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Determinants of Retirement Decisions in Europe and the United States: A Cross-National Comparison of Institutional, Firm-level and Individual Factors

Public Attitudes of European Citizens towards Late-Career Employment: Patterns, Trends and Determinants during the Institutional Shift from ‘Early Exit’ to ‘Active Ageing’

Retirement at Risk in an Ageing Europe: Employment Flexibilization, Pension Marketization, and Social Inequality

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Monographie

Hofäcker, Dirk (2010): Older Workers in a Globalizing World. An International Comparison of Retirement and Late-Career Patterns in Western Industrialized Societies. More

Edited Book

(2016): Delaying Retirement. Progress and Challenges of Active Ageing in Europe, the United States and Japan. More

(2011): Youth on Globalised Labour Markets: Rising Uncertainty and its Effects on Early Employment and Family Lives in Europe. More

(2011): Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe. More

(2011): I perdenti della globalizzazione? Lavoro e condizione giovanile in Europa e in Italia. More

Book Chapter

Ebbinghaus, Bernhard (2023): Pension Governance in a Globalising World. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Jonas Radl (2016): Retirement Transitions in Times of Institutional Change: Theoretical Concept. More

König, Stefanie , Moritz Heß , Dirk Hofäcker (2016): Trends and Determinants of Retirement Transition in Europe, the USA and Japan: A Comparative Overview. More

Heß, Moritz (2016): Germany: A Successful Reversal of Early Retirement?. More

König, Stefanie , Julia Schilling (2016): The Outdistanced Vanguard: Early Retirement Policy in Denmark as an Obstacle to Progress in Active Aging. More

König, Stefanie , Gabriella Sjögren Lindquist (2016): Sweden: Steeply Rising Older Workers’ Employment Rates in a Late-Exit Country. More

Heß, Moritz , Stefanie König , Dirk Hofäcker (2016): Retirement Transitions Under Changing Institutional Conditions: Towards Increasing Inequalities? Comparing Evidence from 13 Countries. More

Ebbinghaus, Bernhard , Dirk Hofäcker (2015): Reforming Welfare States and Changing Capitalism: Institutional Change and Reversing Early Retirement Regimes in Europe. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Moritz Heß , Elias Naumann (2015): Changing retirement transitions in times of paradigmatic political change: towards growing inequalities?. More

Hofäcker, Dirk (2011): A Recipe for Coping with the Challenge of Globalization? Trends in Labour Market Flexibilzation and Life Course Inequality in Denmark. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Sandra Buchholz , Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2011): The Flexibilization of European Labour Markets and the Development of Social Inequalities. More

Buchholz, Sandra , Dirk Hofäcker , Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2011): Globalized Labour Markets and Social Inequality in Europe. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2011): Globalization, Uncertainty and its Effects on Early Family and Employment Lives - An Introduction. More

Blossfeld, Hans-Peter , Sandra Buchholz , Dirk Hofäcker (2011): Globalizzazione, flessibilizzazione del lavoro e condizione giovanile: un quadro teorico. More

Blossfeld, Hans-Peter , Dirk Hofäcker , Sandra Buchholz (2011): Bildung im Globalisierungsprozess. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Sandra Buchholz , Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2010): Globalization, institutional filters and changing life course patterns in modern societies: A summary of the results from the GLOBALIFE Project. More

Journal Article

Hofäcker, Dirk , Elias Naumann (2015): The emerging trend of work beyond retirement age in Germany – Increasing social inequality?. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 48, 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, 3, pp. 366-369. More

Tieben, Nicole , Dirk Hofäcker , 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

Ebbinghaus, Bernhard , Dirk Hofäcker (2013): Trendwende bei der Frühverrentung in modernen Wohlfahrtsstaaten: Paradigmenwechsel zur Überwindung von Push- und Pull-Faktoren. Zeitschrift für Bevölkerungswissenschaft, 38, 4, pp. 841-880. More

Ebbinghaus, Bernhard , Dirk Hofäcker (2013): Reversing Early Retirement in Advanced Welfare Economies: A Paradigm Shift to Overcome Push and Pull Factors. Comparative Population Studies (CPoS), 38, 4, pp. 807-840. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Stefanie König (2013): Flexibility and work-life conflict in times of crisis: a gender perspective. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 33, 9/10, pp. 613-635. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Rumiana Stoilova , 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, 2, pp. 192-209. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Marge Unt (2013): Exploring the ‘new worlds’ of (late?) retirement in Europe. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 29, 2, pp. 163-183. More

Blossfeld, Hans-Peter , Sandra Buchholz , Dirk Hofäcker , 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 , Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2011): El desarrollo de desigualdades sociales en el proceso de globalizacion. Estudios Sociologicos, 29, 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, 1, pp. IX-XII. More

Buchholz, Sandra , Hans-Peter Blossfeld , Dirk Hofäcker , Kathrin Kolb (2010): Life Trajectories in the Course of Globalization. On the Change of Social Inequalities in Modern Societies (Cyrillic). Sociological Problems, 43, 1/2, pp. 7-31. More

Presentation

Ebbinghaus, Bernhard , Dirk Hofäcker (2016): The reversal of early exit from work in aging societies: going beyond static regimes with temporal fuzzy set analysis. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , 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. More

Ebbinghaus, Bernhard , Dirk Hofäcker (2014): Der Paradigmenwechsel von der Frühverrentung zum längeren Erwerbsleben: Nur ein europäisches Phänomen?. More

Ebbinghaus, Bernhard , Dirk Hofäcker (2013): Institutional Conditions for the Successful Reversal of Early Exit in East and West: A Comparison of OECD Countries. More

König, Stefanie , Dirk Hofäcker (2013): What do we learn about women’s and men’s work-life conflict by differentiating between welfare regimes and countries?. More

Hofäcker, Dirk (2013): Who is hit more by the crisis? Exploring gendered patterns of work-to-family conflict. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Marge Unt (2013): Exploring the institutional determinants of women’s retirement preferences in an ageing Europe. More

Hofäcker, Dirk (2013): Does institutional reversal of early retirement policies lead to changes in retirement planning? Evidence from German Survey Data. More

Hofäcker, Dirk (2013): Who wants to work longer – and why? Comparing Support and Readiness for Work beyond Retirement Age in European Countries. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Heike Schröder , Yuxin Li , Matthew Flynn (2013): Trends and determinants of work: retirement transitions in Japan, Germany and England. More

Ebbinghaus, Bernhard , Dirk Hofäcker (2012): Reversing Early Retirement in Advanced Welfare Economies: Overcoming Push and Pull Factors. More

Unt, Marge , Dirk Hofäcker (2012): Exploring the ‘New Worlds’ of (Late?) Retirement in Europe. More

Hofäcker, Dirk (2012): In line or at odds with public policies? Individual retirement preferences in a changing pension landscape. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Elias Naumann (2012): Happy Retirement – Cancelled? Exploring an emergent trend on the German labour market. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Heike Schröder , Matthew Flynn , 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. More

Hofäcker, Dirk (2012): Globalization and the Labour Market Situation of Older Workers: Exploring Trends, Challenges and Strategies for Adaptation. More

Bertolini, Sonia , Dirk Hofäcker , 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?. More

König, Stefanie , Dirk Hofäcker (2012): Flexibility vs. predictability: What role do personal preference and individual control play for work-to-family conflict in a globalized Europe?. More

Hofäcker, Dirk (2012): Does Institutional Reversal of Early Retirement Policies lead to Changes in Retirement Planning? Evidence from German Survey Data. More

Hofäcker, Dirk (2012): Eager to exit or forced to retire? Exploring Patterns and Determinants of Voluntary and Involuntary Retirement in Europe. More

Hofäcker, Dirk (2012): Desired retirement ages in Europe: Reconstructing Trends, Determinants and the Impact of Rising Economic Insecurity. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Moritz Heß (2012): Erwerbstätigkeit älterer Arbeitnehmer im Übergang von der Frühverrentung zum ‚aktiven Altern‘ – Lebenslaufsoziologische Perspektiven. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Rumiana Stoilova , Jan R. Riebling (2011): Division of paid and unpaid work - Patterns of Social Inequality: A comparison of Germany, Bulgaria, France and Hungary. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Marcel Raab , Michael Ruland , Benno Schönberger , Hans-Peter Blossfeld (2011): GlobalIndex: A Sociological Approach to Globalization Measurement. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Johann Bacher , Michael Ruland (2011): GlobalIndex – Clustering Time Series. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Jana Chaloupková (2011): Family structures and Family Norms – An International Comparison. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Jana Chaloupková (2011): Between standardization and diversity: A cross-national comparison of family trajectories and life course norms in European countries. More

Hofäcker, Dirk (2011): Determinanten der Frühverrentung: Ergebnisse der Testnutzung des Datensatzes 'Biographiedaten ausgewählter Sozialversicherungsträger in Deutschland (BASID)'. More

Hofäcker, Dirk (2011): Determinants of older workers' employment and retirement transitions: a cross-national comparison. More

Hofäcker, Dirk (2011): Determinanten von Erwerbsarbeit und Ruhestand. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Johann Bacher , Michael Ruland (2010): GlobalIndex – Clustering Time Series. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , 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. More

Hofäcker, Dirk (2010): „A European Research Agenda on the Family”. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , Rumiana Stoilova , 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. More

Hofäcker, Dirk (2010): Globalization and Life Courses in Modern Societies: Towards Rising Inequalities?. More

Report

Hofäcker, Dirk (2012): Globalization and the Labour Market Situation of Older Workers – Trends, Challenges and Strategies for Adaptation. More

Hofäcker, Dirk , 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. More

Beier, Loreen , Dirk Hofäcker , Elisa Marchese , Marina Rupp (2010): Family Structures & Family Forms – An Overview of Major Trends and Developments. More

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