Over the last 30 years, trends such as service sector growth, welfare state expansion and
rising female participation rates have promoted increasing heterogeneity within the …

In the 1990s, sociologists engaged in a heated controversy about class voting. Although
empirical evidence accumulated, positions remained surprisingly divided. This paper argues …

David Glauser untersucht die Frage nach den Ursachen von Ungleichheiten nach sozialer
Herkunft, Geschlecht und Migrationshintergrund in der Bildungsentscheidung beim …

This study examines how idiosyncratic deals (I‐deals) affect older workers' preferred
retirement age. Drawing on basic psychological needs theory, we specifically investigate the …

Despite working life prolongation having been at the center of the policy agenda in Europe
for the last two decades, organizations' engagement in formal age-management activities …

Background The social gradient in disability pension is well recognized, however
mechanisms accounting for the gradient are largely unknown. The aim of this study was to …

The principal aim of the Swiss Household Panel (SHP) is to observe social change, in
particular, the dynamics of changing living conditions and social representations in the …

This study examines the importance of different forms of influence on the work situation for
counteracting intentions to leave work among older employees working in the public …

The process of the formation of the middle class is specific to the history and development of
the country. Many historians and social scientists have recognized contributions of the …

The central question addressed in this paper is to what extent the influence of social origin
on life chances has changed over time for both men and women. In order to capture this …