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Overview

Jan M. Hoem was a researcher affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany whose work primarily focused on social sciences, with a particular emphasis on gender studies and demography. Their research contributions addressed demographic trends, family dynamics, and gender preferences, situating their scholarship within broader social and educational sciences contexts.

They published several papers in the OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) repository at La Trobe University, which served as a frequent venue for their work. Notable publications included:

  • The impact of the first child on family stability, 2021, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • The Role of ConsensualUnions in Romanian TotalFertility, 2021, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Marriages connected with first births among cohabiting women in the Danish fertility survey of 1975, 2021, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Jan M. Hoem's work engaged with a range of subfields including gender studies, pediatrics and perinatology, political science, and education. Their scholarly topics centered on:

  • Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Social and Educational Sciences
  • Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

Their collaborations extended to several frequent coauthors, notably:

  • Cornelia Mureşan
  • Britta Hoem
  • Per Båvner

This collective research contributed to advancing knowledge related to fertility patterns, union formation, and the social implications of family structure changes in contemporary populations. Jan M. Hoem's publications often explored the interplay between fertility decisions and social stability within families.

Best Publications

  • Generations and Gender Survey (GGS): Towards a better understanding of relationships and processes in the life course

    Andres Vikat;Zsolt Spéder;Gijs Beets;Francesco C. Billari

  • Education and childlessness: The relationship between educational field, educational level, and childlessness among Swedish women born in 1955-59

    Jan M. Hoem;Gerda Neyer;Gunnar Andersson

  • Public Policy as the Fuel of Fertility: Effects of a Policy Reform on the Pace of Childbearing in Sweden in the 1980s:

    Jan M. Hoem

  • The Impact of Women's Employment on Second and Third Births in Modern Sweden

    Britta Hoem;Jan M. Hoem

  • Social policy and recent fertility change in Sweden.

    Jan M. Hoem

  • Couple childbearing plans and births in Sweden.

    Elizabeth Thomson;Jan M. Hoem

  • The impact of education on modern family-union initiation

    Jan M. Hoem

  • Markov Chain Models in Life Insurance

    Jan M. Hoem

  • Autonomy or Conservative Adjustment?:The Effect of Public Policies and EducationalAttainment on Third Births in Austria, 1975-96

    Jan M. Hoem;Alexia Prskawetz;Gerda R. Neyer

  • Educational Gradients in Divorce Risks in Sweden in Recent Decades

    Jan M. Hoem

  • Statistical analysis of a multiplicative model and its application to the standardization of vital rates

    Hoem Jm;Ahlbom A

  • Overview Chapter 8: The impact of public policies on European fertility

    Jan M. Hoem

  • Anticipatory analysis and its alternatives in life-course research: Part 1: Education and first childbearing

    Jan M. Hoem;Michaela R. Kreyenfeld

  • Traces of the Second Demographic Transition in Four Selected Countries in Central and Eastern Europe: Union Formation as a Demographic Manifestation

    Jan M. Hoem;Dora Kostova;Aiva Jasilioniene;Cornelia Mureşan

  • Stepfamily fertility in contemporary Sweden: The impact of childbearing before the current union

    Andres Vikat;Elizabeth Thomson;Jan M. Hoem

  • Educational attainment and ultimate fertility among Swedish women born in 1955-59

    Jan M. Hoem;Gerda R. Neyer;Gunnar Andersson

  • Sweden's family policies and roller-coaster fertility.

    Britta Hoem;Jan M. Hoem

  • Social differentials in speed-premium effects in childbearing in Sweden

    Gunnar Andersson;Jan M. Hoem;Ann-Zofie Duvander

  • Anticipatory analysis and its alternatives in life-course research. Part 1: the role of education in the study of first childbearing.

    Hoem Jm;Kreyenfeld M

  • Experiments in modelling recent Danish fertility curves

    Jan M. Hoem;Dan Madsen;Jørgen Løvgreen Nielsen;Else-Marie Ohlsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Elizabeth Thomson
Elizabeth Thomson Stockholm University
Hans-Peter Blossfeld
Hans-Peter Blossfeld University of Bamberg
Francesco C. Billari
Francesco C. Billari Bocconi University
Hans-Peter Kohler
Hans-Peter Kohler University of Pennsylvania
Karsten Hank
Karsten Hank University of Cologne
Arnstein Aassve
Arnstein Aassve Bocconi University

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