Publications

Books

Blossfeld, P. N. (2018). Changes in Inequality of Educational Opportunity. The Long-Term Development in Germany. Wiesbaden: Springer Verlag Link.

Blossfeld, P. N. (2014). Neue und alte Ungleichheiten. Inter- und intragenerationale Mobilitätsprozesse von Männern. Opladen: Budrich Verlag Link.

Editorial

Blossfeld P. N., Scherer S. and Uunk W. (forthcoming). Editorial: Changes in educational homogamy and its consequences. Comparative Population Studies.

Blossfeld P.N., Pratter M. and Uunk W. (2023). Editorial: Gender-specific inequalities in education and the labor market. Frontiers in Sociology 8:1-4 Link.

Refereed Journal Articles

Uunk, W. and Blossfeld, P. (forthcoming). Gender-specific development of mathematics and language performance in lower secondary education in Germany. Zeitschrift für Bildungsforschung.

Blossfeld, P. N., Katrňák, T. and Manea B.C. (2024). Parental educational homogamy and children’s educational attainment. Comparative Population Studies 49: 243-272 Link.

Blossfeld, P. N. (2024). Integrating intercohort changes in the composition of social origin into OED triangle research: A literature review and an outlook for future research. Sociology Compass e13153 Link.

Blossfeld, P.N. (2023). How the rise of academic families across cohorts influences sons’ and daughters’ tertiary education in West Germany? Frontiers in Education 8: 1154356 Link.

Blossfeld, P. N. (2023). How do macro- and micro-level changes interact in the emergence of educational outcomes? Sociology Compass 17: e13042 Link.

Blossfeld, G. J., Blossfeld, P. N. und Blossfeld, H.-P. (2021). Erwerb der Hochschulzugangsberechtigung über das Gymnasium und den zweiten Bildungsweg. Lesekompetenz im Erwachsenenalter und sozioökonomischer Status beim Berufseinstieg. Zeitschrift für Pädagogik 5: 721-739 Link.

Blossfeld, P. N. (2020). The role of the changing social background composition for changes in inequality of educational opportunity: An analysis of the process of educational expansion in Germany 1950-2010. Advances in Life Course Research 44: 100338 Link.

Blossfeld, P. N. (2019). Soziale Herkunft und langfristige Veränderungen der Übergänge zwischen akademischen und nicht-akademischen Karrieren nach dem ersten Bildungsabschluss: Bedeutung für das berufliche Bildungssystem. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaften 22: 535-565 Link.

Blossfeld, P. N. (2019). Labour market entry and early career mobility of men before, during, and after the Great Recession in Germany. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies 10: 175-200 Link.

Blossfeld, H.-P., Blossfeld, G. J. and Blossfeld, P. N. (2019). Social inequality and educational decisions over the life course: An educational sociology perspective. Journal for Educational Research Online 11: 16-30 Link.

Blossfeld, P. N. (2019). A multidimensional measure of social origin: theoretical perspectives, operationalization and empirical application in the field of educational inequality research. Quality & Quantity 53: 1347-1367 Link.

Blossfeld, P. N. (2018). Social background and between-track mobility in the general education system in West Germany and East Germany after German unification. Zeitschrift für Soziologie 47: 255-269 Link.

Blossfeld, P. N. (2016). Inequality of Educational Opportunity and Welfare Regimes. World Studies in Education 17: 53-85 Link.

Blossfeld P. N., Blossfeld G. and Blossfeld H.-P. (2015). Educational Expansion and Inequalities in Educational Opportunity: Long Term Changes for East and West Germany. European Sociological Review 31: 144-160 Link.

Book Chapters

Blossfeld P. N., Blossfeld G. J. and Blossfeld H.-P. (2022). Educational expansion across cohorts and over the life course: An international comparison of (rapid) educational expansion and the consequences of the differentiation of tertiary education in Germany. In: M. Nico and G. Pollock (Eds..): Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Inequalities and the Life Course. Abingdon-On-Thames: Routledge Link.

Blossfeld P. N., Blossfeld G. J. and Blossfeld H.-P. (2021). Soziale Ungleichheit in Bildungs- und Erziehungsprozessen. In: U. Bauer, U.H. Bittlingmayer, and A. Scherr (eds.): Handbuch Bildungs- und Erziehungssoziologie. Wiesbaden: Springer VS Link.

Blossfeld, G. J., Blossfeld P. N. and Blossfeld H.-P. (2019). A Sociological Perspective of Education as a Lifelong Process. In: R. Becker (ed.): Research Handbook on the Sociology of Education. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 18-34 Link.

Blossfeld, P. N., Carstensen, C. H. and von Maurice J. (2019). Zertifikatsarmut gleich Kompetenzarmut? Zum Analysepotential des Nationalen Bildungspanels bei Fragen der Bildungsarmut. In: G. Quenzel and K. Hurrelmann (eds.): Handbuch Bildungsarmut. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, pp. 467-489 Link.

Blossfeld, P. N. (2017). Labour Market Entry Before and After the Financial Crisis in Germany: Duration of Labour Market Entry, Quality of First Job, and Fixed-Term Employment. In: J. Bynner and I. Schoon (eds.): Young People’s Development and the Great Recession. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 208-232 Link.

Blossfeld, P. N., Blossfeld, G. J. and Blossfeld, H.-P. (2017). The Speed of Educational Expansion and Changes in Inequality of Educational Opportunity. In: T. Eckert und B. Gniewosz (eds.): Bildungsgerechtigkeit. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, pp. 77-92 Link.

Blossfeld, P. N., Blossfeld, G. J. and Blossfeld, H.-P. (2016). Changes in Educational Inequality in Cross-National Perspective. In: M. J. Shanahan, J. T. Mortimer and M. K. Johnson (eds.): Handbook of the Life Course. Volume II. Heidelberg: Springer Press, pp. 223-247 Link.

Book Reviews

Blossfeld, P. N. (2023). Book Review: Martin Heidenreich (2022): Die doppelte Spaltung Europas. Territoriale und soziale Ungleichheiten als zentrale Herausforderungen der europäischen Integration. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie 48: 145-149 Link.

Transfer Publications and Working Papers

Blossfeld, P. N. and Lengfeld H. (2022). Verängstigt und geschrumpft? Zur Vermessung der Lage der Mittelschicht in Deutschland. Arbeitsbericht des Instituts für Soziologie Nr. 82 Link.

Blossfeld, P. N., Blossfeld, G. J. and Blossfeld, H.-P. (2020).: Bildungsexpansion und soziale Ungleichheit. Wie lassen sich die begrenzten Erfolge der Bildungsreformen in Deutschland erklären?, GWP – Gesellschaft. Wirtschaft. Politik 3: 361-374 Link.

Blossfeld, P. N. (2018). A note on the Mare model. Arbeitsbericht des Instituts für Soziologie Nr. 76 Link.

Blossfeld, P. N. (2018). A multidimensional measure of social origin: Theoretical perspectives, operationalization and empirical application in the field of educational inequality research. LIfBi Working Paper No. 73 Pre-print version.