Selected Publications

Books

  • Andersen, J. G.; Guillemard, A. M.; Jensen, P. H.; Pfau-Effinger, B. (eds.) (2005): The New Face Of Welfare. Social Policy, Marginalization and Citizenship, Bristol: Policy Press
  • Frericks, P. (2007), Setting rights: resource flows, life-course norms and the dynamics of citizenship in European pension systems, Utrecht: Utrecht University.
  • Oorschot, W. van; Opielka, M.; Pfau-Effinger, B. (Hrsg.) (2007): Culture and Welfare State. Values and Social Policy in a Comparative Perspective. Cheltenham/UK; Northampton/ MA, USA: Edward Elgar
  • Pfau-Effinger, B.; Flaquer, L.; Jensen, P. H. (Hrsg.) (2009): Formal and Informal Work in Europe. The Hidden Work Regime. London, New York: Routledge
  • Pfau-Effinger, B., Rostgaard, T. (eds.) Care between Work and Welfare in European Societies, Palgrave (forthcoming).
  • Pfau-Effinger, B.; Geissler, B. (eds.) (2005): Care and Social Integration in European Societies - Variations and Change. Bristol: Policy Press
  • Pfau-Effinger, B. (2004): Development of Culture, Welfare States and Women’s Employment in Europe. Aldershot: Ashgate.
  • Treas, Judy; Drobnič. Sonja (eds.): Dividing the domestic: Men, Women and Housework in Cross-National Perspective, Stanford: Stanford University Press

 

Journal articles (peer review)

  • Eichler, M.; Pfau-Effinger, B. (2009) The “consumer principle” in the care of elderly people - free choice and actual choice in the German welfare state, Social Policy and Administration 43 (6): 617-633.
  • Frericks, P. (2011), Marketising social protection in Europe: Two distinct paths and their impact on social inequalities, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy forthcoming 2011.
  • Frericks, P. (2010), Capitalist welfare societies’ trade-off between economic efficiency and social solidarity, European Societies online early July.
  • Frericks, P., Harvey, M. & Maier, R. (2010), The “paradox of the shrinking middle”: the central dilemma of European social policy, Critical Social Policy 30, 3: 315-336.
  • Frericks, P. (2009), Gender, cycle de vie e politique sociale: ecarts de pension en Europe, Revue Belge de Sécurité Sociale (RBSS) 51, 4: 619-648.
  • Frericks, P. (2009), Gender, levensloop en sociaal beleid: pensioenkloven in Europa, Belgische Tijdschrift voor Sociale Zekerheid (BTSZ) 51, 4: 629-658.
  • Frericks, P., Knijn, T. & Maier, R.* (2009), Pension reforms, working patterns and gender pension gaps in Europe, Gender, Work and Organization 16, 6: 710-730.
  • Frericks, P. (2009), Minderheitenentscheidungen im Parlament. Eine Modell-entwicklung zu Israels verhinderter Zivilehegesetzgebung, in Hamburg Review of Social Sciences HRSS 4, 2: 100-136.
  • Frericks, P., Maier, R. & De Graaf, W.* (2009), Towards a neo-liberal Europe? Pension reforms and transformed citizenship, Administration and Society 41: 135-157.
  • Frericks, P. & Maier, R.* (2008), Pension norms and pension reforms – the effects on gender pension gaps, Community, Work and Family 11, 3: 253-271.
  • Frericks, P., Maier, R. & De Graaf, W.* (2008), Male norms and female adjustments: the influence of care credits on gender pension gaps in France and Germany, European Societies 10, 1: 97-119.
  • Frericks, P., Maier, R. & De Graaf, W.* (2007), European pension reforms: individualization, privatization and gender pension gaps, Social Politics 14, 2: 212-237.
  • Frericks, P., Maier, R. & De Graaf, W.* (2006), Shifting the Pension Mix: Consequences for Dutch and Danish Women, Social Policy and Administration 40, 5: 475-492.
  • Maier, R., De Graaf, W.; Frericks, P. (2007): Policy for the ‘peak hour’ of life. Lessons from the new Dutch Life Course Savings Scheme, European Societies 9 (3): 339-358.
  • Maier, R., De Graaf, W.; Frericks, P. (2007): Pension reforms in Europe and life-course politics, Social Policy and Administration 41 (5): 487-504.
  • Meyer, T.; Pfau-Effinger, B. (2006): Gender Arrangements and Pension Systems in Britain and Germany: Tracing change over five decades", International Journal of Ageing and Later Life 1 (2): 67-110.
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (2010) L’impatto dei congedi parental sull’ occupazione della madri nelle società europee, Italian Journal of Social Policy, 1: 189-208.
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (2009) Varieties of undeclared work in European societies, British Journal of Industrial Relations, 47,1: 79-99.
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (2009) Welfare cultures from a European perspective, Studi di Sociologia XLVII, 1: 123-149.
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (2009) ‚Kulturelle Grundlagen des Wandels von Wohlfahrtsstaaten’, Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie ‘, 34, 3: 3-21.
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (2009): Entwicklungspfade und Zukunft der Kinderbetreuung, Zeitschrift für Familienforschung (Journal for Family Research), (special issue) 6: 237-254.
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (2007) Cultura e strutture innovative nei servizi di cura (Innovative cultures and structures of care arrangements), Italian Journal of Social Policyi, 10,3: 11-32.
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (2005): Welfare State Policies and the development of care arrangements.  European Societies 7, 2, 321-347.
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (2005): Culture and Welfare State Policies: Reflections on a Complex Interrelation. Journal of Social Policy 34, 1, pp. 1-18.
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (2004): Historical paths of the male breadwinner family model – explanation for cross-national differences. British Journal of Sociology, 55, 3: 377-399.
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (2004): Umbau der skandinavischen Volksheime ? Geographische Rundschau, 2: 32-36.
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (2003): Familienpolitik in Deutschland im Ost-/West-Vergleich. Sociologhicheskye Issledovanya (Sociological Research)
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (2001): Wandel wohlfahrtsstaatlicher Geschlechterpolitiken im soziokulturellen Kontext. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 41, Sonderband 'Geschlechtersoziologie', Ed. von Bettina Heintz, 487-511.
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (2000): Opyt kross-natsional’nogo analiza gendernogo uklada (Transformation von Gender-Arrangements – Theorie und Soziale Praxis). Sociologhicheskye Issledovanya (Sociological Research), 11. 24-36.
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (1999): Change of family policies in the socio-cultural context of European Societies. Comparative Social Research, 18, 135-160.
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (1998): Gender cultures and the gender arrangement - a theoretical framework for cross-national comparisons on gender. Innovation: the European Journal of Social Sciences, Special Issue, ed. by Simon Duncan, 11, 2, 147-166
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (1999): Development paths of European labour markets. Lifelong Learning in Europe. 3
  • Pfau-Effinger, Birgit (1998): Gender cultures and the gender arrangement - a theoretical framework for cross-national comparisons on gender. Innovation: the European Journal of Social Sciences, Special Issue, ed. by Simon Duncan, 11, 2, 147-166