In this line of research, I study the consequences of life events and decisions, often in conjunction with gender, on the formation and development of inequality in adult life courses. A first focus is on how parenthood contributes to (gender) inequality in the family, in the labor market, and in health (behaviors). The second focus is on the career effects of gender and different life events and decisions that may be interpreted as productivity signals, for example, individual layoffs, studying abroad, and the receipt of occupational awards.
Current Project
- The effect of parenthood on health behaviour: A longitudinal perspective taking into account social and societal contexts. Funded by the German Science Foundation
Publications and Work in Progress
- Childbirth and the Long-Term Division of Labour within Couples: How do Substitution, Bargaining Power, and Norms affect Parents’ Time Allocation in West Germany? Published in the European Sociological Review
- Domestic Work and the Wage Penalty for Motherhood in West Germany (with Volker Ludwig), published in the Journal of Marriage and Family
- Motherhood and Women’s Physical Activity (with Nadine Reibling), presented at the Joint Spring Meeting of the DGS sections Family Sociology and Medical and Health Sociology in Halle (Saale), 20-21 February, 2017
- Trends in Gender Disparities at the Transition from School to Work: Labour Market Entries of Young Men and Women between 1984 and 2005 in West Germany (with Marita Jacob and Corinna Kleinert), published in the Journal of Vocational Education and Training
- Taking Lemons for a Trial Run: Does Type of Job Exit Affect the Risk of Entering Fixed-Term Employment in Germany? (With Thomas Biegert), published in the European Sociological Review
- Labour Market Returns to Graduates’ International Experience: Exploring Cross-Country Variation in Europe (with Marita Jacob and Margarida Rodrigues), published in the European Sociological Review
- Cohort Changes in the Level and Dispersion of Gender Ideology after German Reunification: Results from a Natural Experiment (with Christian Ebner and Philipp Lersch), published in the European Sociological Review
- Matthew Effects in the NBA (with Thomas Biegert and Wim van Lancker), presented at the ESA RN 09 Economic Sociology Midterm Conference in Konstanz, 13-15 September, 2018