Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
The development of body mass index from adolescence to adulthood: A genotype-family socioeconomic status interaction study
G. Ghirardi
Social Science & Medicine (2025)
paper
Socioeconomic status, genotype, and the differential effects of parental separation on educational attainment
F. Bernardi &
G. Ghirardi
Demography (2025)
paper
replication
Center-based ECEC closes gaps, others may widen them: A decomposition of how different childcare arrangements shape early educational inequality
G. Ghirardi &
F. Gioachin
Acta Sociologica (2025)
paper
replication
Compensating or boosting genetic propensities? Gene-family socioeconomic status interactions by educational outcome selectivity
G. Ghirardi &
F. Bernardi
Social Science Research (2025)
paper
Interaction of family SES with children’s genetic propensity for cognitive and noncognitive skills: No evidence of the Scarr-Rowe hypothesis for educational outcomes
G. Ghirardi,
C. Gil-Hernández,
F. Bernardi,
E. van Bergen &
P. Demange
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility (2024)
paper
pre-registration
replication
Is early formal childcare an equalizer? How attending childcare and education centres affects children’s cognitive and socio-emotional skills in Germany
G. Ghirardi,
T. Baier,
C. Kleinert &
M. Triventi
European Sociological Review (2022)
paper
replication
Book chapters
Genetics of Education: From Research to Policy to Improve Educational Performance and Equality
K. Stienstra &
G. Ghirardi
In The Biological Turn in Education Policy: Navigating Minds, eds. Mattei, Kyriazi, Ydesen & Stieger
chapter
Embryo screening and the new reproductive divide
G. Ghirardi,
A. Van Hootegem &
K. P. Harden
Nature Human Behaviour (2026)
paper
Embryo selection based on polygenic prediction risks reinforcing social inequality
A. Van Hootegem &
G. Ghirardi
Fertility and Sterility (2025)
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