Prof. Dr. Marita Jacob

Former project director
Phone: 
+49-621-181-2804
 
 

Projects

RP8 A2 Spheres of Societal Integration: Family, Education, and Labour Markets

RP8
Student Employment. Analysing Inequalities in Term-time Working and its Effects on Labour Market Entry
RP8
Educational Careers and Social Inequality – Analysis of the Impact of Social Origin on Educational Career Patterns and Their Labor Market Outcomes from a Comparative Perspective
RP8
Homogamy and Fertility - The Impact of Partnership Context on Family Formation

RP7 A2 Education, Labour Markets and Social Stratification

Network of Excellence "Economic Change, Quality of Life and Social Cohesion" (EQUALSOC)
Social Inequality in Educational Careers of Young Adults
Parenthood and Inequality in the Family and the Labour Market. A Comparison of East and West Germany

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.)

Journal Articles

Jacob, Marita, and Markus Klein (2013): Der Einfluss der Bildungsherkunft auf den Berufseinstieg und die ersten Erwerbsjahre von Universitätsabsolventen. Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung, 35, issue 1, pp. 8-37. more
Jacob, Marita, and Felix Weiss (2011): Class origin and young adults' re-enrollment. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 29, issue 4, pp. 415-426. more
Reimer, David, and Marita Jacob (2011): Differentiation in higher education and its consequences for social inequality: introduction to a special issue. Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 61, issue 3, pp. 223-227. more
Bauer, Gerrit, and Marita Jacob (2010): Fertilitätsentscheidungen im Partnerschaftskontext. Eine Analyse der Bedeutung der Bildungskonstellation von Paaren für die Familiengründung anhand des Mikrozensus 1996–2004. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 62, issue 1, pp. 31-60. more
Jacob, Marita, and Felix Weiss (2010): From higher education to work patterns of labor market entry in Germany and the US. Higher Education, 60, issue 5, pp. 529-542. more
Jacob, Marita (2010): Literaturbesprechung: Lehrbuch der Bildungssoziologie. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 62, issue 3, pp. 571-574. more

Book Chapters

Jacob, Marita, Hanna-Marei Steininger and Felix Weiss (2013): Bleibt’s dabei? Soziale Ungleichheiten in der Studienabsicht und ihrer Realisierung nach einer beruflichen Ausbildung. Pp. 307-322 in: Jupp Asdonk, Sebastian U. Kuhnen, Philipp Bornkessel (Eds.) Von der Schule zur Hochschule: Analysen, Konzeptionen und Gestaltungsperspektiven des Übergangs. Münster: Waxmann Verlag. more
Jacob, Marita, and Felix Weiss (2010): Soziale Selektivität beim Hochschulzugang - Veränderungen der Zugangssequenzen zur Hochschule im Kohortenvergleich. Pp. 285-312 in: Birgit Becker, David Reimer (Eds.) Vom Kindergarten bis zur Hochschule. Die Generierung von ethnischen und sozialen Disparitäten in der Bildungsbiographie. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more
Jacob, Marita, and Nicole Tieben (2010): Wer nutzt die Durchlässigkeit zwischen verschiedenen Schulformen? Soziale Selektivität bei Schulformwechseln und nachgeholten Schulabschlüssen. Pp. 145-178 in: Birgit Becker, David Reimer (Eds.) Vom Kindergarten bis zur Hochschule. Die Generierung von ethnischen und sozialen Disparitäten in der Bildungsbiographie. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more
Müller, Walter, and Marita Jacob (2008): Qualifications and the Returns to Training Across the Life Course. Pp. 126-172 in: Karl Ulrich Mayer, Heike Solga (Eds.) Skill Formation. Interdisciplinary and Cross-National Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. more
Jacob, Marita (2006): Normalitätsvorstellungen und Abweichungen - eine Diskussion der vorangegangenen Beiträge. Pp. 67-69 in: Übergänge zwischen Schule und Beruf und darauf bezogene Hilfesysteme in Deutschland. Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. more
Jacob, Marita (2006): Von der Schule in den Beruf: Individuelle Erfahrungen, Verlaufsmuster und Strukturen. Pp. 6-8 in: Übergänge zwischen Schule und Beruf und darauf bezogene Hilfesysteme in Deutschland. Bonn: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. more

MZES Working Papers

Jacob, Marita, Corinna Kleinert and Michael Kühhirt (2009): Trends in Gender Disparities at the School to Work Transition in Germany : Comparing the Labor Market Entry of Young Men and Women between 1984 and 2005. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 127] more
Bauer, Gerrit, and Marita Jacob (2008): Familiengründung im Partnerschaftskontext: Eine Analyse der Bedeutung der Bildungskonstellation von Paaren für eine Elternschaft anhand des Mikrozensus 1996-2004. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 109] more
Jacob, Marita, and Felix Weiss (2008): From higher education to work: Patterns of labor market entry in Germany and the US. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 110] more
Jacob, Marita, and Nicole Tieben (2007): Social Selectivity of Track Mobility in Secondary Schools. A Comparison of Intra-secondary Transitions in Germany and the Netherlands. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 105] more

Papers / Reports

Bauer, Gerrit, and Marita Jacob (2009): The influence of partners’ education on family formation. [EQUALSOC Working Paper] more
Dornette, Johanna, and Marita Jacob (2006): Zielgruppenerreichung und Teilnehmerstruktur des Jugendsofortprogramms JUMP. Nürnberg [IAB-Forschungsbericht] more

Conference Presentations

Klein, Oliver, Martin Neugebauer and Marita Jacob (2017): Migrant teachers in the classroom: A key to reduce ethnic disadvantages in school?. [ECSR 2017 Conference "Institutions, Inequality and Social Dynamics", Bocconi University, Milano, August 31st to September 02nd, 2017] more
Klein, Oliver, Martin Neugebauer and Marita Jacob (2017): Tragen Lehrkräfte mit Migrationshintergrund zur Reduktion ethnischer Bildungsnachteile bei?. [5. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung "Durch Bildung gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen meistern", Heidelberg, March 13th to March 15th, 2017] more
Weiss, Felix, and Marita Jacob (2012): You snooze, you lose? Returns to interrupted college education in the U.S.. [ISA RC28 Summer Meeting on “Labor Market and Educational Transitions in Uncertain Times”, Charlottesville, VA, August 13th to August 15th, 2012] more
Jacob, Marita (2011): Ungleichheiten nach der Immatrikulation. Arbeitsmarktbedingungen und die soziale Differenzierung studentischer Erwerbstätigkeit. [Soziologisches Kolloquium an der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, May 25th, 2011] more
Kühhirt, Michael, Marita Jacob and Gerrit Bauer (2011): Family Formation in Germany: Partners‘ education and local conditions. [Changing Work Family Equilibria, Trento, October 13th to October 14th, 2011] more
Weiss, Felix, and Marita Jacob (2011): Inequalities beyond access? Labour market conditions and social differences in students’ jobs. [American Sociological Association 106th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 20th to August 23rd, 2011] more
Bauer, Gerrit, Michael Ruland and Marita Jacob (2010): A life Course Perspective on Education and Fertility. [XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology, RC 28: Session Social Stratification and the Family, Gothenburg, July 11th to July 17th, 2010] more
Bauer, Gerrit, Michael Ruland and Marita Jacob (2010): Education and fertility in Germany: life course and partnership perspectives. [Research Network EQUALSOC - Final Conference, Amsterdam, June 03rd to June 05th, 2010] more
Jacob, Marita, and Felix Weiss (2010): Class origin and young adults´ re-enrollment decisions. [Higher education and beyond - Inequalities regarding entrance to higher education and educational credentials, Monte Verità, Ascona, July 04th to July 09th, 2010] more
Jacob, Marita, and Felix Weiss (2010): Inequalities beyond access? Labour market conditions and social differences in students' jobs. [Transition in Youth Network Conference, Dublin, September 09th to September 11th, 2010] more
Jacob, Marita, and Felix Weiss (2010): Inequalities beyond access? Labour market conditions and social differences in students’ jobs. [European Network on Transitions in Youth Conference 2010 Theme: Transitions into and out of Higher Education – A Changing Context?, Dublin, September 09th to September 11th, 2010] more
Kühhirt, Michael, Marita Jacob and Corinna Kleinert (2010): Trends in gender disparities at the school-to-work transition in Germany: labor market entry of young men and women between 1984 and 2005. [Research Network EQUALSOC - Final Conference, Amsterdam, June 03rd to June 05th, 2010] more
Weiss, Felix, and Marita Jacob (2010): Inequalities beyond access? Labour market conditions and social differences in students´ jobs. [Higher education and beyond - Inequalities regarding entrance to higher education and educational credentials, Monte Verità, Ascona, July 04th to July 09th, 2010] more
Weiss, Felix, and Marita Jacob (2010): Ways through higher education in three societies - A descriptive comparison of Germany, Sweden and the US. [European Network on Transitions in Youth Conference 2010 Theme: Transitions into and out of Higher Education – A Changing Context?, Dublin, September 09th to September 11th, 2010] more
Bauer, Gerrit, and Marita Jacob (2009): The influence of the partner's education and employment on fertility. [Workshop on Economic Uncertainty and Family Dynamics, organized by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, the French National Institute for Demographic Studies and the Stockholm University, Berlin, July 03rd to July 04th, 2009] more
Bauer, Gerrit, and Marita Jacob (2009): The influence of the partner’s education on fertility. A life course perspective on the impact of educational constellation and partnership characteristics on family formation. [International Conference on Education and Demography, Vienna, November 30th to December 01st, 2009] more
Bauer, Gerrit, and Marita Jacob (2009): The influence of the partner’s education on fertility. A life course perspective on the impact of educational constellation and partnership characteristics on family formation. [EQUALSOC EMPLOY-FAMNET Research Group Workshop, Berlin, May 11th to May 12th, 2009] more
Jacob, Marita, and Felix Weiss (2009): Class Origin and Young Adults’ Decision to Re-Enroll. [IAB Workshop on Education in Adulthood and the Labour Market, Nürnberg, November 06th to November 07th, 2009] more
Jacob, Marita, and Gerrit Bauer (2009): The influence of the partner’s education on fertility. A life course perspective on the impact of educational constellation and partnership characteristics on family formation (Poster presentation). [International Sociological Association Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC 28), Spring Meeting, Peking, May 13th to May 16th, 2009] more
Kühhirt, Michael, Marita Jacob and Corinna Kleinert (2009): Trends in gender disparities at the school to work transition: comparing the labor market entry of young men and women between 1984 and 2005. [EQUALSOC & ECSR joint Summer School 2009, Trento, August 31st to September 05th, 2009] more
Weiss, Felix, and Marita Jacob (2008): Social Origin and Discontinuities in Higher Education in Germany and the US. [Work, Poverty, and inequality in the 21st century, ISA Research Comittee 28 ("Social Stratification & Mobility") Meeting, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA, August 06th to August 09th, 2008] more
Weiss, Felix, and Marita Jacob (2008): Soziale Selektivität beim Hochschulzugang - Veränderungen der Zugangswege zur Hochschule im Kohortenvergleich. [34. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie, Ad-Hoc Gruppe "Hochschule im Wandel", Jena, October 06th to October 10th, 2008] more
Weiss, Felix, and Marita Jacob (2007): Intertwined Educational and Labour Force Career - Transition Patterns of Highschool leavers in Germany and the U.S.. [Workshop of the EDUC Research Group of the EQUALSOC Network of Excellence, Dijon, November 22nd to November 24th, 2007] more
Bauer, Gerrit, and Marita Jacob (2006): Posterpräsentation: Homogamy and Fertility: The Impact of Partnership Context on Family Formation.. [EQUALSOC Network Conference and Research Group Workshop, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, September 22nd to September 23rd, 2006] more