed fram…
Genome-Wide Heritability Estimates for Family Life Course Complexity
Sequence analysis is an established method used to study the complexity of family life courses. Although individual and societal characteristics have been linked with the complexity of family trajectories, social scientists have neglected the potential role of genetic factors in explaining variation in family transitions and events across the life course. We estimate the genetic contribution to sequence complexity and a wide range of family demog…
Early Family Life Course Standardization in Sweden: The Role of Compositional Change
The diversity of early family life courses is thought to have increased, although empirical evidence is mixed. Less standardized family formation is attributed to compositional changes in educational attainment, labour market participation, and childhood living conditions. I investigate whether and why family trajectories have become more or less standardized across birth cohorts in Sweden. I combine sequence metrics with Oaxaca–Blinder decomposi…
Using sequence analysis to test if human life histories are coherent strategies
Family size and economic wellbeing following divorce: The United States in comparative perspective
Parental separation and children's genetic influences on education
ObjectiveThis study focuses on the extent to which parental divorce and separation during childhood affect children's chances to realize genetic influences on educational attainment.BackgroundWhether the family context matters for genetic influences on children's educational attainment remains an open question. Previous research mainly considers parents' socio-economic standing and overlooks a key dimension of social stratification: childhood fam…
Family Size and Parental Wealth: The Role of Family Transfers in Europe
As baby boomers enter retirement, an increasing portion of the population in Europe will rely on wealth as a source of financial security. We address two research questions: what is the association between family size, i.e. the number of children, and wealth for adults who are preparing for or have entered retirement and does the generosity of family transfers moderate that association? Data from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Eu…
Gender and race differences in pathways out of in-work poverty in the US
Research on in-work poverty has focused on the probability of being employed while living in an impoverished household, but no studies have investigated pathways of labor market attachment and economic vulnerability following in-work poverty. We use the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to establish a typology of employment pathways out of in-work poverty and to estimate differences by gender and race. By using the Sequence Analysis Multistat…
Complexity in Employment Life Courses in Europe in the Twentieth Century—Large Cross-National Differences but Little Change across Birth Cohorts
Whether employment life courses have become more unstable and complex across the twentieth century has been a prominent topic in academic and public debate. Yet, empirical evidence on longer-term employment trajectories and how they changed across cohorts beyond single-country analyses is sparse. In this paper, we propose a new methodological approach that includes measures developed in sequence analysis to summarize complexity in employment traj…
Family Trajectories Across Time and Space: Increasing Complexity in Family Life Courses in Europe
Family life courses are thought to have become more complex in Europe. This study uses SHARELIFE data from 14 European countries to analyze the family life courses of individuals born in 1924–1956 from ages 15 to 50. A new methodological approach, combining complexity metrics developed in sequence analysis with cross-classified multilevel modeling, is used to simultaneously quantify the proportions of variance attributable to birth cohort and cou…
When working isn't enough: Family demographic processes and in-work poverty across the life course in the United States
In-work poverty, a phenomenon that engenders social exclusion, is exceptionally high in the United States. The literature on in-work poverty focuses on occupational polarization, human capital, demographic characteristics, and welfare generosity. However
Women’s Family and Employment Life Courses Across Twentieth-Century Europe: The Role of Policies and Norms
This article examines longitudinal patterns of work–family reconciliation across Europe and whether the influence of defamilizing policies on those patterns is contingent on the normative context. Data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement and sequence analysis are used to reconstruct and analyze women’s family and employment life courses from age fifteen to fifty years, born in the period between 1924 and 1966 from fourteen countries.…
Family policies and family life course complexity across 20th-century Europe
The family policy landscape changed dramatically across and within European societies during the 20th century. At the same time, family life courses have become more complex, unstable and unpredictable. However, there are no empirical studies that attempt to link changes in family policies with increasing family life course complexity. In this study, I address two research questions: (1) What is the association between family policies and family …
Early Family Life Course Standardization in Sweden: The Role of Compositional Change
The diversity of early family life courses is thought to have increased, although empirical evidence is mixed. Less standardized family formation is attributed to compositional changes in educational attainment, labour market participation, and childhood living conditions. I investigate whether and why family trajectories have become more or less standardized across birth cohorts in Sweden. I combine sequence metrics with Oaxaca–Blinder decomposi…
Using sequence analysis to test if human life histories are coherent strategies
Parenthood Wage Gaps Across the Life Course: A Comparison by Gender and Race
ObjectiveWe map the magnitude, timing, and persistence of parenthood wage gaps in the life course for Black, Hispanic, and White men and women in the United States.BackgroundPrevious research indicates that penalties only persist into mid-life for mothers with three or more children without distinguishing by race. The timing and age range in which parenthood wage gaps occur for fathers and mothers of different racial backgrounds are unknown. We d…
Does Parental Separation Lower Genetic Influences on Children's School Performance
Objective A behavioral genetics approach is used to test whether parental separation lowers the importance of genes for children's school performance. Background The Scarr–Rowe hypothesis, which states that the relative importance of genes on cognitive ability is higher for advantaged compared to disadvantaged children, has been expanded to educational outcomes. However, advantage/disadvantage is predominantly conceptualized as parental socioecon…
Genome-Wide Heritability Estimates for Family Life Course Complexity
Sequence analysis is an established method used to study the complexity of family life courses. Although individual and societal characteristics have been linked with the complexity of family trajectories, social scientists have neglected the potential role of genetic factors in explaining variation in family transitions and events across the life course. We estimate the genetic contribution to sequence complexity and a wide range of family demog…
The Unexpected Decline in Feelings of Depression among Adults Ages 50 and Older in 11 European Countries amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
Findings on the mental health impact of the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Europe are mixed and lack a comparative and longitudinal perspective. The authors used the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe and fixed-effects regressions to estimate within-individual change in the probability to report feelings of depression between 2005 and 2017 and directly following the first wave of the COVID-19 pan…
The complexity of employment and family life courses across 20th century Europe: More evidence for larger cross-national differences but little change across 1916‒1966 birth cohorts
There has been much debate whether work and family lives became more complex in past decades, that is, exhibiting more frequent transitions and more uncertainty. Van Winkle and Fasang (2017) and Van Winkle (2018) first benchmarked change in employment and
Gender and race differences in pathways out of in-work poverty in the US
Research on in-work poverty has focused on the probability of being employed while living in an impoverished household, but no studies have investigated pathways of labor market attachment and economic vulnerability following in-work poverty. We use the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to establish a typology of employment pathways out of in-work poverty and to estimate differences by gender and race. By using the Sequence Analysis Multistat…
Family size and economic wellbeing following divorce: The United States in comparative perspective
Family Size and Parental Wealth: The Role of Family Transfers in Europe
As baby boomers enter retirement, an increasing portion of the population in Europe will rely on wealth as a source of financial security. We address two research questions: what is the association between family size, i.e. the number of children, and wealth for adults who are preparing for or have entered retirement and does the generosity of family transfers moderate that association? Data from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Eu…
A Holistic Approach to Family Life Course Change across 1930-1978 Chinese Birth Cohorts
Family formation in China has undergone dramatic changes. Despite increasing academic attention, few studies have taken a holistic approach to study cohort change in Chinese family life courses. In this study, we assess how family life course patterns and diversity changed across 1930-1978 birth cohorts. Moreover, we evaluate to what extent changing norms, economic constraints, and institutional reforms drove cohort differences. Data from the Chi…
Life Course Trajectories and Wealth Accumulation in the United States: Comparing Late Baby Boomers and Early Millennials
Millennials are often assumed to be economically worse off than previous generations because of more precarious employment and unstable family lives. Using sequence analysis and unconditional quantile decomposition, we analyze the work and family trajectories of late baby boomers and early millennials and relate them to wealth holdings at age 35. We find that the poorest millennials have less wealth than their baby boomer counterparts, but the we…
Changes in Household Wealth Over the Process of Widowhood Across European Countries
Widowhood is associated with lower wealth, especially housing wealth, even in the years before spousal loss. Future research should focus on adjudicating the mechanisms behind country differences and exploring the implications of lost wealth following widowhood for surviving spouses' well-being and intergenerational transfers
The life course boat: A theoretical framework for analyzing variation in family lives across time, place, and social location
Objective We propose a life course theoretical framework for understanding variation in family life courses between birth cohorts (historical time), societies (place), and social groups (social location). Building on the life course paradigm, we explain how key predictors on different levels of analysis can reinforce, precondition, counteract, preclude, or alter each other's influence on family life courses in specific contexts. The proposed fram…
Government Restrictions During the Covid-19 Pandemic and Depressive Symptoms Following Widowhood
Spousal loss is associated with an immediate increase in depressive symptoms. However, the consequences of widowhood for symptoms of depression during the COVID-19 pandemic have remained largely unexplored. In this study, we use data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and fixed-effects regression modeling to address three research questions. First, how have depressive symptoms changed over time in 10 European countries for…
The Role of Family Complexity in Mental and Physical Health in Mid-Adulthood
ObjectiveThis study examines the association between accumulated family complexity and mental and physical health in mid-adulthood, with a focus on gender differences.BackgroundWhile research on family and health often centers on the health effects of specific family transitions, the life course health development model emphasizes the cumulative influence of life experiences on health. Complex family trajectories, particularly those including epi…
Parental separation and children's genetic influences on education
ObjectiveThis study focuses on the extent to which parental divorce and separation during childhood affect children's chances to realize genetic influences on educational attainment.BackgroundWhether the family context matters for genetic influences on children's educational attainment remains an open question. Previous research mainly considers parents' socio-economic standing and overlooks a key dimension of social stratification: childhood fam…
Widowhood and Economic Well-being in China: The Role of Coresident Children Before, During and After Spousal Death
The observed improvement in economic well-being reflects how older adults, who often have limited personal income, depend on their adult children in a familistic welfare system lacking sufficient public support for older adult care. Women and those with agricultural occupational backgrounds emerge as particularly vulnerable and dependent within these economic well-being dynamics
Sociology (17 works) · Economics (15 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (13 works) · Demographic economics (12 works) · Demography (12 works) · Life course approach (12 works) · Demography (10 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (9 works)