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Births are difficult to predict even with rich survey and full-population register data
Elizaveta Sivak, Emily M. Cantrell, Thomas Emery +109
Major life events have proven difficult to predict. Does this reflect limits of theory, data, and algorithms, or the large role of chance? We examine one outcome - having a child w…
Combining the Strengths of Dutch Survey and Register Data in a Data Challenge to Predict Fertility (PreFer)
Elizaveta Sivak, Paulina Pankowska, Adrienne Mendrik +8
The social sciences have produced an impressive body of research on determinants of fertility outcomes, or whether and when people have children. However, the strength of these det…
Core but not peripheral online social ties is a protective factor against depression: evidence from a nationally representative sample of young adults
Sofia Dokuka, Elizaveta Sivak, Ivan Smirnov
As social interactions are increasingly taking place in the digital environment, online friendship and its effects on various life outcomes from health to happiness attract growing…
Measuring Adolescents' Well-being: Correspondence of Naive Digital Traces to Survey Data
Elizaveta Sivak, Ivan Smirnov
Digital traces are often used as a substitute for survey data. However, it is unclear whether and how digital traces actually correspond to the survey-based traits they purport to…
Gender Bias in Sharenting: Both Men and Women Mention Sons More Often Than Daughters on Social Media
Elizaveta Sivak, Ivan Smirnov
Gender inequality starts before birth. Parents tend to prefer boys over girls, which is manifested in reproductive behavior, marital life, and parents' pastimes and investments in…