Natalie Nitsche
Contact Information
Natalie Nitsche is a PhD candidate in sociology and a junior fellow at the Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course (PhD expected 2013). She earned her undergraduate degree from the Free University of Berlin (2006), and a M.A. (2008) and M.Phil. (2011) from Yale. Her interests are in social demography, the work family intersection, gender, race, and social inequality. She currently studies how gender equity in couples and contextual factors are related to first and second birth transitions in the United States and Europe. In another line of research, she explores cohort trends in median ages at first birth by education, differences in first birth timing between white and black highly educated women, and if the opt-out hypothesis applies to women with postgraduate education. She is also interested in employment mobility and has published an article on cohort trends in occupational mobility and perceived employment mobility in Germany.
Publications
Articles (Peer-Reviewed)
- Jan Van Bavel and Natalie Nitsche (Forthcoming): “The ‘Ideal Age for Parenthood’ and Second Birth Rates in Europe – The Role of Regional Age Norms.” European Sociological Review
- Natalie Nitsche and Karl Ulrich Mayer (Forthcoming): “Subjective Perceptions of Employment Mobility: A Comparison of East and West Germany.” Comparative Sociology
- Mayer, Karl-Ulrich, Daniela Grunow, and Natalie Nitsche (2010): “Is Occupational Flexibilization a Myth? How Stable Have Working Lives Been and as How Stable Are They Being Perceived?”Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 62 (3): 369-402.
Book Chapters
- Mytzek-Zühlke, Ralf and Natalie Nitsche (2007): “Institutions and Costs – Determinants of Firm Financed Training Activities in Four European Countries.” Pp. 105-138 in: Lorenz Lassnigg, Helen Burzlaff, Maria Davia Rodriguez, and Morten Lassen (Eds.): “Lifelong Learning. Building Bridges through Transitional Labour Markets”. Amsterdam: Het Spinhuis.
Working Papers
- Natalie Nitsche and Karl-Ulrich Mayer (2011): “Stability or Instability of Work Trajectories: Expectations, Aspirations, and Perceptions in East and West Germany”. CIQLE Working Paper 2011-02
Manuscripts in Progress
- Natalie Nitsche: “Gender Equity in Couples and Low Fertility: An Examination of First and Second Birth Transitions in Germany”
- Natalie Nitsche: “A Couple Perspective on Fertility Outcomes: Do Relative Resources Matter for First and Second Births in the US?”
- Nitsche, Natalie and Hannah Brückner: “Fertility Timing and ‘Opting Out’: A Cohort Comparison of Women With Advanced and College Degrees for Birth Cohorts 1931-75.”
- Natalie Nitsche, Hannah Brückner, and Silke Aisenbrey: “Fertility Delay and Education: A Cohort Study of American Women Born 1921-1980.”
- Nitsche, Natalie and Hannah Brückner: “New Dimensions of the Work-Family Conflict: Racial Inequality in Family Formation of Highly Educated Women over Time.”
- Natalie Nitsche: “The Role of Gender in Policy Development: Examining Changes in Parental Leave Policies in a German-Austrian Comparison.”
Teaching
- Sex and Gender in Society, Fall 2012, (TA for Rene Almeling)
- Methods of Inquiry, Fall 2010, (TA for Julia Adams)
- Graduate Level Statistics I, Fall 2009, (TA for Berkay Özkan)
- Graduate Level Statistics II, Spring 2009 & Spring 2010, (TA for Vida Maralani)
Selected Awards and Fellowships
- 2011, NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant (Sociology) for Methods Training
- 2010, Camp Grant, Yale Sociology Department, for auditing an Advanced Demographic Methods Seminar at CUNY
- 2009 & 2010, Yale University Conference Travel Fund Award 2009
- 2008, Rockefeller Travel Award for Travel to the SSHA Annual Meeting 2008
- 2005, DAAD Stipend for Attendance of the Essex Summer School in Social Science data analysis (declined)
- 2004-05, Dean’s List University of Minnesota
- 2004-05, Free University Berlin/University of Minnesota: Stipend for Tuition, Room, Board and Books for Study at the University of Minnesota