Centre for Demographic Studies

Family migration and gender inequality in housework: Evidence from China

While the impact of family migration on paid work is well-documented, its potential influence on housework remains largely unknown. This study examines the effect of couple migration on the division of housework in China, focusing on changes in housework hours for both female and...

Partnership and Fertility Trajectories of Immigrant Women Across the Migration Process to Spain: A Comparison by Country of Origin

ABSTRACT Although many studies examine family patterns among immigrants and how these differ from those in the native population, a migration‐focused perspective investigating how partnerships and childbearing trajectories intersect throughout the migration process remains scarce...

The 1820 Mallorca plague was not a classic bubonic outbreak

The 1820 plague outbreak in eastern Mallorca—long treated as a local episode and traditionally classified as a late bubonic manifestation of the Second Plague Pandemic—offers a unique opportunity to reassess transmission dynamics in a prebacteriological context. Using a previousl...