CED - Center for Demographic Studies

Joan García Román

ORCID 0000-0003-2254-5450 'Ramón y Cajal' Research Fellow

Educational qualifications: Ph.D in Demography (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Research Theme/s: Time use

Joan García Román is PhD in Demography from the University of Barcelona and researcher at the Centre for Demographic Studies, currently as a Ramón y Cajal researcher. His research career has been linked to CED where he participated in projects funded by different institutions and organisms as national and international. He has been student of the European Doctoral School of Demography (2008-2009) under which took research stays at INED in Paris and at the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock. Between July 2013 and November 2016, he worked as a research associate at the Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota in the IPUMS Time Use project. During 2017, he got a Juan de la Cierva Incorporación fellow and in the period 2018-19 the Beatriu de Pinós Fellowship from AGAUR. He has worked in a wide range of topics in the field of demography and has specialized in the analysis of time use data. His research has been published in the most important journals in the field of demography such as Demography, Population and Development Review, Demographic Research or Population, Space and Place. As an expert in time use studies he participated in the report about the new Time Use survey in Catalunya and has been invited to workshop and seminars.

2024

Lam, Jack, i Joan Garcia. 2024. «Daily activities of older adults before and during the COVID pandemic». The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 79(8):gbae076. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbae076.

García Román, Joan. 2024. «Convergencia de género en el uso del tiempo en el País Vasco. Un análisis a partir de 25 años de la Encuesta de Presupuestos del Tiempo (1993-2018)». Revista Internacional de Sociología 82(2):e249. doi: 10.3989/ris.2024.82.22-086.

Almirall Llambrich, Mireia, Pau Miret Gamundi, i Joan García Román. 2024. «Patrones de género en la dedicación al trabajo doméstico no remunerado de la población adulta mayor en dieciocho países europeos». Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas

Garcia-Roman, Joan, Pablo Gracia, i Giulia Zerbini. 2024. «Cross-national differences in adolescents’ sleep patterns: a time-use approach». International Journal of Adolescence and Youth 29(1):2335198. doi: 10.1080/02673843.2024.2335198.

García-Román, Joan García, i Ariane Ophir. 2024. «Housework Time and Task Segregation: Revisiting Gender Inequality among Parents in 15 European Countries». Demographic Research 50:503-14. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2024.50.19.

Galeano, Juan, Albert Esteve, Anna Turu, Joan García-Roman, Federica Becca, Huifen Fang, Maria Pohl, i Rita Trias-Prats. 2024. «CORESIDENCE: National and Subnational Data on Household Size and Composition around the World, 1964–2021». Scientific Data 11(1):145. doi: 10.1038/s41597-024-02964-3.

Esteve, Albert, Maria Pohl, Federica Becca, Huifen Fang, Juan Galeano, Joan García-Román, David Reher, Rita Trias-Prats, i Anna Turu. 2024. «A Global Perspective on Household Size and Composition, 1970–2020». Genus 80(1):2. doi: 10.1186/s41118-024-00211-6.

2023

García-Román, Joan. 2023. «Does women’s educational advantage mean a more egalitarian distribution of gender roles? Evidence from dual-earner couples in Spain». Journal of Family Studies 29(1):285-305. doi: 10.1080/13229400.2021.1915852.

González-Leonardo, Miguel, Aude Bernard, Joan Garcia-Roman, i Antonio Lopez-Gay. 2023. «Tertiary education and internal migration across Europe». N-IUSSP. IUSSP’s online news magazine

2022

GONZÁLEZ-LEONARDO, Miguel; BERNARD, Aude; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan; LÓPEZ-GAY, Antonio (2022) “Educational Selectivity of Native and Foreign-Born Internal Migrants in Europe.” Demographic Research 47 (December): 1033–46. DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2022.47.34

LOZANO, Mariona; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2022) “The division of housework and re-partnering in Europe: Is there a West/East divide?”. Family Relations, 71 (4): 1762-1784 (ISSN: 0197-6664). https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.12715 I.F.: JCR (SSCI)_2021_Q3_Family Studies, i.i. 1.879
SJR_2021_Q1_Social Sciences (miscellaneous), i.i. 0.747

GARCÍA ROMÁN, Joan; GRACIA, Pablo (2022) “Are men and women spending their time equally? Gender Differences in Time Use Across Age Groups”. PopDigest.

GARCÍA ROMÁN, Joan; GRACIA, Pablo (2022) “Gender differences in time use across age groups: A study of ten industrialized countries, 2005-2015”. PLoS ONE, 17 (3), e0264411: 1-24 (eISSN: 1932-6203). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264411
I.F.: JCR (SCIE)_2021_Q2_Multidisciplinary Sciences, i.i. 3.752
SJR_2021_Q1_Multidisciplinary, i.i. 0.852

2021

GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2021) “Couples’ Relative Education and the Division of Domestic Work in France, Spain, and the United States”. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 52 (2): 245-270 (ISSN: 0047-2328).
https://doi.org/10.3138/jcfs-52-2-005
I.F.: JCR (SSCI)_2020_Q4_Family Studies, i.i. 0.297
SJR_2020_Q3_Sociology and Political Science, i.i. 0.161

LAM, Jack; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2021) “Contour of the Day: Social Patterning of Time in Later Life and Variation in Reported Well-Being in Activities”. Journal of Aging and Health (First Published: April 22, 2021): 1-13 (ISSN: 0898-2643). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/08982643211011800 I.F.:
JCR_2019_Q2_Gerontology, i.i. 2.136
SJR_2019_Q1_Sociology and Political Science, i.i. 1.062

GRACIA, Pablo; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan; OINAS, Tomi; ANTTILA, Timo (2021) “Gender differences in child and adolescent daily activities: A cross-national time use study”. Acta Sociologica (First published, April 29, 2021): 1-25 (0001-6993). https://doi.org/10.1177/00016993211008500 I.F.: JCR_2019_Q3_Sociology, i.i. 1.273
SJR_2019_Q1_Sociology and Political Science, i.i. 0.74

GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2021) “Does women's educational advantage mean a more egalitarian distribution of gender roles? Evidence from dual-earner couples in Spain”. Journal of Family Studies (Online: 26 April 2021): 1-21 (ISSN: 1322-9400). https://doi.org/10.1080/13229400.2021.1915852

BUENO, Xiana; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2021) “Rethinking Couples’ Fertility in Spain: Do Partners’ Relative Education, Employment, and Job Stability Matter?”. European Sociological Review, jcaa070: 1-17 (ISSN: 1468-2672 / Published: 05 February 2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaa070 I.F.: JCR_2019_Q2_Sociology, i.i. 1.893
SJR_2019_Q1_Sociology and Political Science, i.i. 2.664

GARCÍA ROMÁN, Joan (05.02.2021) Entrevista a Joan García Román: “L’impacte de la pandèmia també es notarà en un descens de la fecunditat”. L’actual.cat

2020

ESTEVE, Albert; KASHYAP, Ridhi; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2020) “Demographic change and increasing late singlehood in East Asia, 2010–2050”. Demographic Research, 43 (46): 1367-1398 (ISSN: 1435-9871). DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2020.43.46 I.F.: JCR_2019_Q3_Demography, 1.438
SJR_2019_Q1_ Demography, i.i. 1.004

GENADEK, Katie R.; FLOOD, Sarah M.; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2020) “Same-Sex Couples’ Shared Time in the United States”. Demography, 57 (2): 475-500 (ISSN: 0070-3370). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-020-00861-z I.F.: JCR_2018_Q1_Demography, i.i. 2.489
SJR_2018_Q1_Demography, i.i. 2.791

GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2020) “La división de los roles de género en las parejas en las que solo trabaja la mujer en Estados Unidos y España”. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas-REIS, 170: 73-94 (ISSN-L: 0210-5233). I.F.:
JCR_2018_Q3_Sociology, i.i.0.859
SJR_2018_Q2_Sociology and Political Science, i.i. 0.469

GRACIA, Pablo; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan; OINAS, Tomi; ANTTILA, Timo (2020) “Child and Adolescent Time Use: A Cross-National Study”. Journal of Marriage and Family (First published: 22 November 2019): 1-22 (ISSN: 1741-3737). DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12626 I.F.: JCR_2018_Q1_Family Studies, i.i. 2.582
SJR_2018_Q1_Social Sciences (miscellaneous), i.i. 2.178

LAM, Jack; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2020) “Solitary Days, Solitary Activities, and Associations With Well-Being Among Older Adults”. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 75 (7): 1585-1596 (ISSN: 1079-5014). https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz036 I.F.: JCR_2019_Q1_Psychology / Q2_Geratrics & Gerontology, i.i. 3.502
SJR_2019_Q1_ Sociology and Political Science /Health (social science), i.i. 1,591

2019

GENADEK, Katie; FLOOD, Sarah M.; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2019) “Same-Sex Couples’ Shared Time in the United States”. Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota. Working Paper, 2019-03: 36p.

PERMANYER, Iñaki; ESTEVE, Albert; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2019) “Decomposing patterns of college marital sorting in 118 countries: Structural constraints versus assortative mating”. Social Science Research, 83 (Article 102313): 1-18 (ISSN: 0049-089X). I.F.:
JCR_2018_Q2_Sociology, i.i.1,765
SJR_2018_Q1_ Sociology and Political Science, i.i.1,293

2018

GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2018) “El repartiment de les feines de casa en les parelles en què només treballa la dona”. Observatori Social de “la Caixa”. Dossier, 6: 28-39. I.F.: NO Index.

AJENJO, Marc; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2018) “Intergenerational transmission of gender roles in the household”. Catalan Social Sciences Review, 8: 25-40 (e-ISSN:2014-6035). Original source: Revista Catalana de Sociologia, 29: 35-47 (2014).

GRACIA, Pablo; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2018) “Child and Adolescent Developmental Activities and Time Use in Spain: The Gendered Role of Parents’ Work Schedules and Education Levels”. European Sociological Review. 34 (5): 518-538 (ISSN: 0266-7215). I.F.: JCR_2017_Q1_Sociology, i.i. 3.117
SJR_2017_Q1_Sociology and Political Science, i.i. 2.728 | [PDF]

GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan; FLOOD, Sarah (2018) “Leveraging Archival Data in Global Work-Family Research: The Case of Time Use Data”. SHOCKLEY, Kristen M.; SHEN, Winny; JOHNSON, Ryan C. (Ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of the Global Work–Family Interface. Cambridge University Press. Cap. 10: 193-211 (ISBN: 978-1-108-41597-2).

2017

LAM, Jack; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2017) “General and proximal associations between unpaid eldercare, time constraints and subjective well-being”. International Journal of Care and Caring, 1 (1): 83-96.

GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan; FLOOD, Sarah; GENADEK, Katie R. (2017) “Parents’ time with a partner in cross-national context: A comparison of the US, Spain, and France”. Demographic Research, 36 (4): 111-144 (ISSN: 1435-9871). | [PDF]

2016

GENADEK, Katie R.; FLOOD, Sarah M.; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2016). “Trends in Spouses’ Shared Time in the United States, 1965–2012”. Demography, 53 (6): 1801-1820 (ISSN: 0070-3370). | [PDF]

ESTEVE, Albert; SCWHARTZ, Christine; VAN BAVEL, Jan; PERMANYER, Iñaki; KLESMENT, Martin; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2016). “The End of Hypergamy: Global Trends and Implications”. Population and Development Review, 42 (4): 615-625 (ISSN: 1728-4457). | [PDF]

ESTEVE, Albert; LESTHAEGHE, Ron J.; LÓPEZ-GAY, Antonio; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2016). “The Rise of Cohabitation in Latin America and the Caribbean, 1970-2011”. ESTEVE, Albert; LESTHAEGHE, Ron (Ed.). Cohabitation and Marriage in the Americas: Geo-historical Legacies and New Trends. New York: Springer International Publishing, Chapter 2: 25-57 (ISBN 978-3-319-31440-2). | [PDF]

Sala de premsa UAB (08.03.2016). Entrevista a Joan García: “El temps que es passa en parella depèn sobretot de factors culturals". UAB. | [PDF]

GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan; CORTINA, Clara (2016) “Family time of couples with children: shortening gender differences in parenting?”. Review of Economics of the Household, 14 (4): 921–940 (ISSN: 1569-5239).

2015

CÁMARA, Antonio D.; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2015) “Anthropometric geography applied to the analysis of socioeconomic disparities: cohort trends and spatial patterns of height and robustness in 20th-century Spain”. Population, Space and Place, 21 (8): 704-719 (ISSN: 1544-8452).

KASHYAP, Ridhi; ESTEVE, Albert; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2015) "Potential (mis?)match: Marriage markets amidst social and demographic change, India 2010-2050". Demography, 52: 183-208

PERMANYER, Iñaki; ESTEVE, Albert; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan; McCAA, Robert (2015) "Human Development Index-like small area estimates for Africa computed from IPUMS-integrated census microdata". Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. A Multi-Disciplinary Journal for People-Centered Development, 16(2): 245-271. DOI: 10.1080/19452829.2014.956300.

2014

AJENJO, Marc; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2014) "Cambios en el uso del tiempo de las parejas ¿Estamos en el camino hacia una mayor igualdad?" Revista Internacional de Sociología, 72(2): 453-476. DOI: 10.3989/ris.2012.05.28.

AJENJO, Marc; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2014) "La transmissió intergeneracional de rols de gènere a la llar". Revista Catalana de Sociologia, 29: 35-47. DOI: 10.2436/20.3005.01.55.

2013

GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2013) El tiempo con la familia en las parejas de doble ingreso. Un análisis a partir de la Encuesta de Empleo del Tiempo 2009-2010. Estadística Española, 55(182): 259-282

PERMANYER, Iñaki; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan; ESTEVE, Albert (2013) The Impact of Educational Homogamy on Isolated Illiteracy Levels. Demography, 50 (6): 2209-2225 (ISSN: 0070-3370).

2012

ESTEVE, Albert; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan; McCAA, Robert (2012). "Comparative Perspectives on Marriages and International Migration, 1970-2000: Findings from IPUMS-International Census Microdata Samples". DOO-SUB KIM (Ed.). Cross-border marriage: Global Trends and Diversity. Seoul: Korean Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA).

AJENJO, Marc; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2012). "La incidencia de la crisis económica en las desigualdades en el uso del tiempo de las parejas". REQUES, Pedro; De COS, Olga (Ed.). La población en clave territorial. Procesos, estructuras y perspectivas de análisis. Actas del XIII Congreso de la Población Española (12-14 de septiembre de 2012). Santander: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad; Gobierno de Cantabria; Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles; Universidad de Cantabria, 352-362 (CD).

GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan; AJENJO, Marc (2012) "¿Son las parejas españolas menos igualitarias que las europeas? Diferencias en el tiempo empleado en trabajo no remunerado entre España, Italia, Francia, Alemania y Reino Unido". Documents dAnàlisi Geogràfica, 58(3): 397-416.

ESTEVE, Albert; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan; LESTHAEGHE, Ron (2012) "The Family Context of Cohabitation and Single Motherhood in Latin America". Population and Development Review, 38(4): 707-727.

ESTEVE, Albert; SPIJKER, Jeroen; RIFFE, Timothy; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2012) Spousal and parental roles among female student populations in 55 low- and middle- income countries. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 10: 77-94.

ESTEVE, Albert; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan; PERMANYER, Iñaki (2012) "The Gender-Gap Reversal in Education and Its Effect on Union Formation: The End of Hypergamy?". Population and Development Review, 38 (3): 535546.

2011

AJENJO, Marc; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2011) "El tiempo productivo, reproductivo y de ocio en las parejas de doble ingreso". Papers. Revista de Sociologia (Inmigración e integración sociolaboral en España y Estados Unido), 96(3): 985-1006.

2010

ESTEVE, Albert; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan; McCAA, Robert (2010) "La enumeración de la soltería femenina en los censos de población: sesgo y propuesta de corrección". Papeles de Población, 16(66): 9-40

CÁMARA, Antonio David; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2010) "Ciclos largos de nivel de vida biológico en España (1750-1950): propuesta metodológicas y evidencias locales". Investigaciones de Historia Económica. Revista de la Asociación Española de Historia Económica, Junio, pp. 95-118.

2009

DOMINGO, Andreu; LEÓN, P.; GARCÍA-ROMÁN, Joan (2009) "El reagrupament familiar a la Província de Barcelona, 2004-2006: trets demogràfics i distribució territorial". Documents d'Anàlisi Geogràfica, 54: 55-78

2024-2027

Patrones educativos y trayectorias de actividad laboral y empleo del tiempo de la población de 50-59 años-PETRA50

Funding entity: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

Reference: PID2023-148209OB-I00

2021-2024

Tiempo de Trabajo en el empleo y en el hogar: desestandarización y convergencia de género (TEMPHO)

Funding entity: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

Reference: PID2020-118770RB-I00