Maike van Damme is a researcher in sociology at CED, working on social stratification and socio-
demography in cross-national perspective. She has a PhD from Tilburg University, the Netherlands,
and worked subsequently at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona; LISER, Luxembourg; and the
Institute for Sociology and Social-Psychology, Cologne. At the moment she works on the potential
impact of crises on social inequalities, the gender gap in wealth, as well as on informal care
consequences in mid-life, all cross-nationally compared. Other research interests are causes and
consequences of union dissolution and separation processes (such as couple conflict and domestic
violence), gender inequalities in couples, and the conceptualization and operationalization of gender
ideologies.
Maike van Damme
ORCID 0000-0003-1080-9789 Investigadora
Titulació: Doctora en Sociologia (Tilburg University)
Línia/es de recerca:
Cura de la Gent Gran, Generacions i Curs de Vida, Estratificació Social
Spijker, Jeroen J. A., Maike van Damme, i Bruno Arpino. 2025. «The Impact of Providing Intensive Care and Practical Help in Mid-Life on Employment Transitions in Europe». European Journal of Ageing 22(1):21. doi:10.1007/s10433-025-00857-x.
van Damme, Maike, Diego Alburez-Gutierrez, i Andrés F. Castro Torres. 2025. «Research Note: Estimating Kinship Size of Older Adults in Europe With Models and Surveys». Demography 11961236. doi:10.1215/00703370-11961236.
van Damme, Maike, Jeroen Spijker, i Dimitris Pavlopoulos. 2025. «A Care Regime Typology of Elder, Long-Term Care Institutions». European Journal of Ageing 22(1):20. doi:10.1007/s10433-025-00854-0.
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Lozano, Mariona, Elisenda Rentería, Jeroen Spijker, Maike Van Damme, Giorgio Di Gessa, Rebecca Lacey, Baowen Xue, i Anne McMunn. 2025. «Setting the scene: cross-sectional country comparisons of associations between young adult care and education, employment, and health outcomes in Europe». International Journal of Adolescence and Youth 30(1):2467098. doi: 10.1080/02673843.2025.2467098.
[online]
Van Damme, M. (2024). “Mismatches in finding a romantic partner: Education and gender values in the Spanish marriage market”, Perspectives Demogràfiques, 35: 1-4 (ISSN: 2696- 4228). DOI: 10.46710/ced.pd.eng.35
Vidal, Sergi, i Maike van Damme. 2024. «Women’s Family Trajectories after Union Dissolution: A Comparative Life Course Analysis». Journal of Marriage and Family n/a(n/a). doi: 10.1111/jomf.12972.
[online]
Gómez-Casillas, Amalia, Maike van Damme, i Iñaki Permanyer. 2023. «Women’s and Men’s Status: Revisiting the Relationship Between Gender Equality and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Europe». Journal of Interpersonal Violence 088626052311587 [online]
Damme, Maike Van, Sandra Krapf, i Michael Wagner. 2023. «Housing density and its consequences for couples in Germany: staying, moving, or breaking up?» Housing Studies 38(8):1560-88. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2021.1961694.
I.F.: JCR (SSCI)_2020_Q2_Regional & Urban Planning, i.i. 3.516<br />
SJR_2020_Q1_Sociology and Political Science / Urban Studies, i.i. 0.923 [online]
VAN DAMME, Maike; PAVLOPOULOS, Dimitris (2022) “Gender Ideology in Europe: Plotting Normative Types in a Multidimensional Space”. Social Indicators Research, 164: 861-891 (ISSN: 0303-8300). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-022-02976-9 I.F.: JCR (SSCI)_2021_Q2_Sociology, i.i. 2.935<br /> SJR_2021_Q1_Sociology and Political Science, i.i. 0.907
VAN DAMME, Maike; CORTINA, Clara; GONZÁLEZ, M. José (2021) “Couples’ Relative Resources, Male Power, and Relationship Conflict from a Comparative Perspective”. Journal of Family Issues, 43 (5): 1263-1287 (ISSN: 0192-513X). https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X211022397
I.F.: JCR_2020_Q3_Family Studies, i.i. 2.072<br />
SJR_2020_Q1_Social Sciences (miscellaneous), i.i. 0.814 [online]
VAN DAMME, Maike. 2020. "The Negative Female Educational Gradient of Divorce: Towards an Explanation in Six European Countries." Pp. 57–79 in Divorce in Europe, edited by Dimitri Mortelmans. Cham: Springer.
VAN DAMME, Maike. 2019. "Overcrowded Housing and Divorce in Luxembourg." European Journal of Population 36(1):119–139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10680-019-09523-2.
VAN DAMME, Maike, and Pearl DYKSTRA. 2018. "Spousal Resources and Relationship Quality in Eight European Countries." Community, Work, and Family 21(5):541–563. https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2018.1526776.
VAN DAMME, Maike. 2017. "Overcrowded Housing and Divorce in Luxembourg." LISER Working Paper.
VAN DAMME, Maike, and Matthijs KALMIJN. 2014. "The Dynamic Relationships Between Union Dissolution and Women’s Employment: A Life-History Analysis of 16 Countries." Social Science Research 48:261–278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.06.009.
CREIGHTON, Mathew, Gøsta ESPING-ANDERSEN, Roberta RUTIGLIANO, and Maike VAN DAMME. 2013. "Is Fertility Influenced by Couple Instability?" Pp. 102–120 in The Fertility Gap in Europe: Singularities of the Spanish Case, edited by G. ESPING-ANDERSEN. Barcelona: Fundació BBVA.
VAN DAMME, Maike. 2010. "Hoe Vrouwen Hun Eigen Boontjes Doppen. Sociale Klasse en Het Inkomen van Britse, Gescheiden Vrouwen." Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies 13(4):48–61.
VAN DAMME, Maike. 2010. Beyond Marriage. Women's Economic Independence and Separation in Comparative Perspective. Tilburg: Tilburg University.
VAN DAMME, Maike, and Wilfred UUNK. 2009. "Female-Supportive Policies and Women’s Employment After Divorce." Pp. 233–262 in When Marriage Ends: Economic and Social Consequences of Partnership Dissolution: European Countries in Comparison, edited by H.-J. ANDREß and D. HUMMELSHEIM. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.
VAN DAMME, Maike, Matthijs KALMIJN, and Wilfred UUNK. 2009. "The Employment of Separated Women: The Impact of Individual and Institutional Factors." European Sociological Review 25(2):183–197. https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcn042.
VAN DAMME, Maike, Jan DE HAAN, Karin KRAAN, Tom KWAKKELSTEIN, Jan DE LEEDE, Bas STEIJN, and Karin TIJDENS. 2005. Verzonken Technologie. ICT en de Arbeidsmarkt. The Hague: SCP.
Entitat Finançadora: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Referencia: PID2023-153163OB-I00
Entitat Finançadora: Fundación BBVA




