Satu Helske
@satuhelske.bsky.social
Senior research fellow in sociology at the University of Turku. PhD in statistics. PI of PREDLIFE consortium, affiliated with INVEST & FLUX.
Life course, inequality, (fathers') parental leave, sequence analysis
Life course, inequality, (fathers') parental leave, sequence analysis
Happy to share that our paper on the adaptation to paternal leave policies in Finnish municipalities was just published by European Societies: doi.org/10.1162/euso...
What did we find?
What did we find?
September 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Happy to share that our paper on the adaptation to paternal leave policies in Finnish municipalities was just published by European Societies: doi.org/10.1162/euso...
What did we find?
What did we find?
Last days of our PREDLIFE consortium with @jounihelske.bsky.social.
Thank you Research Council of Finland for granting two postdocs a consortium funding, @invest-flagship.bsky.social for hosting, and great colleagues for participating.
Thank you Research Council of Finland for granting two postdocs a consortium funding, @invest-flagship.bsky.social for hosting, and great colleagues for participating.
December 20, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Last days of our PREDLIFE consortium with @jounihelske.bsky.social.
Thank you Research Council of Finland for granting two postdocs a consortium funding, @invest-flagship.bsky.social for hosting, and great colleagues for participating.
Thank you Research Council of Finland for granting two postdocs a consortium funding, @invest-flagship.bsky.social for hosting, and great colleagues for participating.
At Université Paris Dauphine this week, presenting our paper on creating variables from sequences.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 4, 2024 at 3:10 PM
At Université Paris Dauphine this week, presenting our paper on creating variables from sequences.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Interestingly, quota uptake increased the fastest in Ostrobothnia, which is the most Swedish-speaking but also has more support to conservative values. This raises the question: are (relatively) more conservative families inherently more resistant to leave-sharing or mainly slower to adapt?
November 27, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Interestingly, quota uptake increased the fastest in Ostrobothnia, which is the most Swedish-speaking but also has more support to conservative values. This raises the question: are (relatively) more conservative families inherently more resistant to leave-sharing or mainly slower to adapt?
Finland has a Swedish-speaking language minority (about 5%). We also found that a higher share of Swedish-speaking residents indicated higher quota-use, and increasingly so over the years.
This suggests cross-border policy influences from Sweden, the forerunner in gender-equal leave.
This suggests cross-border policy influences from Sweden, the forerunner in gender-equal leave.
November 27, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Finland has a Swedish-speaking language minority (about 5%). We also found that a higher share of Swedish-speaking residents indicated higher quota-use, and increasingly so over the years.
This suggests cross-border policy influences from Sweden, the forerunner in gender-equal leave.
This suggests cross-border policy influences from Sweden, the forerunner in gender-equal leave.
This finding, however, only applied before the 2013 parental leave reform, that was the first to give fathers an independent right to a quota of parental leave. Before that, mother's had to give up sharable leave for the father to get his "bonus leave".
November 27, 2024 at 7:15 AM
This finding, however, only applied before the 2013 parental leave reform, that was the first to give fathers an independent right to a quota of parental leave. Before that, mother's had to give up sharable leave for the father to get his "bonus leave".
Most municipalities positioned themselves between favouring defamilialism ("mums to work") and explicit familialism ("mums at home"). Overall, municipalities with higher support to defamilialism had fewer user's of father's quota of "solo" parental leave.
November 27, 2024 at 7:15 AM
Most municipalities positioned themselves between favouring defamilialism ("mums to work") and explicit familialism ("mums at home"). Overall, municipalities with higher support to defamilialism had fewer user's of father's quota of "solo" parental leave.
We performed content analysis of political manifestos of the main political parties issued during the 2019 parliamentary elections to assess Finnish parties’ family policy positions. We then estimated support to (de)familialising policies in Finnish municipalities as a proxy for local gender norms.
November 27, 2024 at 7:15 AM
We performed content analysis of political manifestos of the main political parties issued during the 2019 parliamentary elections to assess Finnish parties’ family policy positions. We then estimated support to (de)familialising policies in Finnish municipalities as a proxy for local gender norms.
New preprint! Adaptation to paternal leave policies in Finnish municipalities: changing gender norms and cross-border policy legacies.
With Tiia-Maria Pasanen,
@giovannigiuliani.bsky.social, Simon Chapman, @jounihelske.bsky.social
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
With Tiia-Maria Pasanen,
@giovannigiuliani.bsky.social, Simon Chapman, @jounihelske.bsky.social
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
November 27, 2024 at 7:15 AM
New preprint! Adaptation to paternal leave policies in Finnish municipalities: changing gender norms and cross-border policy legacies.
With Tiia-Maria Pasanen,
@giovannigiuliani.bsky.social, Simon Chapman, @jounihelske.bsky.social
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
With Tiia-Maria Pasanen,
@giovannigiuliani.bsky.social, Simon Chapman, @jounihelske.bsky.social
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
New working paper: Heterogeneous workplace peer effects in fathers’ parental leave uptake in Finland
We found that low-educated fathers were more influenced by their peer's example.
Link: osf.io/preprints/so...
#AcademicSky #sociology @invest-flagship.bsky.social @flux-consortium.bsky.social
We found that low-educated fathers were more influenced by their peer's example.
Link: osf.io/preprints/so...
#AcademicSky #sociology @invest-flagship.bsky.social @flux-consortium.bsky.social
August 26, 2024 at 7:02 AM
New working paper: Heterogeneous workplace peer effects in fathers’ parental leave uptake in Finland
We found that low-educated fathers were more influenced by their peer's example.
Link: osf.io/preprints/so...
#AcademicSky #sociology @invest-flagship.bsky.social @flux-consortium.bsky.social
We found that low-educated fathers were more influenced by their peer's example.
Link: osf.io/preprints/so...
#AcademicSky #sociology @invest-flagship.bsky.social @flux-consortium.bsky.social
Honored to be invited by the Estonian Institute for Population Studies to present our findings from the Predlife project. Shared insights on fathers' parental leave uptake, including new results on positive, cumulative workplace peer effects after the 2013 parental leave reform in Finland. 👨👧👦📊
October 30, 2023 at 7:41 AM
Honored to be invited by the Estonian Institute for Population Studies to present our findings from the Predlife project. Shared insights on fathers' parental leave uptake, including new results on positive, cumulative workplace peer effects after the 2013 parental leave reform in Finland. 👨👧👦📊
If you missed the webinar, there will be a recording available on the website of the Sequence Analysis Association: sequenceanalysis.org
Recordings are only available to members, but luckily SAA memberships are free of charge. 😉
Recordings are only available to members, but luckily SAA memberships are free of charge. 😉
October 19, 2023 at 3:08 PM
If you missed the webinar, there will be a recording available on the website of the Sequence Analysis Association: sequenceanalysis.org
Recordings are only available to members, but luckily SAA memberships are free of charge. 😉
Recordings are only available to members, but luckily SAA memberships are free of charge. 😉
Sequence analysis association's webinar starting at 4pm CET (just about now).
Matthias Studer is presenting on how to validate sequence typologies and I will talk about creating (explanatory) variables from sequences.
Webinar link here: sequenceanalysis.org/webinars/
Matthias Studer is presenting on how to validate sequence typologies and I will talk about creating (explanatory) variables from sequences.
Webinar link here: sequenceanalysis.org/webinars/
October 19, 2023 at 1:54 PM
Sequence analysis association's webinar starting at 4pm CET (just about now).
Matthias Studer is presenting on how to validate sequence typologies and I will talk about creating (explanatory) variables from sequences.
Webinar link here: sequenceanalysis.org/webinars/
Matthias Studer is presenting on how to validate sequence typologies and I will talk about creating (explanatory) variables from sequences.
Webinar link here: sequenceanalysis.org/webinars/
.. and of course the link to the publication in Sociological Methodology, with the full story: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
October 17, 2023 at 11:34 AM
.. and of course the link to the publication in Sociological Methodology, with the full story: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
If you're eager to learn more, join me for a presentation on this research during the Sequence Analysis Association's webinar this Thursday.
Webinar link: sequenceanalysis.org/webinars/
4/4
Webinar link: sequenceanalysis.org/webinars/
4/4
October 17, 2023 at 10:41 AM
If you're eager to learn more, join me for a presentation on this research during the Sequence Analysis Association's webinar this Thursday.
Webinar link: sequenceanalysis.org/webinars/
4/4
Webinar link: sequenceanalysis.org/webinars/
4/4
In social sciences, the concept of 'true clusters' is often implausible, and the link between sequences and outcomes is more nuanced. In these situations, it may be better to create variables based on soft/fuzzy clustering or representativeness scores. 3/4
October 17, 2023 at 10:40 AM
In social sciences, the concept of 'true clusters' is often implausible, and the link between sequences and outcomes is more nuanced. In these situations, it may be better to create variables based on soft/fuzzy clustering or representativeness scores. 3/4
We compared alternative methods for creating variables from sequences across various data scenarios, using simulated and empirical data. Our findings suggest that the trad. approach performs well when clustering is strong and the outcome is class-dependent, but less so in other situations. 2/4
October 17, 2023 at 10:39 AM
We compared alternative methods for creating variables from sequences across various data scenarios, using simulated and empirical data. Our findings suggest that the trad. approach performs well when clustering is strong and the outcome is class-dependent, but less so in other situations. 2/4
In a new-ish publication with @jounihelske.bsky.social and Guilherme Chihaya, we delve into the potential pitfalls of using cluster memberships from sequence analysis as a categorical variable in regression analysis. We also propose alternatives. 1/4
October 17, 2023 at 10:37 AM
In a new-ish publication with @jounihelske.bsky.social and Guilherme Chihaya, we delve into the potential pitfalls of using cluster memberships from sequence analysis as a categorical variable in regression analysis. We also propose alternatives. 1/4
After a longer silence - first, parental leave, and then all the issues with Twitter/X - I'm getting back into sharing the academic work that's been published in the meanwhile. Stay tuned for updates.
October 17, 2023 at 6:26 AM
After a longer silence - first, parental leave, and then all the issues with Twitter/X - I'm getting back into sharing the academic work that's been published in the meanwhile. Stay tuned for updates.
A full day of planning the next steps of the Predlife research consortium with @jounihelske.bsky.social et al. Super excited about all the new ideas!
October 13, 2023 at 6:05 PM
A full day of planning the next steps of the Predlife research consortium with @jounihelske.bsky.social et al. Super excited about all the new ideas!