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Faculty of Management, Economics and Social SciencesInstitute of Sociology and Social Psychology (ISS)

Prof. Dr. Karsten Hank - Selected Publications

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Journal Articles

  • Jessee, L., Bordone, V., & Hank, K. (2025). Adult intergenerational proximity and parents' depressive symptoms: A bidirectional approach. Social Science Research, 125, 103094. [Link]
  • Hank, K., Gummer, T., Bujard, M., Neyer, F.J., Pollak, R., Spieß, C.K., Wolf, C., …, & Thönnissen, C. (2024). A new data infrastructure for family research and demographic analysis: the German Family Demography Panel Study (FReDA). European Sociological Review [Link].
  • Arránz Becker, O. & Hank, K. (2022). Adult children's estrangement from parents in Germany. Journal of Marriage and Family, 84 (1), 347-360. [Link]
  • Johnson, M.D., Hank, K., & Yurkiw, J. (2021). Longitudinal associations between adult relations with intimate partners and siblings. Journal of Marriage and Family, 83 (2), 551-562. [Link]
  • Ellwardt, L., Hank, K., & Mendes de Leon, C.F. (2021). Grandparenthood and risk of mortality: Findings from the Health and Retirement Study. Social Science & Medicine, 268, 113371. [Link]
  • Vidal, S., Lersch, P.M., Jacob, M., & Hank, K. (2020). Interdependencies in mothers’ and daughters’ work-family life course trajectories: Similar but different? Demography, 57 (4), 1483-1511. [Link]
  • Steinbach, A., Mahne, K., Klaus, D., & Hank, K. (2020). Stability and change in intergenerational family relations across two decades: Findings from the German Ageing Survey, 1996-2014. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 75 (4), 899-906. [Link]
  • Guertzgen, N. & Hank, K. (2018). Maternity leave and mothers' long-term sickness absence: Evidence from West Germany. Demography, 55 (2), 587-615. [Link]
  • Lersch, P.M., Jacob, M., & Hank, K. (2018). Long-term health consequences of adverse labor market conditions at time of leaving education: Evidence from West German panel data. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 59 (1), 151-168. [Link]
  • Hank, K., Salzburger, V., & Silverstein, M. (2017). Intergenerational transmission of parent-child relationship quality: Evidence from a multi-actor survey. Social Science Research, 67, 129-137. [Link]

Books

  • Hank, K., Hill, P.B., Kopp, J., & Steinbach, A. (2023). Familiensoziologie. Eine kompakte Einführung. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. [Link]
  • Arránz Becker, O., Hank, K., & Steinbach, A. (eds.) (2023). Handbuch Familiensoziologie. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. [Link]
  • Hank, K., Schulz-Nieswandt, F., Wagner, M., & Zank, S. (eds.) (2019; 2023). Alternsforschung. Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Praxis. Baden-Baden: Nomos. [Link]
  • Hank, K. & Kreyenfeld, M. (eds.) (2015). Social Demography [Supplement to KZfSS]. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. [Link]
  • Erlinghagen, M. & Hank, K. (2013; 2018). Neue Sozialstrukturanalyse. Paderborn: UTB / Fink. [Link]
  • Börsch-Supan, A., Brandt, M., Hank, K., & Schröder, M. (eds.) (2011). The Individual and the Welfare State - Life Histories in Europe. Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer. [Link]

Data

  • Bujard, M., Gummer, T., Hank, K., Neyer, F.J., Pollak, R., Schneider, N.F., Spieß, C.K., Wolf, C., et al. (2024). FReDA – The German Family Demography Panel Study. GESIS, Cologne. ZA7777 Data file Version 4.0.0. [Link]
  • Brüderl, J., Drobnič, S., Hank, K., Neyer, F.J., Walper, S., Wolf, C., et al. (2024). The German Family Panel (pairfam). GESIS, Cologne. ZA5678 Data file Version 14.2.0. [Link]