Alessandra Trimarchi
Biographic Data
| ID | 312379 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alessandra Trimarchi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alessandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Trimarchi |
| SIGNATURE | TRIMARCHI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Messina |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5786-5206 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Partners’ age differences and first birth transitions by age at first and second union in Europe
We examine the link between the partners’ age difference and the transition to the first birth in Europe, addressing a gap that typically considers age differences and fertility as separate research areas. Analysing GGS-II, we show that this association is moderated by age at union formation. For first unions formed before age 30, partners’ age differences show only a minimal association with births. For first unions formed later, regional patter…
Is precarious union formation making it more difficult for women with low educational attainment to enter parenthood?
Women’s educational attainment has usually been associated with higher childlessness, but the negative educational gradient in fertility seems to have shifted in some countries. One reason for this finding could be the increasing marginalisation of lower educated women in the partnering market. We investigate whether women with lower educational qualifications are less likely to have a first child due to changes in the educational gradient in uni…
Cohort Fertility and Couple Educational Pairing
Highlights Cohort fertility rates are decomposed by couples’ educational pairing using Finnish register data. Most births occur in educationally homogamous and hypogamous unions. Most births occur in unions in which at least one partner has tertiary education
Gender Differences in the Timing and Chances of Parenthood Across Regions
An increasing number of studies have examined fertility variation at the regional level within countries, but this research has largely focused on women. As a result, our knowledge of regional variation in male fertility remains limited. The current study addresses this research gap by examining how the timing and chances of parenthood vary regionally for women and men in four countries in Northern and Western Europe. We hypothesize that gender d…
Long-Term Trends of Partner Age Differences by Educational Pairings: An Exploratory Study in Four Countries
Although extensive research has been conducted on the evolving patterns of educational assortative mating, the interplay between this phenomenon and partners' age differences has received limited attention.This study offers a twofold contribution.First, it examines trends in both age and educational assortative mating over 5 decades across four countries.Second, it explores age-difference trends in educationally heterogamous and homogamous couple…
Economic Conditions, Education and Parity‐Specific Fertility: A Sub‐National Regional Study Across 15 Countries in Europe
There is a longstanding interest in the link between economic conditions and fertility levels. Most research measuring economic development has focused on national‐level patterns and period total fertility levels. We aim to extend existing knowledge by carrying out a sub‐national regional analysis of the link between economic conditions and parity‐specific cohort fertility, while taking into account heterogeneity by educational level. We study th…
Too worried about the environment to have children? Or more worried about the environment after having children
Amid rising concerns about climate change, in recent years, demographers have increasingly examined whether environmental concerns have become a factor in shaping reproductive intentions and outcomes. However, little is still known about the potentially reciprocal relationship between environmental concerns and fertility, in part due to the lack of longitudinal analyses of sufficient temporal scope. Our study provides new results based on unique …
Comment s'articulent les différences d'âge et les niveaux d'éducation dans le couple: Une étude des tendances à long terme dans quatre pays
De nombreuses études ont cherché à comprendre la tendance à l’union entre individus de même niveau d’éducation. Cependant, l’interaction entre ce phénomène et les différences d’âge entre les conjoints reste peu étudiée. Cette étude apporte une double contribution. Tout d’abord, elle examine comment les écarts d’âge entre conjoints et l’homogamie éducative ont évolué dans la population de quatre pays sur cinq décennies. Deuxièmement, elle analyse …
How much time is left? International trends in parenthood expectancy
Many industrialized societies have experienced increases in life expectancy and in the mean age at first birth (MAFB). This has likely impacted the lifetime that parents share with their children; i.e., parenthood expectancy (PEX)
Gender-Egalitarian Attitudes and Assortative Mating by Age and Education
In the last decades, conventional patterns of assortative mating have been challenged by changes in the gender-gap in education. In many countries, educationally hypogamous unions (i.e. the woman is more educated than the man) now outnumber hypergamous unions (i.e. the man is more educated than the woman). The extent to which such structural changes have also been accompanied by gender egalitarian attitudes has not yet been investigated. This pap…
Educational Differences in Cohort Fertility Across Sub-national Regions in Europe
Educational differences in female cohort fertility vary strongly across high-income countries and over time, but knowledge about how educational fertility differentials play out at the sub-national regional level is limited. Examining these sub-national regional patterns might improve our understanding of national patterns, as regionally varying contextual conditions may affect fertility. This study provides for the first time for a large number …
Partners’ Educational Characteristics and Fertility: Disentangling the Effects of Earning Potential and Unemployment Risk on Second Births
Gender differences and similarities in the educational gradient in fertility: The role of earnings potential and gender composition in study disciplines
While womenâ s participation in higher education has caught up with and surpassed that of men, large gender differences persist in the choice of field of study. To date, we know little about the mechanisms that explain the link between fertility and study d
Education and the Transition to Fatherhood: The Role of Selection Into Union
Although advanced education has been found to be consistently associated with a later transition to parenthood for women, findings about education and the transition to parenthood have been much less consistent for men, and no stylized fact has emerged from the literature. We argue that the inconsistency of findings for men is due to the fact that the selection process involved in union formation has been disregarded in earlier studies. We hypoth…
Education and the Transition to Fatherhood: The Role of Selection Into Union
Although advanced education has been found to be consistently associated with a later transition to parenthood for women, findings about education and the transition to parenthood have been much less consistent for men, and no stylized fact has emerged from the literature. We argue that the inconsistency of findings for men is due to the fact that the selection process involved in union formation has been disregarded in earlier studies. We hypoth…
Educational Differences in Cohort Fertility Across Sub-national Regions in Europe
Educational differences in female cohort fertility vary strongly across high-income countries and over time, but knowledge about how educational fertility differentials play out at the sub-national regional level is limited. Examining these sub-national regional patterns might improve our understanding of national patterns, as regionally varying contextual conditions may affect fertility. This study provides for the first time for a large number …
Partners’ Educational Characteristics and Fertility: Disentangling the Effects of Earning Potential and Unemployment Risk on Second Births
Gender-Egalitarian Attitudes and Assortative Mating by Age and Education
In the last decades, conventional patterns of assortative mating have been challenged by changes in the gender-gap in education. In many countries, educationally hypogamous unions (i.e. the woman is more educated than the man) now outnumber hypergamous unions (i.e. the man is more educated than the woman). The extent to which such structural changes have also been accompanied by gender egalitarian attitudes has not yet been investigated. This pap…
Too worried about the environment to have children? Or more worried about the environment after having children
Amid rising concerns about climate change, in recent years, demographers have increasingly examined whether environmental concerns have become a factor in shaping reproductive intentions and outcomes. However, little is still known about the potentially reciprocal relationship between environmental concerns and fertility, in part due to the lack of longitudinal analyses of sufficient temporal scope. Our study provides new results based on unique …
Gender differences and similarities in the educational gradient in fertility: The role of earnings potential and gender composition in study disciplines
While womenâ s participation in higher education has caught up with and surpassed that of men, large gender differences persist in the choice of field of study. To date, we know little about the mechanisms that explain the link between fertility and study d
Comment s'articulent les différences d'âge et les niveaux d'éducation dans le couple: Une étude des tendances à long terme dans quatre pays
De nombreuses études ont cherché à comprendre la tendance à l’union entre individus de même niveau d’éducation. Cependant, l’interaction entre ce phénomène et les différences d’âge entre les conjoints reste peu étudiée. Cette étude apporte une double contribution. Tout d’abord, elle examine comment les écarts d’âge entre conjoints et l’homogamie éducative ont évolué dans la population de quatre pays sur cinq décennies. Deuxièmement, elle analyse …
How much time is left? International trends in parenthood expectancy
Many industrialized societies have experienced increases in life expectancy and in the mean age at first birth (MAFB). This has likely impacted the lifetime that parents share with their children; i.e., parenthood expectancy (PEX)
Education and the Transition to Fatherhood: The Role of Selection Into Union
Although advanced education has been found to be consistently associated with a later transition to parenthood for women, findings about education and the transition to parenthood have been much less consistent for men, and no stylized fact has emerged from the literature. We argue that the inconsistency of findings for men is due to the fact that the selection process involved in union formation has been disregarded in earlier studies. We hypoth…
Gender differences and similarities in the educational gradient in fertility: The role of earnings potential and gender composition in study disciplines
While womenâ s participation in higher education has caught up with and surpassed that of men, large gender differences persist in the choice of field of study. To date, we know little about the mechanisms that explain the link between fertility and study d
Partners’ Educational Characteristics and Fertility: Disentangling the Effects of Earning Potential and Unemployment Risk on Second Births
Educational Differences in Cohort Fertility Across Sub-national Regions in Europe
Educational differences in female cohort fertility vary strongly across high-income countries and over time, but knowledge about how educational fertility differentials play out at the sub-national regional level is limited. Examining these sub-national regional patterns might improve our understanding of national patterns, as regionally varying contextual conditions may affect fertility. This study provides for the first time for a large number …
Gender-Egalitarian Attitudes and Assortative Mating by Age and Education
In the last decades, conventional patterns of assortative mating have been challenged by changes in the gender-gap in education. In many countries, educationally hypogamous unions (i.e. the woman is more educated than the man) now outnumber hypergamous unions (i.e. the man is more educated than the woman). The extent to which such structural changes have also been accompanied by gender egalitarian attitudes has not yet been investigated. This pap…
How much time is left? International trends in parenthood expectancy
Many industrialized societies have experienced increases in life expectancy and in the mean age at first birth (MAFB). This has likely impacted the lifetime that parents share with their children; i.e., parenthood expectancy (PEX)
Long-Term Trends of Partner Age Differences by Educational Pairings: An Exploratory Study in Four Countries
Although extensive research has been conducted on the evolving patterns of educational assortative mating, the interplay between this phenomenon and partners' age differences has received limited attention.This study offers a twofold contribution.First, it examines trends in both age and educational assortative mating over 5 decades across four countries.Second, it explores age-difference trends in educationally heterogamous and homogamous couple…
Economic Conditions, Education and Parity‐Specific Fertility: A Sub‐National Regional Study Across 15 Countries in Europe
There is a longstanding interest in the link between economic conditions and fertility levels. Most research measuring economic development has focused on national‐level patterns and period total fertility levels. We aim to extend existing knowledge by carrying out a sub‐national regional analysis of the link between economic conditions and parity‐specific cohort fertility, while taking into account heterogeneity by educational level. We study th…
Too worried about the environment to have children? Or more worried about the environment after having children
Amid rising concerns about climate change, in recent years, demographers have increasingly examined whether environmental concerns have become a factor in shaping reproductive intentions and outcomes. However, little is still known about the potentially reciprocal relationship between environmental concerns and fertility, in part due to the lack of longitudinal analyses of sufficient temporal scope. Our study provides new results based on unique …
Comment s'articulent les différences d'âge et les niveaux d'éducation dans le couple: Une étude des tendances à long terme dans quatre pays
De nombreuses études ont cherché à comprendre la tendance à l’union entre individus de même niveau d’éducation. Cependant, l’interaction entre ce phénomène et les différences d’âge entre les conjoints reste peu étudiée. Cette étude apporte une double contribution. Tout d’abord, elle examine comment les écarts d’âge entre conjoints et l’homogamie éducative ont évolué dans la population de quatre pays sur cinq décennies. Deuxièmement, elle analyse …
Partners’ age differences and first birth transitions by age at first and second union in Europe
We examine the link between the partners’ age difference and the transition to the first birth in Europe, addressing a gap that typically considers age differences and fertility as separate research areas. Analysing GGS-II, we show that this association is moderated by age at union formation. For first unions formed before age 30, partners’ age differences show only a minimal association with births. For first unions formed later, regional patter…
Is precarious union formation making it more difficult for women with low educational attainment to enter parenthood?
Women’s educational attainment has usually been associated with higher childlessness, but the negative educational gradient in fertility seems to have shifted in some countries. One reason for this finding could be the increasing marginalisation of lower educated women in the partnering market. We investigate whether women with lower educational qualifications are less likely to have a first child due to changes in the educational gradient in uni…
Cohort Fertility and Couple Educational Pairing
Highlights Cohort fertility rates are decomposed by couples’ educational pairing using Finnish register data. Most births occur in educationally homogamous and hypogamous unions. Most births occur in unions in which at least one partner has tertiary education
Gender Differences in the Timing and Chances of Parenthood Across Regions
An increasing number of studies have examined fertility variation at the regional level within countries, but this research has largely focused on women. As a result, our knowledge of regional variation in male fertility remains limited. The current study addresses this research gap by examining how the timing and chances of parenthood vary regionally for women and men in four countries in Northern and Western Europe. We hypothesize that gender d…
Family Dynamics and Relationships (12 works) · Fertility (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Population (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (4 works)