CALTABIANO Marcantonio

CURRENT POSITION
Since 2022 (December) Full Professor of Demography.
Currently teaching master courses of Social Statistics & Demography and Demographic Models and doctoral course of Survival Analysis.

PAST POSITIONS
2016-2022 Associate Professor of Demography at the Department of Economics, University of Messina.
2008-2016 Researcher (permanent position) in Demography at the Department of Economics, University of Messina.
2005-2008 Research fellow, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padova.

EDUCATION
2005 Ph.D. in Applied Statistics, University of Padova.
Thesis: The beginning of affective and sexual life: an international comparative statistical analysis.
Winner of the Italian Statistical Society Prize for the best thesis in Demography in 2005.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Aging and demography of Southern Italy. Low fertility and its determinants. Population History. Transition to adulthood, reproductive and sexual behaviour.

SOME PUBLICATIONS:

M. Caltabiano, S. Meggiolaro, V. Tocchioni (2022). Diverse pathways in young Italians’ entrance
into sexual life: The association with gender and birth cohort. Demographic Research, 46, 355-396.
M. Caltabiano, E. Dreassi, E. Rocco, D. Vignoli (2019). A subregional analysis of family change: The spatial diffusion of one-parent families across Italian municipalities, 1991-2011. Population, Space and Place, 25.
M. Caltabiano, C.L. Comolli, A. Rosina (2017). The effect of the Great Recession on permanent childlessness in Italy. Demographic Research, 37, 635-668.
M. Caltabiano, G. Dalla Zuanna (2014). The Delayed Fertility Transition in North-East Italy. European Journal of Population, 31: 21-49.
M. Caltabiano, G. Dalla Zuanna (2013). A Comparison of Survey Techniques on Sensitive Sexual Behavior in Italy. Journal of Sex Research, 50: 537-547.
M. Caltabiano, M. Castiglioni, A. Rosina (2009). Lowest-low fertility: Signs of a recovery in Italy?. Demographic Research, 21: 681-718.