Publications

Peer Reviewed publications

(15) Wagner, L., Molina, S., Alonso-Perez, E., Kreyenfeld, M. (2025). What difference does it make? Parental relationship quality and child wellbeing in step- and nuclear families. Genus, 81, 34.
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(14) Molina, S., Alonso-Perez, E., Kreyenfeld, M. (2025). Divorce and Mental Health: Is Late Divorce Particularly Harmful for Women with Low Earnings?. Social Indicators Research.
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(13) Alonso-Perez, E., Ding, X., Richter, D., Gellert, P., O’Sullivan, J. L. (2025). Intersectional sleep disparities: association between multiple social intersections, perceived neighborhood deprivation, and sleep disturbance in Europe. European Journal of Public Health, 35(5), 821-827.
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(12) Ramos, V. J., Kreyenfeld, M., Alonso-Perez, E., Gellert, P., Heisig, J. P., O’Sullivan, J. L. (2025). Future Caregiving Responsibilities, Employment Uncertainties, and Expected Childbearing Behavior: Survey Experimental Evidence from Germany. Population Research and Policy Review., 44, 48.
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(11) Pilz González, L., Alonso-Perez, E., Lehnchen, J., Deptolla, Z., Heumann, E., Tezcan-Güntekin, H., Heinrichs, K., Stock, C. (2025). Mental Health and the Intersection of Perceived Discrimination and Social Inequalities Among Students in Germany – a Quantitative Intersectional Study. International Journal of Public Health, 69:1607826.
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(10) O’Sullivan, J. L., Alonso-Perez, E., Färber, F., Fuellen, G., Rudolf, H., Heisig, J. P., Kreyenfeld, M., Gellert, P. (2024). Onset of Type 2 Diabetes in Adults aged 50 and older in Europe: An Intersectional Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy. Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, 16, 291.
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(9) Mümken, S., Alonso-Perez, E., Haeger, C., O’Sullivan, J. L., Xue, Q. L., Herrmann, W., Lech, S., Gellert, P. (2024). Prevention of frailty in relation with social out-of-home activities in older adults: Results from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. European Journal of Ageing.
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(8) Lech, S., Köppe, M., Berger, M., Alonso-Perez, E., Gellert, P., Buspavanich, P., Herrmann, W. (2024). Depressive symptoms among individuals identifying as asexual: a cross-sectional study. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 16120.
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(7) Gellert, P., Alonso-Perez, E. (2024). Psychological and Biological Pathways to Aging: The Role(s) of the Behavioral and Social Sciences in Geroscience. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie.
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(6) Alonso-Perez, E., Heisig, J. P., Kreyenfeld, M., Gellert, P., O’Sullivan, J. L. (2024). Intersectional Inequalities in the Transition to Grandparenthood and Cognitive Functioning: A Longitudinal Multilevel Analysis of Individual Heterogeneity and Discriminatory Accuracy (MAIHDA). Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences.
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(5) Färber, F., Alonso-Perez, E., Heidemann, C., Du, Y., Stadler, G., Gellert, P., O’Sullivan, J.L. (2024). Intersectional Analysis of Social Disparities in type 2 Diabetes Risk among Adults in Germany: Results from a Nationwide Population-Based Survey. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 1-12.
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(4) Alonso-Perez, E., Gellert, P., Kreyenfeld, M., O’Sullivan, J. L. (2022). Family Structure and Family Climate in Relation to Health and Socioeconomic Status for Older Adults: A Longitudinal Moderated Mediation Analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(18), 11840.
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(3) Guarga, L., Gasol, M., Reyes, A., Roig, M., Alonso-Perez, E., Clopés, A., Delgadillo, J.. (2022). Implementing Risk-Sharing Arrangements for Innovative Medicines: The Experience in Catalonia (Spain). Value in Health, Volume 25, no. 5: 803-809.
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(2) Alonso-Perez, E., Forné, C., Soro, M., Valls, M., Manganelli, A., Valdivielso, J. (2021). Health Care Costs in Patients with and without Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in Spain. Advances in Therapy, 38(10), 5333-5344.
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(1) Reyes-Travé, A., Guarga-Solé, L., Roig-Izquierdo, M., Alonso-Perez, E., Clopés-Estela, A., Delgadillo-Duarte, J. (2021). Characterization of the Pharmaceutical Risk-Sharing Arrangement Process in Catalonia. PharmacoEconomics, 39(9), pp.973-982.
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Submitted & Under Review

Alonso-Perez, E., Heisig, J.P., Correll, C, Steinhagen-Thiessen, E., Fuellen, G., Rudolf, H., O‘Sullivan, J.L., Gellert, P. Is there a compression of morbidity and does it vary across social strata? A comparison of two waves 15 years apart across older European adults.

Alonso-Perez, E., O’Sullivan, J.L, Fuellen, G., Gellert, P., Rudolf, H. (2025). Phenotypic age acceleration through a lens of intersectional inequalities in the German national cohort (NAKO) (Preprint).
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Alonso-Perez, E., O’Sullivan, J. L., Schnitzer, S., Schmitz, A., Brandt, M., Gellert, P. (2024). Who cares first? A MAIHDA analysis of intersectional inequalities in the age of caregiving onset using European longitudinal data. (Preprint).
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Pilz González, L., Wenig, V., Lehnchen, J., Alonso-Perez, E., Burian, J., Deptolla, Z., Heinrichs, K., Stock, C. Discrimination, loneliness, and academic achievement among university students in Germany: Results from the cross-sectional StudiBiFra study.

Work in progress

Alonso-Perez, E., Gellert, P. Diverse family types and biomarkers of cardiovascular aging. (Preliminary analyses)

Alonso-Perez, E., Fasang, A., Gellert, P. Trajectories of family caregiving in Europe: a sequence analysis application. (Preliminary analyses)

Alonso-Perez, E., Bertogg, A., Gellert, P. The effect of becoming a family caregiver on cognitive functioning: a matched longitudinal difference-in-differences analysis in Europe. (First draft available upon request)