Rense Nieuwenhuis
@rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social
Sociologist at SOFI, interested in families, social policy, and poverty & inequality.
Joint coordinator of the rEUsilience project (www.reusilience.eu)
Joint coordinator of the rEUsilience project (www.reusilience.eu)
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mKBO: Multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition
Always wanted to do a KBO decomposition with more than 2 groups? @thaning.bsky.social and I present a multi-group generalization that overcomes this limitation, while providing a number of methodological advantages:
osf.io/preprints/so...
Always wanted to do a KBO decomposition with more than 2 groups? @thaning.bsky.social and I present a multi-group generalization that overcomes this limitation, while providing a number of methodological advantages:
osf.io/preprints/so...
Excellent “debut”!
Today is a very special day for me 🎉 my first ever solo-author paper is out in Journal of Marriage and Family (this was my dream journal during my PhD and I am beyond excited to have this paper published there). Go check it out, it's open access.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library
Objective This study aims to reveal the heterogeneity of single parents by focusing on the variation in poverty risks across countries and across pathways into single parenthood. It also adjudicates...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Excellent “debut”!
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Today is a very special day for me 🎉 my first ever solo-author paper is out in Journal of Marriage and Family (this was my dream journal during my PhD and I am beyond excited to have this paper published there). Go check it out, it's open access.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library
Objective This study aims to reveal the heterogeneity of single parents by focusing on the variation in poverty risks across countries and across pathways into single parenthood. It also adjudicates...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Today is a very special day for me 🎉 my first ever solo-author paper is out in Journal of Marriage and Family (this was my dream journal during my PhD and I am beyond excited to have this paper published there). Go check it out, it's open access.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
It was a great pleasure to discuss and examine @katriaaltonen.bsky.social ’s excellent dissertation “Austerity, health payments and economic well-being” at the University of Turku. Supervisors: @janierola.net and @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social
Congratulations, Katri!
Congratulations, Katri!
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
It was a great pleasure to discuss and examine @katriaaltonen.bsky.social ’s excellent dissertation “Austerity, health payments and economic well-being” at the University of Turku. Supervisors: @janierola.net and @mariavaalavuo.bsky.social
Congratulations, Katri!
Congratulations, Katri!
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Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Ali Solomon. #NewYorkerCartoons
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Ali Solomon. #NewYorkerCartoons
Tripartite alliances for vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from the Eurofound PolicyWatch database
New paper by @garimasingh-gs.bsky.social, @minnavangerven.bsky.social and myself, in Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New paper by @garimasingh-gs.bsky.social, @minnavangerven.bsky.social and myself, in Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research
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November 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Tripartite alliances for vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from the Eurofound PolicyWatch database
New paper by @garimasingh-gs.bsky.social, @minnavangerven.bsky.social and myself, in Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New paper by @garimasingh-gs.bsky.social, @minnavangerven.bsky.social and myself, in Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
I don’t think the #smurfs have a particularly good track record on gender equality, but hey: if they can try it, so can we all!
#smurfetteprincie
#smurfetteprincie
November 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I don’t think the #smurfs have a particularly good track record on gender equality, but hey: if they can try it, so can we all!
#smurfetteprincie
#smurfetteprincie
En route to Brussels, to attend the FutuRes final conference tomorrow . I will bring a discussion based on @reusilience.bsky.social research.
futu-res.eu/brussels-con...
futu-res.eu/brussels-con...
Final stakeholder conference of the FutuRes project | FutuRes
futu-res.eu
November 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
En route to Brussels, to attend the FutuRes final conference tomorrow . I will bring a discussion based on @reusilience.bsky.social research.
futu-res.eu/brussels-con...
futu-res.eu/brussels-con...
How symbolic, that upon submission of our multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to R / CRAN, the automated checks trip over Evelyn Kitagawa’s name, while the two men are just fine.
More soon (hopefully), with @thaning.bsky.social
More soon (hopefully), with @thaning.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
How symbolic, that upon submission of our multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition to R / CRAN, the automated checks trip over Evelyn Kitagawa’s name, while the two men are just fine.
More soon (hopefully), with @thaning.bsky.social
More soon (hopefully), with @thaning.bsky.social
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🚨Multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition working paper out!
Extending KBO decomposition for more than two groups by relating group prevalence and estimated coefficients to the sample average - as well as other juicy meth discussions 😎
Joint work together with @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social
Extending KBO decomposition for more than two groups by relating group prevalence and estimated coefficients to the sample average - as well as other juicy meth discussions 😎
Joint work together with @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social
mKBO: Multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition
Always wanted to do a KBO decomposition with more than 2 groups? @thaning.bsky.social and I present a multi-group generalization that overcomes this limitation, while providing a number of methodological advantages:
osf.io/preprints/so...
Always wanted to do a KBO decomposition with more than 2 groups? @thaning.bsky.social and I present a multi-group generalization that overcomes this limitation, while providing a number of methodological advantages:
osf.io/preprints/so...
OSF
osf.io
October 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🚨Multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition working paper out!
Extending KBO decomposition for more than two groups by relating group prevalence and estimated coefficients to the sample average - as well as other juicy meth discussions 😎
Joint work together with @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social
Extending KBO decomposition for more than two groups by relating group prevalence and estimated coefficients to the sample average - as well as other juicy meth discussions 😎
Joint work together with @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social
mKBO: Multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition
Always wanted to do a KBO decomposition with more than 2 groups? @thaning.bsky.social and I present a multi-group generalization that overcomes this limitation, while providing a number of methodological advantages:
osf.io/preprints/so...
Always wanted to do a KBO decomposition with more than 2 groups? @thaning.bsky.social and I present a multi-group generalization that overcomes this limitation, while providing a number of methodological advantages:
osf.io/preprints/so...
OSF
osf.io
October 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
mKBO: Multigroup Kitagawa-Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition
Always wanted to do a KBO decomposition with more than 2 groups? @thaning.bsky.social and I present a multi-group generalization that overcomes this limitation, while providing a number of methodological advantages:
osf.io/preprints/so...
Always wanted to do a KBO decomposition with more than 2 groups? @thaning.bsky.social and I present a multi-group generalization that overcomes this limitation, while providing a number of methodological advantages:
osf.io/preprints/so...
"Fragmentation of social policies remain a key explanation of gender inequality".
Mara Yerkes in her keynote at "Breaking silos, building futures.
Policy innovations for integrated family and child support"
@odiseehogeschool.bsky.social @cofaceeu.bsky.social
Mara Yerkes in her keynote at "Breaking silos, building futures.
Policy innovations for integrated family and child support"
@odiseehogeschool.bsky.social @cofaceeu.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"Fragmentation of social policies remain a key explanation of gender inequality".
Mara Yerkes in her keynote at "Breaking silos, building futures.
Policy innovations for integrated family and child support"
@odiseehogeschool.bsky.social @cofaceeu.bsky.social
Mara Yerkes in her keynote at "Breaking silos, building futures.
Policy innovations for integrated family and child support"
@odiseehogeschool.bsky.social @cofaceeu.bsky.social
"To a child seeking help, labels on the doors mean nothing. To them, it matters how the health/social workers are as a person."
Maria Kaisa Aula (Welfare area of Central Finland) on the importance of trust in welfare provision.
@cofaceeu.bsky.social @odiseehogeschool.bsky.social
Maria Kaisa Aula (Welfare area of Central Finland) on the importance of trust in welfare provision.
@cofaceeu.bsky.social @odiseehogeschool.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"To a child seeking help, labels on the doors mean nothing. To them, it matters how the health/social workers are as a person."
Maria Kaisa Aula (Welfare area of Central Finland) on the importance of trust in welfare provision.
@cofaceeu.bsky.social @odiseehogeschool.bsky.social
Maria Kaisa Aula (Welfare area of Central Finland) on the importance of trust in welfare provision.
@cofaceeu.bsky.social @odiseehogeschool.bsky.social
This new publication of ours, with Mara Yerkes, Lovisa Backman and @jstrigen.bsky.social is a fun one, I think.
"Five blindspots in reform studies of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"Five blindspots in reform studies of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy”
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September 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This new publication of ours, with Mara Yerkes, Lovisa Backman and @jstrigen.bsky.social is a fun one, I think.
"Five blindspots in reform studies of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
"Five blindspots in reform studies of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy”
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Please apply! PhD position @sofi.su.se. Stockholm University ERC-funded project, Making Time: Organized Labour and the Politics of Care Leave. MA degree (or near completion) and quant training required. 1 Oct deadline, start Jan 2026. See: su.varbi.com/what:job/job....
Doktorand i sociologi
Sociologiska institutionen är en av Stockholms universitets största samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och rankas kontinuerligt bland de 50 bästa sociologiska institutionerna i världen. Mer info
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September 5, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Please apply! PhD position @sofi.su.se. Stockholm University ERC-funded project, Making Time: Organized Labour and the Politics of Care Leave. MA degree (or near completion) and quant training required. 1 Oct deadline, start Jan 2026. See: su.varbi.com/what:job/job....
Five blindspots in reform studies of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy
New paper in @actasociologica.bsky.social with Mara Yerkes, Lovisa Backman and @jstrigen.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New paper in @actasociologica.bsky.social with Mara Yerkes, Lovisa Backman and @jstrigen.bsky.social
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September 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Five blindspots in reform studies of early childhood education and care (ECEC) policy
New paper in @actasociologica.bsky.social with Mara Yerkes, Lovisa Backman and @jstrigen.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New paper in @actasociologica.bsky.social with Mara Yerkes, Lovisa Backman and @jstrigen.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@abrarbawati.bsky.social presenting @reusilience.bsky.social results from ongoing work titled “From Origin to Destination: How Migration Shapes the Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty in Europe”.
#espanet
#espanet
August 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
@abrarbawati.bsky.social presenting @reusilience.bsky.social results from ongoing work titled “From Origin to Destination: How Migration Shapes the Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty in Europe”.
#espanet
#espanet
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Mary Daly @dspi-oxford.bsky.social presenting the recently published @reusilience.bsky.social book of ours at the ESPAnet. Available at www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...
@rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social @margaleon.bsky.social @wvlancker.bsky.social @thaning.bsky.social
@rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social @margaleon.bsky.social @wvlancker.bsky.social @thaning.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Mary Daly @dspi-oxford.bsky.social presenting the recently published @reusilience.bsky.social book of ours at the ESPAnet. Available at www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...
@rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social @margaleon.bsky.social @wvlancker.bsky.social @thaning.bsky.social
@rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @ivanadobrotic.bsky.social @margaleon.bsky.social @wvlancker.bsky.social @thaning.bsky.social
Mary Daly from @dspi-oxford.bsky.social presenting key insights from the @reusilience.bsky.social book “Families, Welfare States and Resilience” at #ESPAnet
www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...
www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...
August 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Mary Daly from @dspi-oxford.bsky.social presenting key insights from the @reusilience.bsky.social book “Families, Welfare States and Resilience” at #ESPAnet
www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...
www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook-o...
Institutionalised power or crisis corporatism? Comparing Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic
New paper by @jstrigen.bsky.social, @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social, @minnavangerven.bsky.social Zamzam Elmi and Aino Salmi.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New paper by @jstrigen.bsky.social, @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social, @minnavangerven.bsky.social Zamzam Elmi and Aino Salmi.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Institutionalised power or crisis corporatism? Comparing Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands during the COVID-19 pandemic
New paper by @jstrigen.bsky.social, @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social, @minnavangerven.bsky.social Zamzam Elmi and Aino Salmi.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New paper by @jstrigen.bsky.social, @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social, @minnavangerven.bsky.social Zamzam Elmi and Aino Salmi.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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So pleased with the feedback & recommendations. In this new work, I am exploring whether the childcare gap matters for maternal employment from a macro perspective using country-year panel data. Early findings suggest it matters for the intensity of employment rather than the overall choice of it.
@merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social presenting novel @reusilience.bsky.social data and analyses on the childcare gap.
August 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
So pleased with the feedback & recommendations. In this new work, I am exploring whether the childcare gap matters for maternal employment from a macro perspective using country-year panel data. Early findings suggest it matters for the intensity of employment rather than the overall choice of it.
Toon Van Havere gave such a great presentation that I forgot to take a picture. In the @reusilience.bsky.social project, he bravely ventures into policy interplays and context specificity of childcare out-of-pocket costs and child-contingent benefits: osf.io/preprints/so...
August 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Toon Van Havere gave such a great presentation that I forgot to take a picture. In the @reusilience.bsky.social project, he bravely ventures into policy interplays and context specificity of childcare out-of-pocket costs and child-contingent benefits: osf.io/preprints/so...
@merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social presenting novel @reusilience.bsky.social data and analyses on the childcare gap.
August 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
@merveuzunalioglu.bsky.social presenting novel @reusilience.bsky.social data and analyses on the childcare gap.
Memories of a much-needed summer holiday
August 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Memories of a much-needed summer holiday