Prof. Dr. Dirk Hofäcker

former External Fellow and Project director
Phone: 
+49-621-181-2804
 
 

Projects

RP9 A1 Institutions of Societal Integration: Market Economies, Organisations, and Welfare States

RP9
Determinants of Retirement Decisions in Europe and the United States: A Cross-National Comparison of Institutional, Firm-level and Individual Factors
RP9
Retirement at Risk in an Ageing Europe: Employment Flexibilization, Pension Marketization, and Social Inequality

Publications

(Note: Generally, the former staff pages only feature publications that have been published at the MZES. Furthermore, the former staff pages feature publications that have been published in co-authorship with current MZES staff.)

Monographs

Hofäcker, Dirk (2010): Older Workers in a Globalizing World. An International Comparison of Retirement and Late-Career Patterns in Western Industrialized Societies. Cheltenham, UK & Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar. more

Editions

Hofäcker, Dirk, Moritz Heß and Stefanie König (Eds.) (2016): Delaying Retirement. Progress and Challenges of Active Ageing in Europe, the United States and Japan. London: Palgrave Macmillan. more
Blossfeld, Hans-Peter, Sandra Buchholz, Dirk Hofäcker and Kathrin Kolb (Eds.) (2011): Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe. Houndsmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. more
Blossfeld, Hans-Peter, Dirk Hofäcker, Sonia Bertolini and Roberto Rizza (Eds.) (2011): I perdenti della globalizzazione? Lavoro e condizione giovanile in Europa e in Italia. Rom: Franco Angeli. [Sociologia del Lavoro; 124/2011] more
Blossfeld, Hans-Peter, Dirk Hofäcker and Sonia Bertolini (Eds.) (2011): Youth on Globalised Labour Markets: Rising Uncertainty and its Effects on Early Employment and Family Lives in Europe. Opladen: Barbara Budrich. more

Journal Articles

Hofäcker, Dirk, and Elias Naumann (2015): The emerging trend of work beyond retirement age in Germany – Increasing social inequality?. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 48, issue 5, pp. 473-479. more
Hofäcker, Dirk (2014): Book review 'The politics of parental leave policies: children, parenting, gender and the labour market'. Community, Work and Family, 17, issue 3, pp. 366-369. more
Ebbinghaus, Bernhard, and Dirk Hofäcker (2013): Reversing Early Retirement in Advanced Welfare Economies: A Paradigm Shift to Overcome Push and Pull Factors. Comparative Population Studies (CPoS), 38, issue 4, pp. 807-840. more
Ebbinghaus, Bernhard, and Dirk Hofäcker (2013): Trendwende bei der Frühverrentung in modernen Wohlfahrtsstaaten: Paradigmenwechsel zur Überwindung von Push- und Pull-Faktoren. Zeitschrift für Bevölkerungswissenschaft, 38, issue 4, pp. 841-880. more
Hofäcker, Dirk, and Marge Unt (2013): Exploring the ‘new worlds’ of (late?) retirement in Europe. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 29, issue 2, pp. 163-183. more
Hofäcker, Dirk, and Stefanie König (2013): Flexibility and work-life conflict in times of crisis: a gender perspective. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 33, issue 9/10, pp. 613-635. more
Hofäcker, Dirk, Rumiana Stoilova and Jan R. Riebling (2013): The Gendered Division of Paid and Unpaid Work in Different Institutional Regimes: Comparing West Germany, East Germany and Bulgaria. European Sociological Review, 29, issue 2, pp. 192-209. more
Tieben, Nicole, Dirk Hofäcker and Nicole Biedinger (2013): Social mobility and inequality in the life course: Exploring the relevance of context. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 32, pp. 1-6. more
Blossfeld, Hans-Peter, Sandra Buchholz, Dirk Hofäcker and Sonia Bertolini (2012): Selective Flexibilization and Deregulation of the Labor Market. The Answer of Continental and Southern Europe. Stato e Mercato, 96, pp. 363-390. more
Buchholz, Sandra, Dirk Hofäcker, Kathrin Kolb and Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2011): El desarrollo de desigualdades sociales en el proceso de globalizacion. Estudios Sociologicos, 29, issue 85, pp. 3-31. more
Hofäcker, Dirk (2011): Book Review: Anthony Chiva and Jill Manthorpe (eds.)(2009). Older Workers in Europe. International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 6, issue 1, pp. IX-XII. more
Buchholz, Sandra, Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Dirk Hofäcker and Kathrin Kolb (2010): Life Trajectories in the Course of Globalization. On the Change of Social Inequalities in Modern Societies (Cyrillic). Sociological Problems, 43, issue 1/2, pp. 7-31. more

Book Chapters

Heß, Moritz, Stefanie König and Dirk Hofäcker (2016): Retirement Transitions Under Changing Institutional Conditions: Towards Increasing Inequalities? Comparing Evidence from 13 Countries. Pp. 363-378 in: Dirk Hofäcker, Moritz Heß, Stefanie König (Eds.) Delaying Retirement. Progress and Challenges of Active Ageing in Europe, the United States and Japan. London: Palgrave Macmillan. more
Hofäcker, Dirk, and Jonas Radl (2016): Retirement Transitions in Times of Institutional Change: Theoretical Concept. Pp. 1-22 in: Dirk Hofäcker, Moritz Heß, Stefanie König (Eds.) Delaying Retirement. Progress and Challenges of Active Ageing in Europe, the United States and Japan. London: Palgrave Macmillan. more
König, Stefanie, Moritz Heß and Dirk Hofäcker (2016): Trends and Determinants of Retirement Transition in Europe, the USA and Japan: A Comparative Overview. Pp. 23-51 in: Dirk Hofäcker, Moritz Heß, Stefanie König (Eds.) Delaying Retirement. Progress and Challenges of Active Ageing in Europe, the United States and Japan. London: Palgrave Macmillan. more
Ebbinghaus, Bernhard, and Dirk Hofäcker (2015): Reforming Welfare States and Changing Capitalism: Institutional Change and Reversing Early Retirement Regimes in Europe. Pp. 79-97 in: Seán Ó Riain, Felix Behling, Rossella Ciccia, Eoin Flaherty (Eds.) The Changing Worlds and Workplaces of Capitalism. London: Palgrave. more
Hofäcker, Dirk, Moritz Heß and Elias Naumann (2015): Changing retirement transitions in times of paradigmatic political change: towards growing inequalities?. Pp. 205-226 in: Cornelius Torp (Ed.) Challenges of Ageing: Retirement, Pensions and Intergenerational Justice. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. more
Blossfeld, Hans-Peter, Dirk Hofäcker and Sandra Buchholz (2011): Bildung im Globalisierungsprozess. Pp. 319-334 in: Tilman Mayer, Robert Meyer, Lazaros Miliopoulos, Peter Ohly, Erich Weede (Eds.) Globalisierung im Fokus von Politik, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft: Eine Bestandsaufnahme. Sozialwissenschaften im Überblick, Opladen: VS - Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more
Blossfeld, Hans-Peter, Sandra Buchholz and Dirk Hofäcker (2011): Globalizzazione, flessibilizzazione del lavoro e condizione giovanile: un quadro teorico. Pp. 17-35 in: Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Dirk Hofäcker, Sonia Bertolini, Roberto Rizza (Eds.) I perdenti della globalizzazione? Lavoro e condizione giovanile in Europa e in Italia. 1st ed., Rom: Franco Angeli. more
Buchholz, Sandra, Kathrin Kolb, Dirk Hofäcker and Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2011): Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe. Pp. 3-22 in: Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz, Dirk Hofäcker, Kathrin Kolb (Eds.) Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe:Theoretical Framework. Houndsmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. more
Hofäcker, Dirk (2011): A Recipe for Coping with the Challenge of Globalization? Trends in Labour Market Flexibilzation and Life Course Inequality in Denmark. Pp. 149-176 in: Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz, Dirk Hofäcker, Kathrin Kolb (Eds.) Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe. Houndsmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. more
Hofäcker, Dirk, and Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2011): Globalization, Uncertainty and its Effects on Early Family and Employment Lives - An Introduction. Pp. 9-38 in: Dirk Hofäcker, Sonia Bertolini (Eds.) Youth on Globalised Labour Markets: Rising Uncertainty and its Effects on Early Employment and Family Lives in Europe. Opladen & Farmington Hills: Barbara Budrich. more
Hofäcker, Dirk, Sandra Buchholz, Kathrin Kolb and Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2011): The Flexibilization of European Labour Markets and the Development of Social Inequalities. Pp. 295-322 in: Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Sandra Buchholz, Dirk Hofäcker, Kathrin Kolb (Eds.) Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe. Houndsmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. more
Hofäcker, Dirk, Sandra Buchholz and Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2010): Globalization, institutional filters and changing life course patterns in modern societies: A summary of the results from the GLOBALIFE Project. Pp. 101-124 in: Rainer K. Silbereisen, Xinyin Chen (Eds.) Social Change and Human Development: Concept and Results. Los Angeles et al.: Sage. more

Papers / Reports

Hofäcker, Dirk (2012): Globalization and the Labour Market Situation of Older Workers – Trends, Challenges and Strategies for Adaptation. Brussels [Thematic Review Seminar Discussion Paper] more
Hofäcker, Dirk, and Jana Chaloupková (2011): Patterns of family life courses in Europe - between standardization and diversity: A cross-national comparison of family trajectories and life course norms in European countries. Bamberg [TransEurope Working Paper] more
Beier, Loreen, Dirk Hofäcker, Elisa Marchese and Marina Rupp (2010): Family Structures & Family Forms – An Overview of Major Trends and Developments. more

Conference Presentations

Ebbinghaus, Bernhard, and Dirk Hofäcker (2016): The reversal of early exit from work in aging societies: going beyond static regimes with temporal fuzzy set analysis. [Conference WAHE 2016: Work, Age, Health and Employment, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, September 19th to September 21st, 2016] more
Ebbinghaus, Bernhard, and Dirk Hofäcker (2014): Der Paradigmenwechsel von der Frühverrentung zum längeren Erwerbsleben: Nur ein europäisches Phänomen?. [37. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Ad Hoc Gruppe "Qualitative Comparative Analysis", Universität Trier, October 06th to October 10th, 2014] more
Hofäcker, Dirk, and Stefanie König (2014): The shift from early exit to active ageing in European societies: Towards a better integration of older workers or the re-emergence of old inequalities. [ECSR Conference 2014 'Social Inequalities in Europe - On the Rise Again?', WZB, Berlin, September 23rd to September 25th, 2014] more
Ebbinghaus, Bernhard, and Dirk Hofäcker (2013): Institutional Conditions for the Successful Reversal of Early Exit in East and West: A Comparison of OECD Countries. [The 20th IAGG World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG 2013), Seoul, June 23rd to June 27th, 2013] more
Hofäcker, Dirk (2013): Does institutional reversal of early retirement policies lead to changes in retirement planning? Evidence from German Survey Data. [Postdoctoral Conference “The Future of Welfare State Studies”, Umeå University, May 15th to May 17th, 2013] more
Hofäcker, Dirk, and Marge Unt (2013): Exploring the institutional determinants of women’s retirement preferences in an ageing Europe. [Postdoctoral Conference “The Future of Welfare State Studies”, Umeå University, May 15th to May 17th, 2013] more
Hofäcker, Dirk, Heike Schröder, Yuxin Li and Matthew Flynn (2013): Trends and determinants of work: retirement transitions in Japan, Germany and England. [11th Annual ESPAnet Conference "Social Policy and Economic Development", Pozna? University of Economics, September 05th to September 07th, 2013] more
Hofäcker, Dirk (2013): Who is hit more by the crisis? Exploring gendered patterns of work-to-family conflict. [ESA 11th Conference “Crisis, Critique and Change”, University of Torino, August 28th to August 31st, 2013] more
Hofäcker, Dirk (2013): Who wants to work longer – and why? Comparing Support and Readiness for Work beyond Retirement Age in European Countries. [ESA 11th Conference “Crisis, Critique and Change”, University of Turin, August 28th to August 31st, 2013] more
König, Stefanie, and Dirk Hofäcker (2013): What do we learn about women’s and men’s work-life conflict by differentiating between welfare regimes and countries?. [FAMCHIP Project Conference "Comparing families: does international perspective help?", Warsaw School of Economics, December 17th to December 18th, 2013] more
Bertolini, Sonia, Dirk Hofäcker and Paola Torrioni (2012): The impact of labour market flexibilization on the first transition to the adult life in different welfare states: Does labour force attachment matter?. [ECSR/EQUALSOC Conference “Economic change, Equality of life and Social cohesion”, Stockholm University, Stockholm, September 24th to September 26th, 2012] more
Ebbinghaus, Bernhard, and Dirk Hofäcker (2012): Reversing Early Retirement in Advanced Welfare Economies: Overcoming Push and Pull Factors. [ECSR/EQUALSOC Conference: Economic change, Equality of life and Social cohesion, Stockholm University, Stockholm, September 24th to September 26th, 2012] more
Hofäcker, Dirk (2012): Desired retirement ages in Europe: Reconstructing Trends, Determinants and the Impact of Rising Economic Insecurity. [Tel-Aviv University & Clal Insurance Workshop “Retirement Age”, Tel-Aviv University, June 20th to June 21st, 2012] more
Hofäcker, Dirk (2012): Does Institutional Reversal of Early Retirement Policies lead to Changes in Retirement Planning? Evidence from German Survey Data. [Joint Annual Conference of the East Asian Social Policy Research Network (EASP) and the United Kingdom Social Policy Association (SPA) “Social Policy in an Unequal World” University of York, York, July 16th to July 18th, 2012] more
Hofäcker, Dirk, Heike Schröder, Matthew Flynn and Yuxin Li (2012): Does the Promotion of Extended Working Lives Foster the Emergence of New Inequalities? Comparing Trends and Determinants of Work-retirement Transitions in Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom. [Symposium on Asian Perspectives on Social Stratification and Inequality, Center for the Study of Social Stratification and Inequality, Tohoku University, Sendai, October 27th to October 28th, 2012] more
Hofäcker, Dirk (2012): Eager to exit or forced to retire? Exploring Patterns and Determinants of Voluntary and Involuntary Retirement in Europe. [5th Equality, Diversity and Inclusion International Conference, Toulouse, July 23rd to July 25th, 2012] more
Hofäcker, Dirk, and Moritz Heß (2012): Erwerbstätigkeit älterer Arbeitnehmer im Übergang von der Frühverrentung zum ‚aktiven Altern‘ – Lebenslaufsoziologische Perspektiven. [Experten-Workshop des Bundesinstituts für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB) „Potenziale gesellschaftlicher Teilhabe älterer Menschen“, Wiesbaden, December 05th, 2012] more
Hofäcker, Dirk (2012): Globalization and the Labour Market Situation of Older Workers: Exploring Trends, Challenges and Strategies for Adaptation. [EU Mutual Learning Programme, Thematic Review Seminar on “Employment policies to promote active ageing”, Brussels, June 11th, 2012] more
Hofäcker, Dirk, and Elias Naumann (2012): Happy Retirement – Cancelled? Exploring an emergent trend on the German labour market. [ESA RN1 Mid-Term conference "Ageing in the light of crises: Economic crisis, demographic change, and the search for meaning", Umeå University, October 03rd to October 05th, 2012] more
Hofäcker, Dirk (2012): In line or at odds with public policies? Individual retirement preferences in a changing pension landscape. [ESPAnet Anniversary Conference 2012, University of Edinburgh, September 06th to September 08th, 2012] more
König, Stefanie, and Dirk Hofäcker (2012): Flexibility vs. predictability: What role do personal preference and individual control play for work-to-family conflict in a globalized Europe?. [ESA RN 13. Interim Meeting “Families, care and work facing the challenges of a globalized world: policies, practices and services”, Catholic University of Milan, September 13th to September 15th, 2012] more
Unt, Marge, and Dirk Hofäcker (2012): Exploring the ‘New Worlds’ of (Late?) Retirement in Europe. [ESA RN 13 Interim Meeting “Families, care and work facing the challenges of a globalized world: policies, practices and services”, Umeå University, October 03rd to October 05th, 2012] more
Hofäcker, Dirk, and Jana Chaloupková (2011): Between standardization and diversity: A cross-national comparison of family trajectories and life course norms in European countries. [Social Relations in Turbulent Times. 10th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA), Genf, September 07th to September 10th, 2011] more
Hofäcker, Dirk (2011): Determinanten der Frühverrentung: Ergebnisse der Testnutzung des Datensatzes 'Biographiedaten ausgewählter Sozialversicherungsträger in Deutschland (BASID)'. [Workshop zur Erstnutzung des Datensatzes 'Biografiedaten ausgewählter Sozialversicherungsträger in Deutschland (BASiD)', Berlin, October 06th to October 07th, 2011] more
Hofäcker, Dirk (2011): Determinanten von Erwerbsarbeit und Ruhestand. [Die 50+ Generation in Europa: Erkenntnisse durch SHARE, Wien, May 30th, 2011] more
Hofäcker, Dirk (2011): Determinants of older workers' employment and retirement transitions: a cross-national comparison. [Social Relations in Turbulent Times. 10th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA), Genf, September 07th to September 10th, 2011] more
Hofäcker, Dirk, Rumiana Stoilova and Jan R. Riebling (2011): Division of paid and unpaid work - Patterns of Social Inequality: A comparison of Germany, Bulgaria, France and Hungary. [TransEurope Workshop 'Women’s employment in an enlarged Europe – Current developments and their socio-political background', Tallinn, April 28th to April 30th, 2011] more
Hofäcker, Dirk, and Jana Chaloupková (2011): Family structures and Family Norms – An International Comparison. [TransEurope Workshop 'Women’s employment in an enlarged Europe – Current developments and their socio-political background', Tallinn, April 28th to April 30th, 2011] more
Hofäcker, Dirk, Johann Bacher and Michael Ruland (2011): GlobalIndex – Clustering Time Series. [Five Years of TransEurope Project. Transnationalisation and Changing Life Course Inequality in Europe, Sofia, May 20th to May 21st, 2011] more
Hofäcker, Dirk, Marcel Raab, Michael Ruland, Benno Schönberger and Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2011): GlobalIndex: A Sociological Approach to Globalization Measurement. [Five Years of TransEurope Project. Transnationalisation and Changing Life Course Inequality in Europe, Sofia, May 20th to May 21st, 2011] more
Hofäcker, Dirk, Rumiana Stoilova and Jan R. Riebling (2010): Explaining the Division of Paid and Unpaid Work in Western and Eastern Europe: The Role of Institutional and Cultural Framework Conditions. [ECSR/QMSS2/ TransEurope-Konferenz “Analysing Education, Family, Work and Welfare in Europe", Bamberg, September 30th to October 02nd, 2010] more
Hofäcker, Dirk, Johann Bacher and Michael Ruland (2010): GlobalIndex – Clustering Time Series. [ECSR/QMSS2/ TransEurope-Konferenz “Analysing Education, Family, Work and Welfare in Europe”, Bamberg, September 30th to October 02nd, 2010] more
Hofäcker, Dirk (2010): Globalization and Life Courses in Modern Societies: Towards Rising Inequalities?. [The Sourecs of Inequality Across the Globe, Juan March Institute, Madrid, October 22nd to October 23rd, 2010] more
Hofäcker, Dirk, and Heike Schröder (2010): The Management of an Ageing Workforce: Human Resource Management and its Effects on Employment Decisions of Older Workers in Germany and Britain. [ECSR/QMSS2/TransEurope-Konferenz “Analysing Education, Family, Work and Welfare in Europe”, Bamberg, September 30th to October 02nd, 2010] more
Hofäcker, Dirk (2010): „A European Research Agenda on the Family”. [FAMILYPLATFORM Conference "Research Agenda: Research Issues for Family Research and Key Policy Issues in Europe”, European Economic and Social Committee, Brüssel, November 04th to November 05th, 2010] more