Selection, full list here
Bian, F.; Marx, L. & Vandecasteele, L. Heterogeneous Effects of Parenthood on Couples’ Division of Paid Labor: The Role of Breadwinner Status in European Cross-National Perspective. Demography (in press)
Kuhn, U.; Hevenstone, D.; Vandecasteele, L.; Sepahniya, S. & Kessler, D. (2024). Unemployment Insurance and the Family: Heterogeneous effects of benefit generosity on re-employment and economic precarity. Sociological Science. 11, 649–679. PDF
Gondek, D.; Vandecasteele, L.; Sánchez-Mira, N.; Steinmetz, S.; Mehmeti, T. & Voorpostel, M. (2024). The COVID-19 pandemic and well-being in Switzerland – worse for young people? Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. 18 (67). PDF
Kessler, D., Hevenstone, D., Vandecasteele, L., & Sepahniya, S. (2023). Weathering the storm together: Does unemployment insurance help couples avoid divorce? Journal of European Social Policy. PDF
Bühlmann, F., Morris, K., Sommet, N., Vandecasteele, L. (2023). Vulnerabilities in Local Contexts. In: Spini, D., Widmer, E. (eds) Withstanding Vulnerability throughout Adult Life. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. PDF
Vandecasteele, L.; Ivanova, K.; Sieben, I. & Reeskens, T. (2022). Changing attitudes towards the impact of women’s employment on families. The COVID-19 effect. Gender, Work & Organization. 29(6): 2012–2033. PDF
Steinmetz, S.; Vandecasteele, L.; Lebert, F.; Voorpostel, M.; Lipps, O. (2022). The gendered consequences of the COVID‐19 lockdown on unpaid work in Swiss dual earner couples with children. Gender, Work & Organization. 29(6): 2034–2051. PDF
Morris, K., Bühlmann, F., Sommet, N. & Vandecasteele, L. (2022). The paradox of local inequality: Meritocratic beliefs in unequal localities. The British Journal of Sociology, 73, 421-460. PDF
Identified as among the top 10% most-read articles of 2022 and among the top 10 most-cited articles published in BJS 2022-2023
Vandecasteele, L.; Spini, D.; Sommet, N. & Bühlmann, F. (2022). Poverty and Economic Insecurity in the Life Course. In Nico, M. & Pollock, G. (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Inequalities and the Life Course. New York: Routledge. PDF
Vaccaro, G., Orsholits, D., Steinmetz, S., Studer, M., & Vandecasteele, L. (2022). Measuring labour market transitions using a life-course perspective in selected developed and developing countries: An inventory of existing panel data and methods of analysis. Geneva: ILO / European Commission. PDF
Vandecasteele, L., & Fasang, A. E. (2021). Neighbourhoods, networks and unemployment: The role of neighbourhood disadvantage and local networks in taking up work. Urban Studies, 58(4), 696-714. PDF
Nominated for Best 2021 Article in Urban Studies
Bertogg, A., Strauß, S., & Vandecasteele, L. (2021). Linked lives, linked retirement? Relative income differences within couples and gendered retirement decisions in Europe. Advances in Life Course Research, 47, 100380. PDF
Reeskens, T.; Muis, Q.; Sieben, I.; Vandecasteele, L.; Luijkx, R, & Halman, L. (2021). De stabiliteit van opvattingen voor en tijdens de COVID-19 pandemie. Mens en Maatschappij, 96(1), 129-132. PDF
Reeskens, T., Muis, Q., Sieben, I., Vandecasteele, L., Luijkx, R., & Halman, L. (2021). Stability or change of public opinion and values during the coronavirus crisis? Exploring Dutch longitudinal panel data. European Societies, 23(S1), 153-171. PDF
Giesselmann, M. & Vandecasteele, L. (2018) Armut in der Lebensverlaufperspektive. In Böhnke, P., Dittmann, J. & Göbel, J. (Eds.), Handbuch Armut. Leverkusen: Barbara Budrich. PDF
Vandecasteele, L. & Giesselmann, M. (2018). The Dynamics of In-Work Poverty. In Lohmann, H. & Marx, I. (Eds.), Handbook of Research on In-Work Poverty. Edward Elgar Press. PDF
Reeskens, T. & Vandecasteele, L. (2017). Hard Times and European Youth. The Effect of Economic Insecurity on Human Values, Social Attitudes and Well-being. Journal of Psychology. 52 (1), 19-27. PDF
Reeskens, T. & Vandecasteele, L. (2017). Economic Hardship and Well-Being: Examining the Relative Role of Individual Resources and Welfare State Effort in Resilience Against Economic Hardship. Journal of Happiness Studies. 18(1), 41-62. PDF
Vandecasteele, L. (2016). Social Origin, Education and Socio-economic Inequalities: Trends in the United Kingdom. In F. Bernardi, G. Ballarino (Eds.), Education, Occupation and Social Origin. Edward Elgar Press. PDF
Vandecasteele, L. & Esche, F. (2015). Women’s Labour Force Exit: the Role of Her Partner’s Socio-Economic Position. Journal of Applied Social Science Studies. 135(1), 35-45. PDF
Vandecasteele, L. (2015). Social Class, Life Events and Poverty Risks in Comparative European Perspective. International Review of Social Research. 5 (1), 61-74. PDF
Olsen W., Gash V., Vandecasteele, L., Heuvelman H., Walthery P. (2014). The Gender Pay Gap in the UK Labour Market. In Razzu G. (Ed.) Gender Inequality in the Labour Market in the UK. Oxford, Oxford University Press. PDF
Vandecasteele, L. (2012). Life Events and Poverty Risks: a European Comparative Analysis. In J. Motmans, D. Cuypers, P. Meier, D. Mortelmans & P. Zanoni (Eds.), Equal is not enough: challenging differences and inequalities in contemporary societies. Antwerp: Policy Research Centre on Equal opportunities. PDF
Vandecasteele, L. (2011). Life Course Risks or Cumulative Disadvantage? The Structuring Effect of Social Stratification Determinants and Life Course Events on Poverty Transitions in Europe. European Sociological Review. 27 (2), 246-264
Vandecasteele, L. (2010). Poverty Trajectories after Risky Life Course Events in Different European Welfare Regimes. European Societies. 12 (2), 257-278. PDF
Olsen, W., Gash, V., Vandecasteele, L., Walthery, P., Heuvelman, H. (2010). The Gender Pay Gap in the UK 1995-2007. London: Government Equalities Office
Olsen, W., Heuvelman, H., Gash, V., Vandecasteele, L. (2010). Policy-Related Factors Offsetting Women’s Low Pay in the UK, 2004-2007. London: Government Equalities Office
Debels, A., & Vandecasteele, L. (2008), The Time Lag in Annual Household-based Income measures: assessing and correcting the bias. Review of Income and Wealth, 54 (1), 71-88. PDF
Vandecasteele, L., & Debels, A. (2007), Attrition in Panel Data: the Effectiveness of Weighting. European Sociological Review (23) 1, 81-97. PDF
Vandecasteele, L. (2007). Dynamic Inequalities. The Impact of Social Stratification Determinants on Poverty Dynamics in Europe. Doctoral Thesis, Catholic University Leuven. PDF
Vandecasteele, L. & Billiet, J. (2004). Privatization in the Family Sphere: Longitudinal and Comparative Analyses in Four European Countries. In W. Arts & L. Halman (Eds.), European Values at the Turn of the Millennium. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers. PDF
Vandecasteele, L. (2004), Individualisering: waar het individu tekortschiet… Een onderzoek naar de sociale inbedding van waardeverandering m.b.t. primaire relaties. Tijdschrift voor Sociologie, 25 (3), 305-334. PDF