Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Microsociology

Research projects

"Labour market, income and well-being trajectories before and after the birth of the first child" [Link]

"Household production and consumption over the lifecycle: National Time Transfer Accounts in 14 European countries" [Link]

"National Transfer Accounts Estimations in Moldova" [Link]

Research interests

• Life course research
• Intergenerational transfers
• Family sociology
• Costs of childbearing
• ...

Short CV

Positions and visiting research positions

2024 -

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Assistant Professor, non-tenure track), Department of Sociology, University of Vienna

2023 - 2024

Junior Faculty at DYNAMICS Research Training Group (The Dynamics of
Demography, Democratic Processes and Public Policy), Humboldt University of Berlin

2020 - 2024

Humboldt Research Fellow (Postdoctoral Researcher), Microsociology, Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt-University Berlin

2020

Associated Researcher, Hungarian Demographic Research Institute, Budapest

2019

Visiting Researcher, Doctoral School of Demography and Sociology, University of Pécs

2016 - 2017

External consultant, United Nations Population Fund, Moldova

2013 - 2020

Junior Researcher, Hungarian Demographic Research Institute, Budapest

2011 - 2013

Junior Researcher and Survey Operator of the Hungarian SHARE Project (Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement), TÁRKI Social Research Institute, Budapest

2012

Consultant, Emergency Fund, Open Society Foundations

2008 - 2011

Research assistant, TÁRKI Social Research Institute, Budapest

2005 - 2006

Consultant, Open Society Justice Initiative, Open Society Foundations

2005 - 2009

Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Social Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

Education

2013 - 2019

Ph.D. in Sociology (specialization in Demography), Doctoral School of Demography and Sociology, University of Pécs

2006 - 2007

Master Courses in Sociology and Social Psychology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

2003 - 2008

B.A. and M.A. in Sociology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest

Publications (selection)

Vargha, L., Binder-Hammer, B. and Donehower, G. (2023): Time transfers by age and gender in 28 countries. Socius 9: ID 23780231231153615

Hammer, B., Istenič, T., Spitzer, S. and Vargha, L. (2020): The gender dimension of intergenerational transfers in Europe. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing 15: No. 100234.

Istenič, T., Vargha, L. and Sambt, J. (2020): The relationships between welfare regimes and intergenerational reallocation systems in some EU countries. The Economic Journal of Catalonia 82: 62-71

Vargha, L. and Donehower G. (2019): The Quantity‐Quality Tradeoff: A Cross‐Country Comparison of Market and Nonmarket Investments per Child in Relation to Fertility. Population and Development Review 45(2): 321-350.

Istenič, T., Vargha, L. and Sambt, J. (2019): Is there a connection between welfare regimes and inter-age reallocation systems? The Journal of the Economics of Ageing 14: No. 100202.

Hammer, B., Prskawetz, A., Gál, R.I., Istenič, T, and Vargha, L. (2019): Human Capital Investment and the Sustainability of Public Transfer Systems Across Europe. Journal of Population Ageing 12: 427-452.

Seme, A., Vargha, L., Istenič, T. and Sambt, J. (2019): The patterns of non-monetary transfers in Europe: A historical NTTA analysis by age and gender. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 17: 121-140.

Sánchez-Romero, M., Abío, G., Botey, M., Prskawetz, A., Sambt, J., Solé Juvés, M., Souto, G., Vargha, L. and Patxot, C. (2019): Welfare state winners and losers in ageing societies. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research,17: 9-36.

Gál, R.I., Vanhuysse, P., and Vargha, L. (2018): Pro-Elderly States, or Child-Oriented Societies? Journal of European Public Policy 25(6): 944-958.

Hammer, B., Istenič, T., and Vargha, L. (2018): The Broken Generational Contract in Europe: Generous transfers to the elderly population, low investments in children. Intergenerational Justice Review 12(1): 21-31.