Alessandra Minello
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 237325 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Alessandra Minello |
| PRENOMES | Alessandra |
| SOBRENOME | Minello |
| ASSINATURA | MINELLO A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | European University Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0018-5442 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 122 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2012 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Breaking Traditional Rules
The onomastic revolution—the adoption of names for newborns that departed from centuries-old traditions—is a proxy for a shift in mentality that began in Western countries during the eighteenth century. This change in naming practices cut across traditions that persisted for generations (vertical conformism) as well as within a single generation (horizonal conformism). Data from Italy, France, and the United States suggest that the onomastic revo…
Understanding the dimensions of mental labor
These results highlight the persistence of gendered divisions in the organization of unpaid care in Italy. The unequal mental load borne by mothers underscores the need to address both individual and relational determinants of family work distribution, with implications for well-being, gender equity, and family policy
The risk of being Giovanni or Maria
In the past, the choice of children's names was closely linked to life trajectories. This paper investigates the connection between children's names and child mortality during the demographic transition. Analysing data from the Veneto region (Northern Italy) and the Venetian parish of San Marco between 1816 and 1869, we find that traditional names are associated with higher neonatal mortality, particularly among girls. In contrast, children with …
The good parent
Perceived Economic Uncertainty and Fertility Intentions in Couples
By adopting a dyadic extension of the Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, 1991), this study examined whether perceived economic uncertainty affects fertility intentions. Three-hundred thirty one heterosexual couples living in Italy participated in a randomized between-group experimental study, in which we manipulated perceived economic uncertainty (low vs. high vs. control). The participants subsequently completed a questionnaire measuring their a…
Stefano Cantalini, Famiglia e disuguaglianza. Matrimonio, fecondità e posizione sociale nell’Italia contemporanea
Posizione sociale e percorsi familiari in Italia sono tra loro collegati. A questo collegamento si aggiunge una dimensione di genere che distanzia le opportunità di uomini e donne sia nel fare famiglia sia nelle conseguenze che la famiglia avrà nel mercato del lavoro retribuito. Di questo si occupa Stefano Cantalini nello scritto Famiglia e disuguaglianza. Matrimonio, fecondità e posizione sociale nell’Italia contemporanea, un testo che, con una …
The impact of narratives of the future on fertility intentions in Norway
Objective This study examines the effect of exposure to different economic narratives of the future on fertility intentions of Norwegian couples. Background Fertility patterns should not only be interpreted in relation to economic uncertainty conceptualized as objective constraints. One should also consider that subjective narratives of economic uncertainty may have a significant role in fertility decision‐making. Method Data were collected from …
Narratives of the Future Affect Fertility
In recent years, fertility rates have declined in most wealthy countries. This phenomenon has largely been explained by focusing on the rise of economic uncertainty. We contribute to this debate by arguing that, under uncertain conditions, narratives of the future —i.e., socially conveyed imagined futures—impact individuals’ decision-making about childbearing. To assess this impact, we conducted (for the first time in fertility intention research…
Dentro lo schema. Accademiche italiane tra ricerca e didattica
Il lavoro accademico si divide tra ricerca, didattica e attività amministrative. Dopo la riforma Gelmini, la ricerca ha un peso rilevante ai fini dell'avanzamento di carriera. Secondo la letteratura, le donne sono più propense ad assumersi i compiti di insegnamento e quelli amministrativi, in virtù di un gender scheme che le vede più portate per queste mansioni. Le donne hanno meno probabilità di raggiungere posizioni apicali e le raggiungono più…
The growing number of given names as a clue to the beginning of the demographic transition in Europe
Cultural factors are usually considered to have played a crucial role in the reduction in neonatal and infant mortality during the demographic transition; however, so far historical demographers have failed to produce precise measurements of their impact
The pandemic and the female academic
Uncertainty and Narratives of the Future
Explanations for fertility decisions based on structural constraints—such as labor, housing condition, or income—do not account for the contemporary fertility downturn faced by many countries in Europe. In this paper, we posit that the rise of uncertainty is central for understanding contemporary fertility dynamics. We propose a theoretical framework (the Narrative Framework) for the study of fertility decisions under uncertain conditions based o…
Mothers, childcare duties, and remote working under Covid-19 lockdown in Italy
Drawing on a virtual ethnography, we explore how the increase in remote working has created unequal domestic rearrangements of parenting duties with respect to gender relations during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy. We also discuss the resources that mothers have mobilized to create a network of social support in the organization of care
The pandemic and the academic mothers
Gender differences in academia are well-known. Women publish less, achieve higher positions less frequently, and have more interrupted careers. Mothers, more than fathers or childless men and women, suffer these disadvantages. Women academics have to deal with the work-family conflict, the participation in both work and family roles are incompatibly demanding. The closure of childcare services and the impossibility to benefit from informal care (…
A reflection on economic uncertainty and fertility in Europe
The generalized and relatively homogeneous fertility decline across European countries in the aftermath of the Great Recession poses serious challenges to our knowledge of contemporary low fertility patterns. In this paper, we argue that fertility decisions are not a mere “statistical shadow of the past”, and advance the Narrative Framework, a new approach to the relationship between economic uncertainty and fertility. This framework proffers tha…
Manage Your Money, Be Satisfied? Money Management Practices and Financial Satisfaction of Couples Through the Lens of Gender
There is a difference between who brings in income, who spends and manages money, and who finally benefits. All these aspects are important in determining how satisfied spouses are with their individual financial situation. Relying on Swiss Household Panel (SHP) data from 2004 to 2013 (N = 1,810 couples), this assumption is tested by analyzing how women's relative income and the management of economic resources within couples affect women's and m…
Linking the macro to the micro
Recent research into educational inequalities has shown the importance of decomposing social origins into parental class, status and education, representing economic, socio-cultural and educational family resources, respectively. But we know little about how inequalities in educational attainment at the micro-level map onto institutional characteristics of educational systems at the macro-level, if we treat social origins in a multidimensional wa…
From parents to children
Empirical studies have repeatedly shown that in Germany educational success still strongly depends on the social origin of individuals. Using the National Educational Panel Study, we analyse the effects of fathers’ and mothers’ education levels on their sons’ and daughters’ educational attainments across three successive birth cohorts in West Germany. We calculate the predicted probabilities of reaching low, medium or high education levels on the…
First signs of transition
The aim of this article is to investigate the parallel decline of early baptism and early mortality at the beginning of the demographic transition in a European high-neonatal mortality context
From mother to daughter
Recent decades have seen a dramatic expansion in the educational attainment and occupational opportunities of German women. Both the educational and occupational positions of the mothers and those of their daughters are continuously changing across cohorts. Our study aims to detect the probability of daughters to experience maternal-line intergenerational educational and occupational mobility. Using new data from the National Educational Panel St…
The educational expectations of Italian children
This paper aims to investigate to what extent the growing presence of children with immigrant background in the Italian school system has an impact on the educational expectations of Italian students in eighth grade. Educational expectations are individuals’ plans for their future educational career, adjusted to the subjectively estimated probabilities of achieving a given outcome. Multilevel analyses are performed using data from ITAGEN2 (Italia…
Mortality selection in the first three months of life and survival in the following thirty-three months in rural Veneto (North-East Italy) from 1816 to 1835
A number of studies have examined the influence of life conditions in infancy (and pregnancy) on mortality risks in adulthood or old age. For those individuals who survived difficult life conditions, some scholars have found a prevalence of positive select
The Educational Expectations of Children of Immigrants in Italy
In this article, the authors investigate the short-run educational expectations and long-term educational aspirations of the children of immigrants living in Italy and attending eighth grade. The authors look at educational ambition, both as a predictor of educational choice and as a measure of social integration. They consider both secondary-school track and university goals. Data come from the ITAGEN2 survey (2005-2006). First, the authors anal…
Mothers, childcare duties, and remote working under Covid-19 lockdown in Italy
Drawing on a virtual ethnography, we explore how the increase in remote working has created unequal domestic rearrangements of parenting duties with respect to gender relations during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy. We also discuss the resources that mothers have mobilized to create a network of social support in the organization of care
The pandemic and the academic mothers
Gender differences in academia are well-known. Women publish less, achieve higher positions less frequently, and have more interrupted careers. Mothers, more than fathers or childless men and women, suffer these disadvantages. Women academics have to deal with the work-family conflict, the participation in both work and family roles are incompatibly demanding. The closure of childcare services and the impossibility to benefit from informal care (…
Narratives of the Future Affect Fertility
In recent years, fertility rates have declined in most wealthy countries. This phenomenon has largely been explained by focusing on the rise of economic uncertainty. We contribute to this debate by arguing that, under uncertain conditions, narratives of the future —i.e., socially conveyed imagined futures—impact individuals’ decision-making about childbearing. To assess this impact, we conducted (for the first time in fertility intention research…
Linking the macro to the micro
Recent research into educational inequalities has shown the importance of decomposing social origins into parental class, status and education, representing economic, socio-cultural and educational family resources, respectively. But we know little about how inequalities in educational attainment at the micro-level map onto institutional characteristics of educational systems at the macro-level, if we treat social origins in a multidimensional wa…
Manage Your Money, Be Satisfied? Money Management Practices and Financial Satisfaction of Couples Through the Lens of Gender
There is a difference between who brings in income, who spends and manages money, and who finally benefits. All these aspects are important in determining how satisfied spouses are with their individual financial situation. Relying on Swiss Household Panel (SHP) data from 2004 to 2013 (N = 1,810 couples), this assumption is tested by analyzing how women's relative income and the management of economic resources within couples affect women's and m…
From mother to daughter
Recent decades have seen a dramatic expansion in the educational attainment and occupational opportunities of German women. Both the educational and occupational positions of the mothers and those of their daughters are continuously changing across cohorts. Our study aims to detect the probability of daughters to experience maternal-line intergenerational educational and occupational mobility. Using new data from the National Educational Panel St…
The Educational Expectations of Children of Immigrants in Italy
In this article, the authors investigate the short-run educational expectations and long-term educational aspirations of the children of immigrants living in Italy and attending eighth grade. The authors look at educational ambition, both as a predictor of educational choice and as a measure of social integration. They consider both secondary-school track and university goals. Data come from the ITAGEN2 survey (2005-2006). First, the authors anal…
First signs of transition
The aim of this article is to investigate the parallel decline of early baptism and early mortality at the beginning of the demographic transition in a European high-neonatal mortality context
From parents to children
Empirical studies have repeatedly shown that in Germany educational success still strongly depends on the social origin of individuals. Using the National Educational Panel Study, we analyse the effects of fathers’ and mothers’ education levels on their sons’ and daughters’ educational attainments across three successive birth cohorts in West Germany. We calculate the predicted probabilities of reaching low, medium or high education levels on the…
Mortality selection in the first three months of life and survival in the following thirty-three months in rural Veneto (North-East Italy) from 1816 to 1835
A number of studies have examined the influence of life conditions in infancy (and pregnancy) on mortality risks in adulthood or old age. For those individuals who survived difficult life conditions, some scholars have found a prevalence of positive select
The growing number of given names as a clue to the beginning of the demographic transition in Europe
Cultural factors are usually considered to have played a crucial role in the reduction in neonatal and infant mortality during the demographic transition; however, so far historical demographers have failed to produce precise measurements of their impact
The Educational Expectations of Children of Immigrants in Italy
In this article, the authors investigate the short-run educational expectations and long-term educational aspirations of the children of immigrants living in Italy and attending eighth grade. The authors look at educational ambition, both as a predictor of educational choice and as a measure of social integration. They consider both secondary-school track and university goals. Data come from the ITAGEN2 survey (2005-2006). First, the authors anal…
From mother to daughter
Recent decades have seen a dramatic expansion in the educational attainment and occupational opportunities of German women. Both the educational and occupational positions of the mothers and those of their daughters are continuously changing across cohorts. Our study aims to detect the probability of daughters to experience maternal-line intergenerational educational and occupational mobility. Using new data from the National Educational Panel St…
The educational expectations of Italian children
This paper aims to investigate to what extent the growing presence of children with immigrant background in the Italian school system has an impact on the educational expectations of Italian students in eighth grade. Educational expectations are individuals’ plans for their future educational career, adjusted to the subjectively estimated probabilities of achieving a given outcome. Multilevel analyses are performed using data from ITAGEN2 (Italia…
Mortality selection in the first three months of life and survival in the following thirty-three months in rural Veneto (North-East Italy) from 1816 to 1835
A number of studies have examined the influence of life conditions in infancy (and pregnancy) on mortality risks in adulthood or old age. For those individuals who survived difficult life conditions, some scholars have found a prevalence of positive select
Linking the macro to the micro
Recent research into educational inequalities has shown the importance of decomposing social origins into parental class, status and education, representing economic, socio-cultural and educational family resources, respectively. But we know little about how inequalities in educational attainment at the micro-level map onto institutional characteristics of educational systems at the macro-level, if we treat social origins in a multidimensional wa…
From parents to children
Empirical studies have repeatedly shown that in Germany educational success still strongly depends on the social origin of individuals. Using the National Educational Panel Study, we analyse the effects of fathers’ and mothers’ education levels on their sons’ and daughters’ educational attainments across three successive birth cohorts in West Germany. We calculate the predicted probabilities of reaching low, medium or high education levels on the…
First signs of transition
The aim of this article is to investigate the parallel decline of early baptism and early mortality at the beginning of the demographic transition in a European high-neonatal mortality context
The pandemic and the female academic
Uncertainty and Narratives of the Future
Explanations for fertility decisions based on structural constraints—such as labor, housing condition, or income—do not account for the contemporary fertility downturn faced by many countries in Europe. In this paper, we posit that the rise of uncertainty is central for understanding contemporary fertility dynamics. We propose a theoretical framework (the Narrative Framework) for the study of fertility decisions under uncertain conditions based o…
Mothers, childcare duties, and remote working under Covid-19 lockdown in Italy
Drawing on a virtual ethnography, we explore how the increase in remote working has created unequal domestic rearrangements of parenting duties with respect to gender relations during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy. We also discuss the resources that mothers have mobilized to create a network of social support in the organization of care
The pandemic and the academic mothers
Gender differences in academia are well-known. Women publish less, achieve higher positions less frequently, and have more interrupted careers. Mothers, more than fathers or childless men and women, suffer these disadvantages. Women academics have to deal with the work-family conflict, the participation in both work and family roles are incompatibly demanding. The closure of childcare services and the impossibility to benefit from informal care (…
A reflection on economic uncertainty and fertility in Europe
The generalized and relatively homogeneous fertility decline across European countries in the aftermath of the Great Recession poses serious challenges to our knowledge of contemporary low fertility patterns. In this paper, we argue that fertility decisions are not a mere “statistical shadow of the past”, and advance the Narrative Framework, a new approach to the relationship between economic uncertainty and fertility. This framework proffers tha…
Manage Your Money, Be Satisfied? Money Management Practices and Financial Satisfaction of Couples Through the Lens of Gender
There is a difference between who brings in income, who spends and manages money, and who finally benefits. All these aspects are important in determining how satisfied spouses are with their individual financial situation. Relying on Swiss Household Panel (SHP) data from 2004 to 2013 (N = 1,810 couples), this assumption is tested by analyzing how women's relative income and the management of economic resources within couples affect women's and m…
Dentro lo schema. Accademiche italiane tra ricerca e didattica
Il lavoro accademico si divide tra ricerca, didattica e attività amministrative. Dopo la riforma Gelmini, la ricerca ha un peso rilevante ai fini dell'avanzamento di carriera. Secondo la letteratura, le donne sono più propense ad assumersi i compiti di insegnamento e quelli amministrativi, in virtù di un gender scheme che le vede più portate per queste mansioni. Le donne hanno meno probabilità di raggiungere posizioni apicali e le raggiungono più…
The growing number of given names as a clue to the beginning of the demographic transition in Europe
Cultural factors are usually considered to have played a crucial role in the reduction in neonatal and infant mortality during the demographic transition; however, so far historical demographers have failed to produce precise measurements of their impact
Stefano Cantalini, Famiglia e disuguaglianza. Matrimonio, fecondità e posizione sociale nell’Italia contemporanea
Posizione sociale e percorsi familiari in Italia sono tra loro collegati. A questo collegamento si aggiunge una dimensione di genere che distanzia le opportunità di uomini e donne sia nel fare famiglia sia nelle conseguenze che la famiglia avrà nel mercato del lavoro retribuito. Di questo si occupa Stefano Cantalini nello scritto Famiglia e disuguaglianza. Matrimonio, fecondità e posizione sociale nell’Italia contemporanea, un testo che, con una …
The impact of narratives of the future on fertility intentions in Norway
Objective This study examines the effect of exposure to different economic narratives of the future on fertility intentions of Norwegian couples. Background Fertility patterns should not only be interpreted in relation to economic uncertainty conceptualized as objective constraints. One should also consider that subjective narratives of economic uncertainty may have a significant role in fertility decision‐making. Method Data were collected from …
Narratives of the Future Affect Fertility
In recent years, fertility rates have declined in most wealthy countries. This phenomenon has largely been explained by focusing on the rise of economic uncertainty. We contribute to this debate by arguing that, under uncertain conditions, narratives of the future —i.e., socially conveyed imagined futures—impact individuals’ decision-making about childbearing. To assess this impact, we conducted (for the first time in fertility intention research…
Perceived Economic Uncertainty and Fertility Intentions in Couples
By adopting a dyadic extension of the Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, 1991), this study examined whether perceived economic uncertainty affects fertility intentions. Three-hundred thirty one heterosexual couples living in Italy participated in a randomized between-group experimental study, in which we manipulated perceived economic uncertainty (low vs. high vs. control). The participants subsequently completed a questionnaire measuring their a…
The good parent
Breaking Traditional Rules
The onomastic revolution—the adoption of names for newborns that departed from centuries-old traditions—is a proxy for a shift in mentality that began in Western countries during the eighteenth century. This change in naming practices cut across traditions that persisted for generations (vertical conformism) as well as within a single generation (horizonal conformism). Data from Italy, France, and the United States suggest that the onomastic revo…
Understanding the dimensions of mental labor
These results highlight the persistence of gendered divisions in the organization of unpaid care in Italy. The unequal mental load borne by mothers underscores the need to address both individual and relational determinants of family work distribution, with implications for well-being, gender equity, and family policy
The risk of being Giovanni or Maria
In the past, the choice of children's names was closely linked to life trajectories. This paper investigates the connection between children's names and child mortality during the demographic transition. Analysing data from the Veneto region (Northern Italy) and the Venetian parish of San Marco between 1816 and 1869, we find that traditional names are associated with higher neonatal mortality, particularly among girls. In contrast, children with …
Sociology (14 obras) · Economics (10 obras) · Population (10 obras) · Psychology (10 obras) · Demography (9 obras) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (7 obras) · Fertility (7 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Demographic economics (6 obras) · Developmental psychology (6 obras)