LETIZIA MENCARINI

I am Professor of Demography at Department of Social and Political Science at Bocconi University; Fellow at the DONDENA Center for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy at Bocconi University and at the Center for Demography and Ecology at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

I am an expert of Population Europe, among the Leading Women Scientists of AcademiaNet, and in the editorial board of Neodemos, an online Italian blog on population, society and politics.

I am the National Focal Point for the realization of the 2024 Generations and Gender Survey

Professor of Demography

My research interests focus on family demography (life–course analysis, fertility, transition to adulthood, family formation and disruption) and its links with well-being, time use, gender diversity and migration in a policy and welfare state perspective.

I am author of numerous papers published in international scientific journals and of books in Italian about “women, job market and fertility” and “demographic trap” in Italy for the general public.

Aassve A.; Adserà A.; Chang P. Y.; Mencarini L.; Park H.; Peng C.; Plach S.; Raymo J. M.; Wang S.; Yeung W. J. J.
Family ideals in an era of low fertility
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 2024

Luppi, Francesca; Mencarini, Letizia; See, Sarah Grace
Satisfaction with work–family roles and the relationship with working parents’ life satisfaction: a cross-disciplinary perspective
JOURNAL OF FAMILY ISSUES, 2024

Toffolutti, Veronica; Paglino, Eugenio; Kentikelenis, Alexander; Mencarini, Letizia; Aassve, Arnstein
Does bribery increase maternal mortality? Evidence from 135 Sub-Saharan African regions
PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH, 2023

Arpino, Bruno; Le Moglie, Marco; Mencarini, Letizia
What tears couples apart: a machine learning analysis of union dissolution in Germany
DEMOGRAPHY, online first: 9648346, 2022

Gatta, Arianna; Mattioli, Francesco; Mencarini, Letizia; Vignoli, Daniele
Employment uncertainty and fertility intentions: stability or resilience?
POPULATION STUDIES, ahead-of-print, 1-20, 2022

Toffolutti, Veronica; Plach, Samuel; Maksimovic, Teodora; Piccitto, Giorgio; Mascherini, Massimiliano; Mencarini, Letizia; Aassve, Arnstein
The association between COVID-19 policy responses and mental well-being: evidence from 28 European countries
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, on-line first, 2022

Aassve, Arnstein; Cavalli, Nicolò; Mencarini, Letizia; Plach, Samuel; Sanders, Seth
Early assessment of the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and births in highincome countries
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 118 (36): e2105709118, 2021

Aassve, Arnstein; Cavalli, Nicolò; Mencarini, Letizia; Plach, Samuel; Livi Bacci, Massimo
The COVID-19 pandemic and human fertility
SCIENCE, 369(6502): 370-371, 2020

Daniele Vignoli; Letizia Mencarini; Giammarco Alderotti
Is the effect of job uncertainty on fertility intentions channeled by subjective well-being?
ADVANCES IN LIFE COURSE RESEARCH, vol. 46: 100343, 2020

Arnstein, Aassve; Le Moglie, Marco; Mencarini, Letizia
Trust and fertility in uncertain times
POPULATION STUDIES, 75:1, 19-36, 2021

Le Moglie, Marco; Mencarini, Letizia; Rapallini, Chiara
Does income moderate the satisfaction of becoming a parent? In Germany it does and depends on education
JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS, 32(3): 915-952, 2019

Conzo, Pierluigi; Fuochi, Giulia; Mencarini, Letizia
Fertility and life satisfaction in rural Ethiopia
DEMOGRAPHY, 54 (4): 1331–1351, 2017

Nivakoski, Sanna; Calò, Ximena; Mencarini, Letizia; Profeta, Paola
COVID-19 pandemic and the gender divide at work and home
2022

Mencarini, Letizia
Riproduzione e nascite in Italia
GNOSIS, 2023