@article{GlaesserLauterbachBerger2018,
  author    = {Gl{\"a}ßer, Jana and Lauterbach, Wolfgang and Berger, Fred},
  title     = {Predicting the Timing of Social Transitions from Personal, Social and Socio-Economic Resources of German Adolescents},
  series = {Comparative Population Studies},
  volume    = {43},
  journal   = {Comparative Population Studies},
  publisher = {Bundesinstitut Bev{\"o}lkerungsforschung},
  address   = {Wiesbaden},
  issn      = {1869-8980},
  doi       = {10.12765/CPoS-2018-11en},
  pages     = {157 -- 186},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {Social transitions are characterized by an increased heterogeneity in Western societies. Following the life course perspective, individual agency becomes central in shaping one's life course. This article examines social transitions of adolescents using individual resource theory to explain differences of the timing of five transitions in partnership and family formation: the first sexual experience, the first intimate relationship, the first cohabitation, the first marriage, and the birth of the first child. Since little is so far known about how individual characteristics interact and influence the social transition to adulthood, we focus on the varying impacts of personal, social and socio-economic resources across the social life course. We use longitudinal data from the German LifE-Study, which focuses on the birth cohort of individuals born between 1965 and 1967. Using event history analysis, we find that the timing of the first sexual experience and first partnership transitions are mainly influenced by personal and social ressources, whereas socio-economic resources offer better explanations for the timing of entering marriage and parenthood. Most striking are the different explanatory models for women and men.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{AndresLauterbachJongbloedetal.2021,
  author    = {Andres, Lesley and Lauterbach, Wolfgang and Jongbloed, Janine and H{\"u}mme, Hartwig},
  title     = {Gender, education, and labour market participation across the life course},
  series = {International journal of lifelong education},
  volume    = {40},
  journal   = {International journal of lifelong education},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Routledge, Taylor \& Francis Group},
  address   = {Abingdon},
  issn      = {0260-1370},
  doi       = {10.1080/02601370.2021.1924302},
  pages     = {170 -- 189},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {In this paper, we employ a comparative life course approach for Canada and Germany to unravel the relationships among general and vocational educational attainment and different life course activities, with a focus on labour market and income inequality by gender. Life course theory and related concepts of 'time,' 'normative patterns,' 'order and disorder,' and 'discontinuities' are used to inform the analyses. Data from the Paths on Life's Way (Paths) project in British Columbia, Canada and the German Pathways from Late Childhood to Adulthood (LifE) which span 28 and 33 years, respectively, are employed to examine life trajectories from leaving school to around age 45. Sequence analysis and cluster analyses portray both within and between country differences - and in particular gender differences - in educational attainment, employment, and other activities across the life course which has an impact on ultimate labour market participation and income levels. 'Normative' life courses that follow a traditional order correspond with higher levels of full-time work and higher incomes; in Germany more so than Canada, these clusters are male dominated. Clusters characterised by 'disordered' and 'discontinuous' life courses in both countries are female dominated and associated with lower income levels.},
  language  = {en}
}