Prof. Dr. Reinhard Pollak

Project Director
reinhard.pollak [at] gesis.org
Phone: 
+49-621-181-2804
 
 

Projects

A1 Institutions of Societal Integration: Market Economies, Organisations, and Welfare States

A1.2411
Inequality Formation Through Parenthood Transition and Family Policy Constellations in Europe

RP7 A2 Education, Labour Markets and Social Stratification

Network of Excellence "Economic Change, Quality of Life and Social Cohesion" (EQUALSOC)

RP6 A2 Education, Labour Markets and Social Stratification in Europe

The Development of a European Socio-economic Classification (ESeC)
Social Mobility in a Disaggregated Class Context: A Comparative Analysis of the Influence of Occupational Structuration on Mobility Regimes

RP5 A1 The Development of Social Structures in European Societies

Educational Expansion and Social Reproduction in Europe

Publications

Editions

Scherer, Stefani, Reinhard Pollak, Gunnar Otte and Markus Gangl (Eds.) (2007): From Origin to Destination. Trends and Mechanisms in Social Stratification Research. Frankfurt (Main)/New York: Campus. more

Journal Articles

Müller, Walter, and Reinhard Pollak (2015): Bildung und soziale Mobilität in Deutschland. AStA Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv, 9, issue 1, pp. 5-26. more
Breen, Richard, Ruud Luijkx, Walter Müller and Reinhard Pollak (2010): Long term-trends in educational inequality in Europe: class inequalities and gender differences. European Sociological Review, 26, issue 1, pp. 31-48. more
Müller, Walter, Markus Klein, Steffen Schindler and Reinhard Pollak (2010): Long-Term Development of Social Disparities in Eligibility for Higher Education in Germany (Cyrillic). Sociological Problems, 43, issue 1/2, pp. 146-174 . more
Reimer, David, and Reinhard Pollak (2010): Educational Expansion and its Consequences for Vertical and Horizontal Inequalities in Access to Higher Education in West Germany. European Sociological Review, 26, issue 4, pp. 415-430. more
Breen, Richard, Ruud Luijkx, Walter Müller and Reinhard Pollak (2009): Nonpersistent inequality in educational attainment: evidence from eight European countries. American Journal of Sociology, 114, issue 5, pp. 1475-1521. more
Müller, Walter, Heike Wirth, Gerrit Bauer, Reinhard Pollak and Felix Weiss (2007): Entwicklung einer Europäischen Sozioökonomischen Klassifikation. Wirtschaft und Statistik, 5, pp. 527-530. more
Müller, Walter, Heike Wirth, Gerrit Bauer, Reinhard Pollak and Felix Weiss (2006): ESeC - Kurzbericht zur Validierung und Operationalisierung einer europäischen sozioökonomischen Klassifikation. ZUMA-Nachrichten, 30, issue 59, pp. 111-119. more
Müller, Walter, and Reinhard Pollak (2003): Bei der Bildung fängt es an. Frankfurter Rundschau, 06.05.2003, pp. 11. more
Pollak, Reinhard (2003): Soziale Durchlässigkeit in Westdeutschland gestiegen. Analysen zur intergenerationalen sozialen Mobilität von Männern und Frauen für den Zeitraum 1976-2000. Informationsdienst Soziale Indikatoren, 29, pp. 8-11. more

Book Chapters

Pollak, Reinhard, and Walter Müller (2020): Education as an equalizing force: How declining educational inequality and educational expansion have contributed to more social fluidity in Germany. Pp. 122-149 in: Richard Breen, Walter Müller (Eds.) Education and Intergenerational Social Mobility in Europe and the United States. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. more
Müller, Walter, Reinhard Pollak, David Reimer and Steffen Schindler (2017): Hochschulbildung und soziale Ungleichheit. Pp. 309-358 in: Rolf Becker (Ed.) Lehrbuch der Bildungssoziologie. Aktualisierte und überarbeitete 3, Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien. more
Müller, Walter, and Reinhard Pollak (2016): Weshalb gibt es so wenige Arbeiterkinder in Deutschlands Universitäten?. Pp. 345-386 in: Rolf Becker, Wolfgang Lauterbach (Eds.) Bildung als Privileg? Erklärungen und Befunde zu den Ursachen der Bildungsungleichheit. 5th ed., Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Müller, Walter, and Reinhard Pollak (2015): Mobility, Social. Pp. 640-646 in: James D. Wright (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences. 2nd ed., Amsterdam: Elsevier. more
Breen, Richard, Ruud Luijkx, Walter Müller and Reinhard Pollak (2012): Bildungsdisparitäten nach sozialer Herkunft und Geschlecht im Wandel - Deutschland im internationalen Vergleich. Pp. 346-373 in: Rolf Becker, Heike Solga (Eds.) Soziologische Bildungsforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Breen, Richard, Ruud Luijkx, Walter Müller and Reinhard Pollak (2011): Nonpersistent Inequality in Educational Attainment. Evidence form Eight European Countries. Pp. 455-468 in: David B. Grusky, Szonja Szelényi (Eds.) The Inequality Reader. Contemporary and Foundational Readings in Race, Class, and Gender. 2nd ed., Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press. more
Müller, Walter, Reinhard Pollak, David Reimer and Steffen Schindler (2011): Hochschulbildung und soziale Ungleichheit. Pp. 289-327 in: Rolf Becker (Ed.) Lehrbuch der Bildungssoziologie. 2nd ed., Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more
Klein, Markus, Steffen Schindler, Reinhard Pollak and Walter Müller (2010): Soziale Disparitäten in der Sekundarstufe und ihre langfristige Entwicklung. Pp. 47-73 in: Jürgen Baumert, Kai Maaz, Ulrich Trautwein (Eds.) Bildungsentscheidungen. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more
Pollak, Reinhard, Gerrit Bauer, Walter Müller, Felix Weiss and Heike Wirth (2010): The comparative measurement of supervisory status. Pp. 138-158 in: David Rose, Eric Harrison (Eds.) Social Class in Europe - an Introduction to the European Socio-Economic Classification. New York: Routledge. more
Müller, Walter, Reinhard Pollak, David Reimer and Steffen Schindler (2009): Hochschulbildung und soziale Ungleichheit. Pp. 281-320 in: Rolf Becker (Ed.) Lehrbuch der Bildungssoziologie. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more
Pollak, Reinhard, Heike Wirth, Felix Weiss, Gerrit Bauer and Walter Müller (2009): On the comparative measurement of supervisory status using the examples of the ESS and the EU-LFS. Pp. 173-206 in: Birgit Pfau-Effinger, Sladana Sakac Magdalenic, Christof Wolf (Eds.) International vergleichende Sozialforschung. Ansätze und Messkonzepte unter den Bedingungen der Globalisierung. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more
Wirth, Heike, Cornelia Gresch, Walter Müller, Reinhard Pollak and Felix Weiss (2009): Measuring social class: the case of Germany. Pp. 114-137 in: David Rose, Eric Harrison (Eds.) Social Class in Europe - an Introduction to the European Socio-Economic Classification. Abingdon: Routledge. more
Mayer, Karl Ulrich, Walter Müller and Reinhard Pollak (2007): Germany: Institutional Change and Inequalities of Access in Higher Education. Pp. 240-265 in: Yossi Shavit, Richard Arum, Adam Gamoran (Eds.) Stratification in Higher Education. A Comparative Study. Stanford: Stanford University Press. more
Pollak, Reinhard (2006): Soziale Mobilität. Pp. 597-606 in: Datenreport 2006. Zahlen und Fakten über die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. more
Müller, Walter, and Reinhard Pollak (2004): Social mobility in West Germany. The long arms of history discovered?. Pp. 77-113 in: Richard Breen (Ed.) Social Mobility in Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Müller, Walter, and Reinhard Pollak (2004): Weshalb gibt es so wenige Arbeiterkinder in Deutschlands Universitäten?. Pp. 311-352 in: Rolf Becker, Wolfgang Lauterbach (Eds.) Bildung als Privileg? Erklärungen und Befunde zu den Ursachen der Bildungsungleichheit. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more
Pollak, Reinhard (2004): Soziale Mobilität. Pp. 614-622 in: Datenreport 2004. Zahlen und Fakten über die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. more
Pollak, Reinhard, and Walter Müller (2004): Soziale Mobilität in Ost- und Westdeutschland im ersten Jahrzehnt nach der Wiedervereinigung. Pp. 69-95 in: Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Martina Wasmer, Achim Koch (Eds.) Sozialer und politischer Wandel in Deutschland. Analysen mit ALLBUS-Daten aus zwei Jahrzehnten. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more

MZES Working Papers

Pollak, Reinhard, and Walter Müller (2018): Education as an Equalizing Force: How Have Declining Educational Inequality and Educational Expansion Contributed to More Social Fluidity in Germany?. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 171] more
Wirth, Heike, Cornelia Gresch, Walter Müller, Reinhard Pollak and Felix Weiss (2009): Validating the ESeC-scheme as operationalization of social class: The case of Germany. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 119] more
Jonsson, Jan O., David B. Grusky, Matthew Di Carlo, Reinhard Pollak and Mary C. Brinton (2007): Micro-Class Mobility: Social Reproduction in Four Countries. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 100] more
Reimer, David, and Reinhard Pollak (2005): The impact of social origin on the transition to tertiary education in West Germany 1983 and 1999. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 85] more

Papers / Reports

Bauer, Gerrit, Jean-Marie Jungblut, Walter Müller, Reinhard Pollak, Felix Weiss and Heike Wirth (2006): Issues in the Comparative Measurement of the Supervisory Function. Bled more
Hausen, Cornelia, Jean-Marie Jungblut, Walter Müller, Reinhard Pollak and Heike Wirth (2006): Validation of ESeC: The Effect of Coding Procedures and Occupational Aggregation Level. Mannheim more
Hausen, Cornelia, Jean-Marie Jungblut, Walter Müller, Reinhard Pollak and Heike Wirth (2005): Validation of the Eropean Socio-economic Classification for Germany. Mannheim more

Conference Presentations

Müller, Walter, and Reinhard Pollak (2014): Bildung und soziale Mobilität in Deutschland. [Heinz-Grohmann-Vorlesung im Rahmen der Jahrestagung 2014 der Deutschen Statistischen Gesellschaft, Hannover, September 16th to September 19th, 2014] more
Müller, Walter, and Reinhard Pollak (2014): Bildungsungleichheit, Bildungsexpansion und soziale Mobilität. [Tagung Netzwerk Bildungsforschung der Baden-Württemberg-Stiftung, Bad Urach, May 07th to May 09th, 2014] more
Müller, Walter, and Reinhard Pollak (2013): Bildungsungleichheit, Bildungsexpansion und soziale Mobilität. [Vortrag am Institut für Soziologie der Universität Bern, Bern, March 05th, 2013] more
Müller, Walter, and Reinhard Pollak (2013): Bildungsungleichheit, Bildungsexpansion und soziale Mobilität. [Vortrag am Soziologischen Forschungsinstitut (SOFI) Göttingen und dem Institut für Soziologie der Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, June 05th, 2013] more
Müller, Walter, and Reinhard Pollak (2013): Social Mobility and the Middle Classes in Germany. Trends over the 20th Century with Particular Attention to the Role of Education. [Second International Conference on the Middle Class: “The Middle Class as a Precondition of a Sustainable Society: Fifteen Years later” – Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the birth of Prof. Nikolai Tilkidjiev, Sofia, December 03rd to December 04th, 2013] more
Müller, Walter, and Reinhard Pollak (2013): The Mobility Triangle Revisited – Changes in Educational Inequality, Educational Returns and Social Mobility over Periods and Cohorts in Germany. [Spring Meeting of the Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28) "Economic Crisis, Social Inequalities and Social Policies", University of Trento, May 16th to May 18th, 2013] more
Müller, Walter, and Reinhard Pollak (2012): Bildungsungleichheit, Bildungsexpansion und soziale Mobilität. [Fachbereich Soziologie, Universität Konstanz, December 05th, 2012] more
Müller, Walter, and Reinhard Pollak (2012): Educational Inequality, Educational Expansion and Social Mobility. [National Educational Panel Study, Bamberg, June 28th to June 29th, 2012] more
Müller, Walter, Richard Breen, Ruud Luijkx and Reinhard Pollak (2007): Long term trends in educational inequality in Europe: class inequalities and gender. [Conference “Social Inequality and Mobility in the Process of Social Transformation”, Research Committee 28 „Social Stratification“ of International Sociological Association, Brno, May 24th to May 27th, 2007] more
Müller, Walter, Richard Breen, Ruud Luijkx and Reinhard Pollak (2007): Long term trends in educational inequality: Class inequality and gender. [Conference “Expected and Unexpected Consequences of the Educational Expansion”, Ascona, Monte Verità Conference Center, July 08th to July 13th, 2007] more
Bauer, Gerrit, Walter Müller, Reinhard Pollak, Felix Weiss, Heike Wirth and Cornelia Hausen (2006): Die Europäische Sozio-ökonomische Klassifikation (ESeC) – zukünftiges Standardinstrument für internationale Vergleiche im Bereich sozialer Ungleichheit. [33. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Kassel, October 12th to October 13th, 2006] more
Hausen, Cornelia, Jean-Marie Jungblut, Walter Müller, Reinhard Pollak and Heike Wirth (2006): Validation of ESeC: The Effect of Coding Procedures and Occupational Aggregation Level. [European Socio-Economic Classification Validation Conference, Lissabon, January 19th to January 21st, 2006] more
Pollak, Reinhard, and David Reimer (2006): Changes in access to higher education in West-Germany 1980-2002. [Meeting of the International Sociological Association Research Committee 28 (RC28) on Social Stratification and Mobility, Nijmwegen, May 11th to May 14th, 2006] more
Müller, Walter, Jean-Marie Jungblut, Reinhard Pollak and Heike Wirth (2005): Validation of the European Socioeconomic Classification for Germany. [Second ESEC workshop - European Socio-Economic Classifiation, INSEE, Paris, March 30th to March 31st, 2005] more
Pollak, Reinhard (2005): Change and change management in German higher education. [DAAD Germany Today Conference, Bonn, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, June 20th, 2005] more
Pollak, Reinhard (2005): Non-persistent inequality in educational attainment: evidence from six European countries. [2005 Summer Meeting des Research Committee (RC) 28 Social Stratification and Mobility der International Sociological Association (ISA), Los Angeles, August 18th to August 21st, 2005] more
Pollak, Reinhard, David B. Grusky and Jan O. Jonsson (2005): The micro-structure of career mobility: another critical test of the class reproduction hypothesis. [2005 Summer Meeting des Research Committee (RC) 28 Social Stratification and Mobility der International Sociological Association (ISA), Los Angeles, August 18th to August 21st, 2005] more
Pollak, Reinhard, David B. Grusky and Jan O. Jonsson (2005): Will our children become professors or professionals? A critical test of class reproduction. [2005 Spring Meeting des Research Committee (RC) 28 Social Stratification and Mobility der International Sociological Association (ISA), Oslo, May 05th to May 08th, 2005] more
Reimer, David, and Reinhard Pollak (2005): Die Bedeutung der sozialen Herkunft beim Hochschulzugang. [Dies Academicus, Universität Mannheim, May 18th, 2005] more
Luijkx, Ruud, Walter Müller and Reinhard Pollak (2004): Persistent Inequality? A Descriptive Reassessment of the Evidence for European Countries. [European Society or European Societies? EURESCO/ECSR-Conference on the Causes and Consequences of Low Education in Contemporary Europe, Granada, September 18th to September 23rd, 2004] more
Müller, Walter, and Reinhard Pollak (2004): Class patterns in post-secondary and tertiary education in West Germany. [Conference of Research Committee 28 on Social Stratification of the International Sociological Association (ISA), Neuchâtel, May 06th to May 09th, 2004] more
Pollak, Reinhard, and David Reimer (2004): Der Einfluss der sozialen Herkunft auf die Ausbildungsentscheidung von Studienberechtigten. [32. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, München, October 08th, 2004] more
Reimer, David, and Reinhard Pollak (2004): Der Einfluss der sozialen Herkunft auf die Ausbildungsentscheidungen von Studienberechtigten. [Vortrag bei der Hochschul-Informations-System GmbH, Hannover, November 03rd, 2004] more
Reimer, David, and Reinhard Pollak (2004): No more sociology for upper class children? The impact of social origin on the transition to tertiary education and on field of study in West Germany 1983 and 1999. [CHANGEQUAL Workshop, Stockholm, November 24th to November 25th, 2004] more