Johannes Huinink
Biographic Data
| ID | 271158 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Johannes Huinink |
| GIVEN NAMES | Johannes |
| FAMILY NAME | Huinink |
| SIGNATURE | HUININK J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bremen |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2527-1395 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 43 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 435 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 40 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Refitting the Lower Decks of the Coleman Boat: A Biosocial and Evolutionary Expansion of the Standard Model of Sociological Explanation
In this article, we argue that the standard model of sociological explanation can be substantially improved by systematically integrating insights from biosocial and evolutionary research. Building on Coleman’s macro–micro–macro model, we propose an extension of this framework that adds a “covert” inner-individual micro level beneath the traditional “overt” micro level. This “lower deck” of the “Coleman boat” comprises genetic variation and epige…
Familie und Gesellschaft
Unrevised ebook edition 2025
Years of Communicating Demographic and Population Research in Germany
In his editorial, former CPoS editor Johannes Huinink reflects on his personal experiences with the journal as author, advisory board member and editor. He emphasizes the importance of scholarly debates, efforts to include contributions from the Global South, and shares his perspectives for the journal's continued development and success. He focuses on both the ZfB and CPoS years. The ZfB played a key role in re-establishing demography as a scien…
Showcasing the Variety of Biosocial and Evolutionary Approaches in Sociology: Introduction to the Special Issue
This introduction to the special issue explores the increasing integration of biosocial and evolutionary approaches within sociology, highlighting the diverse ways in which these perspectives are incorporated into sociological research. In the past, sociology had reservations against or even rejected biological and evolutionary explanations of human behavior and often viewed them with skepticism. However, recent developments have seen a resurgenc…
Family image, cultural values, and family policy from a global perspective
The creation, design, and implementation of state policies for families vary across different country contexts. Our focus is on the diverse cultural conditions that can subtly influence the perception, acceptance, or dismissal of specific policy measures. The ways in which states invest in families, and whether and how they consider normative and moral aspects, as well as the roles and behaviors of family members, can differ significantly across …
Does the birth of a child still prompt a marriage? A comparison of Austria, France, Germany and Hungary
Austria, France, Germany, and Hungary are four neighbouring European societies all with conservative welfare regimes, yet with distinct institutional and structural features. We investigate how these differences shape a particular example of culturally contingent behaviour: cohabiting couples’ marriage behaviour when they have a child. Based on a discussion of relevant differences in family policy, legal frames and normative contexts, we develop …
Child‐related family policies in East and Southeast Asia: An intra‐regional comparison
Over the past five decades, dramatic demographic and socio‐economic changes have taken place in East and Southeast Asian countries, with important implications for the family and its future. Still, little is known about the typical configurations of state support for families in these countries. We examine governments’ strategies for supporting families and reducing the cost of children. Employing hierarchical cluster analysis, we uncover four di…
The life course cube: A tool for studying lives
This paper proposes a conceptualization of the life course as a set of behavioral processes characterized by interdependencies that cross time, life domains, and levels of analysis. We first discuss the need for a systematized approach to life course theory that integrates parallel and partially redundant concepts developed in a variety of disciplines. We then introduce the 'life course cube,' which graphically defines and illustrates time-domain…
Introduction to the special collection on spatial mobility, family dynamics, and gender relations
There is growing evidence that spatial mobility has an impact on and is driven by family dynamics and gender relations. In contexts where family diversity and complexity have increased and gender inequalities persist, it is particularly urgent that we adva
Running out of time? Understanding the consequences of the biological clock for the dynamics of fertility intentions and union formation
A considerable proportion of childless women in their late thirties or early forties would still like to have children. The number of men and women whose fertility intentions are potentially influenced by the so-called biological clock for childbearing and
Why Childless Men and Women Give Up on Having Children
Fertility Intentions and Residential Relocations
This research addresses the question of whether fertility intentions (before conception) are associated with residential relocations and the distance of the relocation. We empirically tested this using data from two birth cohorts (aged 24–28 and 34–38 in the first survey wave) of the German Family Panel (pairfam) and event history analysis. Bivariate analyses showed that coupled individuals relocated at a higher rate if they intended to have a(no…
Aktuelle Entwicklungen in der deutschen Familiensoziologie: Theorien, Daten, Methoden
How and in which areas did our knowledge of family structures, family dynamics and the determinants of family change improve in the past decade? Which substantive areas receive most attention and which questions are underresearched? Which methods are commonly applied in empirical family research and what can we say about data availability? This article reviews the current discussion and recent research on these questions in German family sociolog…
Family Formation in Times of Labor Market Insecurities
Family formation is still a major life goal for an overwhelming section of the population in contemporary societies. It is a major transition in the individual life course because bringing up children in modern societies is a challenging and costly task. Men and women are increasingly aware of this fact. That is why family formation is no longer taken for granted as an obligatory marker of the transition to adulthood. It is increasingly a matter …
Theorie, Daten, Methoden: Neuere Modelle und Verfahren in Den Sozialwissenschaften. Theodor Harder Zum Sechzigsten Geburtstag
Regional Contexts and Family Formation: Evidence from the German Family Panel
Explaining fertility: The potential for integrative approaches
A theoretical approach to explaining fertility behavior in developed countries needs an integrative perspective. As fertility behavior takes place in a multi-level setting of biological, psychological, social, economic, cultural, and political conditions
The German Low Fertility: How We Got There and What We Can Expect for the Future
Trends in family formation in post-war Germany during the past 50 years are investigated for women in East and West Germany. The analysis explores to what extent they are the result of the changing composition of women’s educational attainment, labour force participation, and marital status, and to what extent it corresponds with altered fertility behaviour in different socio-structural groups. The German Life History Study provides an excellent …
Partnerschaft, Ehe und Familie in der DDR
Kollektiv und Eigensinn: Lebensverläufe in der DDR und Danach
A life-course approach to fertility
The life-course approach as a methodological framework for the empirical analysis of longitudinal individual-level data has fundamentally changed the agenda of demographic research. However, these methodological innovations have not been paralleled by a si
Individuals' openness to migrate and job mobility
Familie und Partnerschaft in Ost- und Westdeutschland: Ähnlich und doch immer noch anders
Spatial Variation of Sub-national Fertility Trends in Austria, Germany and Switzerland
Sub-national trends in fertility are of great importance for policy makers and regional planners. This paper aims to provide a theoretical and empirical framework for policy makers, taking into account past and present trends in fertility, as well as their theoretical underpinnings. These will, we argue, be crucial in determining future trajectories and potential political responses to them.The theoretical part of the paper deals with the factors…
Fertility and Commuting Behaviour in Germany
Fertility behaviour is closely related to other dimensions of the individual life course, which are strongly interrelated themselves. Regarding the impact of job-related spatial mobility, empirical findings show a negative correlation between having children and commuting, particularly for women. Up to now, fertility intentions have not been thoroughly investigated in this respect. Longitudinal studies are lacking, too. In this paper, the effects…
Human Capital Investments or Norms of Role Transition? How Women's Schooling and Career Affect the Process of Family Formation
Proponents of the "new home economics" hypothesize that women's growing economic independence largely accounts for the rise in delayed marriage and motherhood in industrialized societies. This article assesses this hypothesis for the Federal Republic of Gernamy by estimating the dynamic effects of women's educational and career investments on the timing of family events. Eventhistory analysis shows that the delaying effect on the timing of the fi…
A life-course approach to fertility
The life-course approach as a methodological framework for the empirical analysis of longitudinal individual-level data has fundamentally changed the agenda of demographic research. However, these methodological innovations have not been paralleled by a si
Fertility Intentions and Residential Relocations
This research addresses the question of whether fertility intentions (before conception) are associated with residential relocations and the distance of the relocation. We empirically tested this using data from two birth cohorts (aged 24–28 and 34–38 in the first survey wave) of the German Family Panel (pairfam) and event history analysis. Bivariate analyses showed that coupled individuals relocated at a higher rate if they intended to have a(no…
Individuals' openness to migrate and job mobility
Family Research from the Life Course Perspective
This article presents an argument for overcoming some of the limits of current family research. To start, some major research questions concerning the future challenges of demographic change and its implications for modern welfare states are addressed. The authors propose an agenda for making progress in this field via two interrelated steps. First, they propose an integration of theoretical approaches explaining family dynamics and design a conc…
Trends in measured and unmeasured effects of family background on educational attainment and occupational status in the Federal Republic of Germany
Running out of time? Understanding the consequences of the biological clock for the dynamics of fertility intentions and union formation
A considerable proportion of childless women in their late thirties or early forties would still like to have children. The number of men and women whose fertility intentions are potentially influenced by the so-called biological clock for childbearing and
Why Childless Men and Women Give Up on Having Children
Occupational Opportunities in the GDR: A Privilege of the Older Generations
Compared to the amount of information available concerning the other former state socialist countries there is a research deficit regarding the rates and patterns of occupational mobility in the GDR. This deficit is especially unfortunate since the GDR can be characterized as having been a state socialist country par excellence where many crucial features of state socialism were realized in a more consequential way than, for example, in Poland or…
Introduction to the special collection on spatial mobility, family dynamics, and gender relations
There is growing evidence that spatial mobility has an impact on and is driven by family dynamics and gender relations. In contexts where family diversity and complexity have increased and gender inequalities persist, it is particularly urgent that we adva
Child‐related family policies in East and Southeast Asia: An intra‐regional comparison
Over the past five decades, dramatic demographic and socio‐economic changes have taken place in East and Southeast Asian countries, with important implications for the family and its future. Still, little is known about the typical configurations of state support for families in these countries. We examine governments’ strategies for supporting families and reducing the cost of children. Employing hierarchical cluster analysis, we uncover four di…
Spatial Variation of Sub-national Fertility Trends in Austria, Germany and Switzerland
Sub-national trends in fertility are of great importance for policy makers and regional planners. This paper aims to provide a theoretical and empirical framework for policy makers, taking into account past and present trends in fertility, as well as their theoretical underpinnings. These will, we argue, be crucial in determining future trajectories and potential political responses to them.The theoretical part of the paper deals with the factors…
Das zweite Kind: Sind wir auf dem Weg zur Ein-Kind-Familie
In diesem Beitrag wird theoretisch und empirisch untersucht, wie sich die Entscheidungssituation im Zusammenhang mit der Geburt eines zweiten Kindes im Zuge des Wandels von Familie und Familienbildung verändert hat. Es wird der These entgegengetreten, daß wir auf dem Weg zur Ein-Kind-Familie sind. Dafür lassen sich eine Reihe von theoretischen Gründen angeben. Die zentrale These ist, daß mit der größeren individuellen Autonomie bei der Entscheidu…
Explaining fertility: The potential for integrative approaches
A theoretical approach to explaining fertility behavior in developed countries needs an integrative perspective. As fertility behavior takes place in a multi-level setting of biological, psychological, social, economic, cultural, and political conditions
The German Low Fertility: How We Got There and What We Can Expect for the Future
Trends in family formation in post-war Germany during the past 50 years are investigated for women in East and West Germany. The analysis explores to what extent they are the result of the changing composition of women’s educational attainment, labour force participation, and marital status, and to what extent it corresponds with altered fertility behaviour in different socio-structural groups. The German Life History Study provides an excellent …
Fertility and Commuting Behaviour in Germany
Fertility behaviour is closely related to other dimensions of the individual life course, which are strongly interrelated themselves. Regarding the impact of job-related spatial mobility, empirical findings show a negative correlation between having children and commuting, particularly for women. Up to now, fertility intentions have not been thoroughly investigated in this respect. Longitudinal studies are lacking, too. In this paper, the effects…
Does the birth of a child still prompt a marriage? A comparison of Austria, France, Germany and Hungary
Austria, France, Germany, and Hungary are four neighbouring European societies all with conservative welfare regimes, yet with distinct institutional and structural features. We investigate how these differences shape a particular example of culturally contingent behaviour: cohabiting couples’ marriage behaviour when they have a child. Based on a discussion of relevant differences in family policy, legal frames and normative contexts, we develop …
Regional Contexts and Family Formation: Evidence from the German Family Panel
Soziale Herkunft, Bildung und das Alter bei der Geburt des ersten Kindes
Die demographischen Hintergründe der Geburtenentwicklung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland sind weitgehend aufgedeckt. Dazu gehört der Beleg erheblicher Veränderungen der kohortenspezifischen Verteilungen des Alters bei der ersten Geburt, was auf einen Wandel der zeitlichen Einpassung des Familienbildungsprozesses in die individuellen Lebensverläufe hindeuten könnte. Die soziologische Reflektion dazu steht noch weitgehend aus. Im Vergleich dreier…
Showcasing the Variety of Biosocial and Evolutionary Approaches in Sociology: Introduction to the Special Issue
This introduction to the special issue explores the increasing integration of biosocial and evolutionary approaches within sociology, highlighting the diverse ways in which these perspectives are incorporated into sociological research. In the past, sociology had reservations against or even rejected biological and evolutionary explanations of human behavior and often viewed them with skepticism. However, recent developments have seen a resurgenc…
Family image, cultural values, and family policy from a global perspective
The creation, design, and implementation of state policies for families vary across different country contexts. Our focus is on the diverse cultural conditions that can subtly influence the perception, acceptance, or dismissal of specific policy measures. The ways in which states invest in families, and whether and how they consider normative and moral aspects, as well as the roles and behaviors of family members, can differ significantly across …
Soziale Herkunft, Bildung und das Alter bei der Geburt des ersten Kindes
Die demographischen Hintergründe der Geburtenentwicklung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland sind weitgehend aufgedeckt. Dazu gehört der Beleg erheblicher Veränderungen der kohortenspezifischen Verteilungen des Alters bei der ersten Geburt, was auf einen Wandel der zeitlichen Einpassung des Familienbildungsprozesses in die individuellen Lebensverläufe hindeuten könnte. Die soziologische Reflektion dazu steht noch weitgehend aus. Im Vergleich dreier…
Mehrebenensystem-Modelle in den Sozialwissenschaften
Das zweite Kind: Sind wir auf dem Weg zur Ein-Kind-Familie
In diesem Beitrag wird theoretisch und empirisch untersucht, wie sich die Entscheidungssituation im Zusammenhang mit der Geburt eines zweiten Kindes im Zuge des Wandels von Familie und Familienbildung verändert hat. Es wird der These entgegengetreten, daß wir auf dem Weg zur Ein-Kind-Familie sind. Dafür lassen sich eine Reihe von theoretischen Gründen angeben. Die zentrale These ist, daß mit der größeren individuellen Autonomie bei der Entscheidu…
Human Capital Investments or Norms of Role Transition? How Women's Schooling and Career Affect the Process of Family Formation
Proponents of the "new home economics" hypothesize that women's growing economic independence largely accounts for the rise in delayed marriage and motherhood in industrialized societies. This article assesses this hypothesis for the Federal Republic of Gernamy by estimating the dynamic effects of women's educational and career investments on the timing of family events. Eventhistory analysis shows that the delaying effect on the timing of the fi…
Trends in measured and unmeasured effects of family background on educational attainment and occupational status in the Federal Republic of Germany
Mobilitatsprozesse in Betrieben: Dynamische Modelle und Empirische Befunde
Occupational Opportunities in the GDR: A Privilege of the Older Generations
Compared to the amount of information available concerning the other former state socialist countries there is a research deficit regarding the rates and patterns of occupational mobility in the GDR. This deficit is especially unfortunate since the GDR can be characterized as having been a state socialist country par excellence where many crucial features of state socialism were realized in a more consequential way than, for example, in Poland or…
Gender, Social Inequality, and Family Formation in West Germany
Union formation, marriage, and childbearing have been treated in the demographic literature mostly as events in their own right and approached from the perspective of the woman (Hogan 1985). This strategy was prompted initially by the kind of census data available and the corresponding methods of quantitative demography. Recent research has broadened the contexts within which family events take place and has thus re-linked demography with economi…
Event History Analysis in Demography
Wendeschicksale nach 1989 und ihr Zusammenhang mit Kontrollüberzeugungen, Kontrollstrategien und dem Selbstwertgefühl
Die “Wende” in Ostdeutschland stellt in fast idealtypischer Weise einen kollektiven radikalen Umbruch der Lebensverhältnisse in Ostdeutschland dar. Damit ändern sich auf dramatische Weise politische, institutionelle, wirtschaftliche und soziale Rahmenbedingungen des individuellen Verhaltens. In der Perspektive des Lebensverlaufs stellen sich neue Herausforderungen an die Lebensgestaltung und Lebensplanung. Die bisherigen gesellschaftlichen Voraus…
Gutachter der Zeitschrift 2000/2001
Johannes Kopp: Geburtenentwicklung und Fertilitätsverhalten. Theoretische Modellierungen und empirische Erklärungsansätze
Hauptwerke der Ungleichheitsforschung
Die zentralen Werke der Ungleichheitsforschung werden gut verstandlich und kompakt in ihren Hauptaussagen dargestellt.
Family Formation in Times of Abrupt Social and Economic Change
This chapter, which compares the fertility patterns of East German women born in 1971 with those born between 1959 and 1961, provides descriptive statistics on first birth, second birth, and first marriage. It shows how drastically changes on the macro level manifest themselves in individual life course patterns, examining two potential explanations for the postponement of fertility: “women's work commitments” and “economic uncertainties.” Being …
Besprechungsforum: Siebter Familienbericht. Was soll nachhaltige Familienpolitik? / What Should Sustainable Family Policy be About
Article Besprechungsforum: Siebter Familienbericht. Was soll nachhaltige Familienpolitik? / What Should Sustainable Family Policy be About? was published on October 1, 2007 in the journal Zeitschrift für Soziologie (volume 36, issue 5)
Skizzen zu einer Theorie des Lebenslaufs
AuszugDas Lebenslaufparadigma ist zu einem festen Bestandteil empirischer Forschung in der Soziologie geworden. Eine umfassende theoretische Fundierung dieses Konzepts steht allerdings noch aus. Als Gmndlage dafür bietet sich ein nutzentheoretisches Entscheidungskalkül an, dessen Bedeutung in der heutigen Soziologie nicht zuletzt durch die wegweisenden Arbeiten von Karl Dieter Opp in vielen Anwendungsfeldern der Soziologie enorm gestiegen ist. Au…
Family Research from the Life Course Perspective
This article presents an argument for overcoming some of the limits of current family research. To start, some major research questions concerning the future challenges of demographic change and its implications for modern welfare states are addressed. The authors propose an agenda for making progress in this field via two interrelated steps. First, they propose an integration of theoretical approaches explaining family dynamics and design a conc…
Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics (pairfam): Conceptual framework and design
This article introduces the DFG-funded “Panel Analysis of Intimate Relationships and Family Dynamics” (pairfam) study, which was initiated to provide an extended empirical basis for advances in family research. Within the context of challenges in couples and family research, we address the major substantive fields covered by the pairfam panel: couple dynamics and partnership stability, childbearing, parenting and child development, and intergener…
Familie und Partnerschaft in Ost- und Westdeutschland: Ähnlich und doch immer noch anders
Spatial Variation of Sub-national Fertility Trends in Austria, Germany and Switzerland
Sub-national trends in fertility are of great importance for policy makers and regional planners. This paper aims to provide a theoretical and empirical framework for policy makers, taking into account past and present trends in fertility, as well as their theoretical underpinnings. These will, we argue, be crucial in determining future trajectories and potential political responses to them.The theoretical part of the paper deals with the factors…
Fertility and Commuting Behaviour in Germany
Fertility behaviour is closely related to other dimensions of the individual life course, which are strongly interrelated themselves. Regarding the impact of job-related spatial mobility, empirical findings show a negative correlation between having children and commuting, particularly for women. Up to now, fertility intentions have not been thoroughly investigated in this respect. Longitudinal studies are lacking, too. In this paper, the effects…
Partnerschaft, Ehe und Familie in der DDR
Kollektiv und Eigensinn: Lebensverläufe in der DDR und Danach
A life-course approach to fertility
The life-course approach as a methodological framework for the empirical analysis of longitudinal individual-level data has fundamentally changed the agenda of demographic research. However, these methodological innovations have not been paralleled by a si
Individuals' openness to migrate and job mobility
Sociology (27 works) · Political science (20 works) · Economics (17 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (17 works) · Psychology (17 works) · Demography (16 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (16 works) · Population (16 works) · Geography (15 works) · Demographic economics (13 works)