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Anna Manzoni

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Assistant Professor

Biography

Anna Manzoni joins the Department of Sociology and Anthropology as Assistant Professor, following a postdoctoral appointment at the Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course (CIQLE) at Yale University.

Manzoni is a quantitative sociologist who works on the intersections between labor markets, stratification and demography. Her doctoral dissertation dealt with the methodological and substantive comparison of labor market mobility patterns over time and across cohorts, using retrospective life course data and prospective panel data. Manzoni investigated the extent of memory bias in retrospectively reported employment histories and proposed new approaches to deal empirically with it. She compared levels and determinants of career transitions using two designs, focusing on movements in and out of employment as well as changes of jobs and employers. Her current interests involve theoretical and methodological issues concerning the sociology of work and occupations, social stratification, and research methods. Manzoni focuses on life-course sociology and is interested in the methodological advancements therein. She is also interested in comparative approaches and in crossing disciplinary boundaries.

Ph.D. (Sociology), Tilburg University, The Netherlands, 2010
M.A. equivalent (Sociology), Bicocca University, Milan, Italy, 2005

Interests

Life course, labor market, social inequality, stratification, immigration, demography, sociology of the family, survey methods, longitudinal data analysis

Projects

¨ Moving on? A Growth-Curve Analysis of Occupational Attainment and Career Progression Patterns in West Germany (with J. Härkönen and K. U. Mayer) [R & R]

¨ The career disadvantage of unemployment: cumulating, persisting or accelerating? (with I. Mooi-Reci and C. Elzinga [manuscript]

¨ International migration as occupational and economic mobility (with D. Lillard) [manuscript]

¨ Matching survey data and register data: Education, training and occupation in the life course of the birth cohorts 1964 and 1971 in West Germany (with Hans Dietrich) [manuscript]

¨ Leaving parental home: The role of parents and mentors (with Joshua Lambert) [manuscript]

¨ Racial Segregation and Socio-Economic Status (with Charles Tittle)

 

Publications

¨           Manzoni, A. (2012) In and out of employment: Effects in panel and life-history data.  Advances in Life Course Research 17, 11-24 (available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040260811000578)

¨           Manzoni, A. and Mooi-Reci, I. (2011) Early Unemployment and Subsequent Career Complexity: A Sequence-Based Perspective. Schmollers Jahrbuch - Journal of Applied Social Science Studies 131, 2: 339-348

¨           Manzoni, A., Luijkx, R. and Muffels, R. (2011) Explaining Differences in labour market transitions between panel and life-course data in West-Germany. Quality and Quantity. International Journal of Methodology 45, 2: 241-261

¨           Manzoni, A., Vermunt, J., Luijkx, R. and Muffels, R. (2010) Memory bias in retrospectively collected employment careers: a model based approach to correct for measurement error.  Sociological Methodology Vol. 40.

¨           Fouarge, D., Manzoni, A., Muffels, R. and Luijkx, R. (2010) Childbirth and cohort effects on mothers’ labour supply: A comparative study using life-history data for Germany, the Netherlands and Great-Britain. Work, Employment and Society 24:3.

¨           Muffels, R., Chung, H., Fouarge, D., Klammer, U., Luijkx, R.,  Manzoni, A., Thiel, A., and Wilthagen, T. (2008)  Flexibility and security over the life course. European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.

¨           Benassi, D., Facchini, Manzoni, A. I pensionati lombardi: biografie lavorative e linee di tendenza [Lombard Retirees : work biographies and trends], in Albanese, A., Facchini, C., Vitrotti, G. (Eds.) (2006)  Dal Lavoro al Pensionamento. Vissuti, Progetti. [From work to retirement. Experiences, Projects]. Franco Angeli