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Malgorzata Mikucka

Centre for Demographic Research, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium and MZES, Mannheim University, Germany • Personal webpage • malgorzata.mikucka(at)uclouvain.be •
Individual and population ageing, age structure

Swiss, elderly, single, and childless. Happy?

August 20, 2022September 16, 2021 Malgorzata Mikucka
Europe, Old age, population ageing

Around the world, more and more people age without close kin. Contrary to expectations, however, according to Małgorzata Mikucka, this does not reduce their life satisfaction, or at least not … Read more

Individual and population ageing, age structure

Growing old in a post-communist society. Who gets lonely in Poland and when?

September 16, 2021July 19, 2021 Malgorzata Mikucka
Old age, Poland

Małgorzata Mikucka sheds new light on the loneliness of elderly people in Poland, focusing on the events and transitions that trigger this feeling. Weak social ties and a legacy of … Read more

Families and households

In Switzerland, fertility does not rhyme with happiness

March 10, 2021November 11, 2019 Malgorzata Mikucka
Family, Fertility, Gender issues

Parenthood typically improves people’s life satisfaction, even if only in the short run. Surprisingly, instead, Malgorzata Mikucka finds that a second birth has a negative, albeit temporary, effect on Swiss … Read more

Families and households

On marriage, happiness, and gender specialization of work

September 16, 2021June 27, 2016 Malgorzata Mikucka
Education, Gender issues, Marriage, Work

The married are happier and more satisfied with their lives than the unmarried (Verbakel, 2012; Gove et al., 1990). Yet, as divorce and cohabitation increase, we may be facing a … Read more

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