Interview: Demography affects our social lives

I was interviewed for an article on the Erasmus University news site: ""Population for humans is like water for goldfish. We don't even see it; we just assume it to be there" says dr. Jennifer Holland, academic lead of the Global Social Challenge' Population and Society’. As a sociologist and demographer, she enjoys taking a...

News: Tenure at Erasmus University Rotterdam

On 1 January 2019, my position in the Department of Public Administration and Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL) was made permanent. My new tenured position is Assistant Professor of Social Science Research Methods, reflecting my contributions to the Department's methodological training for Sociologists, Public Administrators and student in the interdisciplinary program in the Management...

News: Lecturer of the Year Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam

I was voted the 2018 Lecturer of the Year by Public Administration students at the Department of Sociology and Public Administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam.  I teach the first year course in Quantitative Methods. This was one of the first courses I ever taught and it is one of my favorites! I enjoy teaching a...

Publication: Partner choice and timing of first marriage among children of immigrants in Norway and Sweden

Title:  Partner choice and timing of first marriage among children of immigrants in Norway and Sweden Authors: Kenneth Aarskaug Wiik and Jennifer A. Holland Journal: Acta Sociologica, 61(2):143-62. doi: 10.1177/0001699317718611 Abstract: Using register data from Norway and Sweden, this study addresses the relationship between partner choice and the timing of first marriage among all migrant- and non-migrant-background...

Publication: Using Twitter data for Population Estimates

Title: Using Twitter data for Population Estimates Authors: Jo Munson, Dilek Yildiz, Agnese Vitali, Ramine Tinati and Jennifer A. Holland Journal: Demographic Research, 37(46): 1477-1514. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2017.37.46. Abstract: Background: Social media data is a promising source of social science data. However, deriving the demographic characteristics of users and dealing with the nonrandom, nonrepresentative populations from...

Publication: The Rise in Divorce and Cohabitation: Is There a Link?

Title: The Rise in Divorce and Cohabitation: Is There a Link? Authors: Brienna Perelli-Harris, Ann Berrington, Paulina Galezewska, Nora Sánchez Gassen and Jennifer A. Holland Journal: Population and Development Review. 43(2): 303-29. DOI 10.1111/padr.12063 **A Population and Development Review Top-10 most downloaded article 2017. Abstract: Over the past decades, divorce and cohabitation have increased dramatically throughout...

Publication: Differences in Labour Force Participation by Motherhood Status among Second Generation Turkish and Majority Women across Europe

Title: Differences in Labour Force Participation by Motherhood Status among Turkish Second Generation and Majority Women across Europe Authors: Jennifer A. Holland and Helga de Valk Journal: Population Studies, 71(3): 363-78. DOI 10.1080/00324728.2017.1319495 Abstract: Second-generation Turkish immigrants make up an increasingly important segment of European labour markets. These young adults are entering the prime working ages...

Publication: The Timing of Marriage vis-à-vis Co-residence and Childbearing in Europe and the United States

Title: The Timing of Marriage vis-à-vis Co-residence and Childbearing in Europe and the United States Author: Jennifer A. Holland Journal: Demographic Research, 36(20), 609-26. DOI 10.4054/DemRes.2017.36.20 Abstract: OBJECTIVE These descriptive findings extend Holland’s (2013) marriage typology, linking the timing of marriage, childbearing and cohabitation, and apply it to a range of European countries and the...

News: Assistant Professor Sociology of Work, Erasmus University Rotterdam

On 1 January 2017, I joined the faculty of the Department of Public Administration and Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL) as an Assistant Professor of the Sociology of Work. During 2017-2018, I will be on leave from the University of Southampton, although I will continue as an affiliate of the ESRC Research Centre for Population...

WIP: Economic Dependency and Cohabiting Couples’ Union Transitions

Title: Economic Dependency and Cohabiting Couples’ Union Transitions Authors: Jennifer A. Holland and Agnese Vitali Abstract: The decline of the male breadwinner model and the increasing importance women as income providers has changed partners’ economic dependency. Focusing on heterosexual cohabiting couples in the United States, we investigate the association between partners’ relative earnings and union...