Prof. Dr. Karsten Hank - Selected Publications

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Journal Articles

• Hünteler, B., Hank, K., Alburez-Gutierrez, D., & Leopold, T. (2026). A typology of younger adults' nuclear and extended family relations in the United States. Journal of Marriage and Family , 88 (1), 284-298.
• Hank, K. (2025).  Intergenerational solidarity in native and migrant families in Germany: Adult children’s perspectives in FReDA. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 77 (2), 271-289.
• Hank, K., Gummer, T., Bujard, M., Neyer, F.J., Pollak, R., Spieß, C.K., Wolf, C., …, & Thönnissen, C. (2025). A new data infrastructure for family research and demographic analysis: the German Family Demography Panel Study (FReDA). European Sociological Review, 41 (2), 316-328.
• Arránz Becker, O. & Hank, K. (2022). Adult children's estrangement from parents in Germany. Journal of Marriage and Family, 84 (1), 347-360.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Guertzgen, N. & Hank, K. (2018). Maternity leave and mothers' long-term sickness absence: Evidence from West Germany. Demography, 55 (2), 587-615.
• 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.

Books

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

Data

• Bujard, M., Gummer, T., Hank, K., Neyer, F.J., Pollak, R., Schneider, N.F., Spieß, C.K., Wolf, C., et al. (2025). FReDA – The German Family Demography Panel Study. GESIS, Cologne. ZA7777 Data file Version 5.0.0.
• 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.