• (2009) Breen, Richard. Game Theory and Analytical Sociology. In P. Hedström and P. Bearman (Eds.), Handbook of Analytic Sociology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 619-38.
  • (2009) Breen, Richard. Formal Theory in the Social Sciences. In B. Wittrock & P. Hedström (Eds.), Frontiers of Sociology. Amsterdam: Brill, pp. 209-31.
  • (2009) Brückner, Hannah. Surveys. In P. Hedström and P. Bearman (Eds.), Handbook of Analytic Sociology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • (Forthcoming) Gupta, Sanjiv, Marie Evertsson, Daniela Grunow, Magnus Nermo & Liana Sayer. The Economic Disparity in Time Spent on Housework Among Women in Germany, Sweden, and the U.S.. In S. Drobnič & J. Treas (Eds.), Dividing the Domestic. Stanford: Stanford University Press
  • (2009) Härkönen, Juho. Labour force dynamics and the obesity gap in female unemployment in Finland. Research on Finnish Society, 1.
  • (2009 Härkönen, Juho & Pekka Räsänen. Liikalihavuus, Työttömyys, ja Ansiotaso (Obesity, Unemployment, and Earnings). Työelämän tutkimus 1
  • (2009) Mayer, Karl Ulrich & Schulze, Eva. “Die Wendegeneration. Lebensverlaeufe des Jahrgangs 1971” (The Generation of the 1989 Transition. Life Courses of the 1971 Birth Cohort) Frankfurt: Campus
  • (Forthcoming) Szelényi, Iván . The Rise and Fall of the Second Bildungsbürgertum. B. Szelenyi and P. Reill (Eds.) In Core, Periphery and Globalization. Toronto: Toronto University Press.
  • (Forthcoming) Szelényi, Iván & K. Wilk. Poverty and popular mobilization in post-communist societies. In I. Kubick (Ed.), Justice, Hegemony and Social Movements. New York: SSRC.
  • (Forthcoming) Szelényi, Iván. Towards a comparative perspective on race, class and capitalism. Politics and Society.
  • (Forthcoming) Vaid, Divya & Anthony Heath. Caste, Class, and Social Mobility in Contemporary India. In A.F. Heath and R. Jeffrey (Eds.), Continuity and Change in Contemporary India. Proceedings of the British Academy.



  • (2008) Aisenbrey, Silke & Hannah Brückner. Occupational Aspirations, Gender Segregation, and the Gender Gap in Wages. European Sociological Review.
  • (2008) Breen, Richard. Statistical Models of Association for Comparing Cross-Classifications. Sociological Methods and Research. Vol. 36, No. 4, 2008, pp. 442-61.
  • (2008) Diewald, Martin & Mayer, Karl Ulrich. The Sociology of the Life Course and Life Span Psychology: Integrated Paradigm or Complementing Pathways? DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 772. Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin.
  • (2008) Erola, Jani, Juho Härkönen and Jaap Dronkers. Parental Divorce and Offspring Marriage: Later, But with Whom? SPS WP 2008-2. European University Institute, Florence.
  • (2008) Mayer, Karl Ulrich. “Das Ende der Pfadabhängigkeit? Probleme des deutschen Wissenschaftssystems.” In G.Wagner (ed.) Festschrift für Hansfried Krupp unhd Johann Hahlen. Frankfurt: Campus
  • (2008) Mayer, Karl Ulrich. “Das Hochschulwesen.” In K. Cortina et al. (Eds), Das Bildungswesen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Hamburg: Rowohl Verlag (Revised 2nd edition).
  • (2008) Mayer, Karl Ulrich. “Retrospective Longitudinal Research: The German Life History Study,” In S. Menard (ed.), Handbook of Longitudinal Research: Design, Measurement and Analysis (pp. 85-106). San Diego: Elsevier.
  • (2008) Mayer, Karl Ulrich & Heike Solga (Eds.). Skill Formation: Interdisciplinary and Cross-National Perspectives. New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • (2008) Schnettler, Sebastian. Altern ohne Kinder. Die sozialen Unterstützungsbeziehungen von Kinderlosen und Eltern in Deutschland. [Aging without children: The social support relations of parents and the childless in Germany.] Wiesbaden: VDM Verlag.
  • (2008) Schnettler, Sebastian. Mythos 'Kleine Welt'? Eine konstruktive Kritik an der Konzeption und Methodologie der Small World-Forschung. [The 'Small World' Myth? A Constructive Criticism Regarding the Conception and Methodology of Small World Research.] In K.-S.Rehberg (Ed.), Die Natur der Gesellschaft. Verhandlungen des 33. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Kassel 2006. [The nature of society, Proceedings of the 33rd Congress of the German Sociological Association.] Frankfurt/M.: Campus.
  • (2008) Szelényi, Iván. A Theory of Transitions. Modern China, 1. pp.165-178
  • (2008) Szelényi, Iván. “Making capitalism without capitalists - revisited”, in International Political Anthropology, 2008, No.1, pp. 138-148
  • (2008) Szelényi, Iván. Varieties of Post-communist Capitalisms: Convergences and Divergences. In H. Assman, T. Chan, et al, (Eds.), Perceptions and Images of China. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag. pp. 13-35
  • (2008) Szelényi, Iván. Introduction to the Chinese edition of Making Capitalism without Capitalists. Beijing: Academic Press.



  • (2007) Breen, Richard & Jan Jonsson. Explaining Change in Social Fluidity: Educational Equalization and Educational Expansion in Twentieth Century Sweden. American Journal of Sociology, 112 (6): 1775-1810.
  • (2007) Breen, Richard & Ruud Luijkx. Social Mobility and Education: A Comparative Analysis of Period and Cohort Trends in Britain and Germany. In S. Scherer, R. Pollak, G. Otte and M. Gangl (Eds.), From Origin to Destination: Trends and Mechanisms in Social Stratification Research. Frankfurt: Campus. Pp. 102-124.
  • (2007) Clarke, Averil. Review of The Meanings of Marital Equality, by Scott R. Harris. American Journal of Sociology, 113 (2): 586-588.
  • (2007) Dietrich, Hans & Eckart Severing (Eds). Zukunft der dualen Berufsausbildung-Wettbewerb der Bildungsgänge. Bd. 5 der Schriften zur Berufsbildungsforschung der AG BFN. Bielefeld (Bertelsmann).
  • (2007) Dietrich, Hans & Hans-Dieter Gerner. The Determinants of Apprenticeship Training with Particular Reference to Business Expectations. Journal for Labour Market Research 40 (2/3): 221-233.
  • (2007) Grunow, Daniela. Wandel der Geschlechterrollen und Väterhandeln im Altag. In H. Rost & T. Mühling (Eds.), Väter im Blickpunkt. Opladen: Barbara Budrich: 49-76.
  • (2007) Grunow, Daniela, Florian Schulz, & Hans-Peter Blossfeld. Was erklärt die Traditionalisierungsprozesse häuslicher Arbeitsteilung im Eheverlauf: soziale Normen oder ökonomische Ressourcen? Zeitschrift für Soziologie 36(3): 162-181.
  • (2007) Gundert, Stefanie. Befristete Beschäftigung bei Berufsanfängern und älteren Arbeitnehmern. Berlin: Logos.
  • (2007) Lüdicke, Jörg  & Martin Diewald (Hrsg.). Soziale Netzwerke und soziale Ungleichheit - Zur Rolle von Sozialkapital in modernen Gesellschaften. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag fuer Sozialwissenschaften.
  • (2007) Mayer, Karl Ulrich & Silke Aisenbrey. “Variations on a Theme: Trends in Social Mobility in (West) Germany for Cohorts Born Between 1919 and 1971.” In M. Gangl, R. Pollak, G. Otte, & S. Scherer (Eds.), From Origin to Destination: Trends and Mechanisms in Social Stratification Research (pp.125-154). Frankfurt: Campus Verlag.
  • (2007) Mayer, Karl Ulrich & Martin Diewald. Die Institutionalisierung von Lebensläufen. In J. Brandtstädter & U. Lindenberger (Eds.), Entwicklungspsychologie der Lebensspanne. Ein Lehrbuch, (pp. 510-539). Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
  • (2007) Mayer, Karl Ulrich. Verhängnisvolle Pfadabhängigkeit? Probleme des Deutschen Wissenschaftssystems. In I. Genov and R. Kreckel (Eds.), Soziologische Zeitgeschichte: Helmut Steiner zum 70. Geburtstag (pp.233-253). Berlin: Sigma.
  • (2007) Mayer, Karl Ulrich, Walter Müller & Reinhard Pollak. Institutional Change and Inequalities of Access in German Higher Education. In Y. Shavit, R. Arum, A. Gamoran, & G. Menahem (Eds.), Expansion, Differentiation and Stratification in Higher Education: A Comparative Study. Stanford University Press.
  • (2007) Schulz, Florian & Daniela Grunow. Tagebuch versus Zeitschätzung. Ein Vergleich zweier unterschiedlicher Methoden zur Messung der Zeitverwendung für Hausarbeit. Zeitschrift für Familienforschung 19(1): 106-128.



  • (2006) Diewald, Martin, Anne Goedecke, Karl Ulrich Mayer (eds.): After the Fall of the Wall: Life Courses in the Transformation of East Germany. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press.
  • (2006) Evertsson, Marie: The Reproduction of Gender, Housework and Attitudes Towards Gender Equality in the Home Among Swedish Boys and Girls. British Journal of Sociology 57 (3): 415-436.
  • (2006) Grunow, Daniela: Convergence, Persistence and Diversity in Male and Female Careers: Does Context Matter in an Era of Globalization? A Comparison of Gendered Employment Mobility Patterns in West Germany and Denmark. Opladen. Farmington Hills: Barbara Budrich.
  • (2006) Grunow, Daniela, Heather Hofmeister and Sandra Buchholz: Late 20th Century Persistence and Decline of the Female Homemaker in Germany and the United States.  International Sociology 21(1). 101-132.
  • (2006) Grunow, Daniela and Søren Leth-Sørensen: Mobility of Men in the Danish Labor Market. In: H.-P. Blossfeld, M. Mills and F. Bernardi (Eds.): Globalization, Uncertainty, and Men's Careers: An International Comparison. Cheltenham/UK / Northampton/MA, Edward Elgar. 174-200.
  • (2006) Mayer, Karl Ulrich: Sinn und Wirklichkeit – Beobachtungen zur Entwicklungen sozialer Ungleichheiten in (West-)Deutschland nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg, In K.-S. Rehberg (Ed.), Soziale Ungleichheit – kulturelle Unterschiede. Verhandlungen des 32. Kongresses der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in München 2004. Frankfurt am Main: Campus, pp. 1329-1355.
  • (2006) Mayer, Karl Ulrich: Abschied von den Eliten? In: Herfried Muenkler, Grit Strassenberger, Matthias Bohlender (Eds.): Deutschlands Eliten im Wandel. Frankfurt/New York: Campus Verlag, pp. 455-479.



  • (2005) Aisenbrey, Silke: Niedrigeinkommen: Risiken und Chancen. Bildung, Erwerbstätigkeit und Familie als Schutz vor Armut? (The Low Income Sector: Risks and Opportunities; Education, Employment and Family as Protection against Poverty?) Berlin: Dissertation.de.
  • (2005) Brückner, Hannah and K. U. Mayer: The De-Standardization of the Life Course: What It Might Mean and Whether It Actually Took Place. Advances in Life Course Research 9:27-54.
  • (2005) Brückner, Hannah and Peter Bearman: After the Promise: The STD Consequences of Adolescent Virginity Pledges. Journal of Adolescent Health 36:271-278.
  • (2005) Mayer, Karl Ulrich: Life Courses and Life Chances in a Comparative Perspective. In: S, Svallfors (eds.), Analyzing Inequality: Life chances and social mobility in comparative perspective: Stanford University Press. (forthcoming)



  • (2004) Brückner, Hannah: Gender Inequality in the Life Course: Social Change and Stability in West Germany, 1975-1995. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine DeGruyter.
  • (2004) Evertsson, Marie: Formal on-the-Job Training: A Gender-Typed Experience and Wage-Related Advantage? European Sociological Review 20 (1):79-94.
  • (2004) Evertsson, Marie and Magnus Nermo: Dependence within Families and the Division of Labor: Comparing Sweden and the United States. Journal of Marriage and Family 66 (5):1272-1286.
  • (2004) Hanson, Sarah, Stefan Fuchs, Silke Aisenbrey and N. Kravets: Attitudes Toward Gender, Work, and Family Among Men and Women Scientists in Germany and the U.S. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 10(2):99-130.
  • (2004) Hillmert, Steffen and Karl Ulrich Mayer (eds.): Geboren 1964 und 1971. Untersuchungen zum Wandel von Ausbildungs- und Berufschancen. (Born 1964 and 1971. Change in Education and Employment Opportunities) Wiesbaden:VS-Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
  • (2004) Mayer, Karl Ulrich: Whose Lives? How History, Societies and Institutions Define and Shape Life Courses. Research in Human Development 1(3):161-187