Diederik Boertien, Author at N-IUSSP

Families and households

Legalizing same-sex marriages improves subjective well-being (in England and Wales)

March 11, 2021February 10, 2020 Diederik Boertien and Daniele Vignoli

Couples, homosexual marriage, Marriage, united kingdom

Legalizing same-sex marriage is as an important step toward reducing differences in well-being based on sexual orientation. For example, the subjective well-being of individuals in same-sex couples increased following legalizationin … Read more

Education, work, economy (socio-economic differences)

Does parental separation increase inequality of educational opportunity?

March 4, 2021January 16, 2017 Fabrizio Bernardi and Diederik Boertien

Education, Separations, Youth

Our research (Bernardi & Boertien 2016a; 2016b) has led us to the conclusion that, while children growing up without one parent in the household do have lower educational attainment,family structure … Read more