Birgit Pfau-Effinger

About Birgit Pfau-Effinger

Birgit Pfau-Effinger, With an exceptional h-index of 46 and a recent h-index of 22 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Universität Hamburg, specializes in the field of Theorizing and cross-national/historical research about work-family relations, welfare states, childcare, elderly care, formal a.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

How culture influences the strengthening of market principles in conservative welfare states: The case of long‐term care policy

New forms of family care in cultural and institutional contexts. Introduction to the Special Collection

Gender and policies on paid family care: Overview of debate and theoretical reflections

From crisis to catastrophe: Care, COVID, and pathways to change

Intersectional inequalities and the use of long-term care services EUROSHIP Working Paper No. 28

Marketisation policies in the neoliberal era: How culture and governance structures affect the introduction of market principles in local care policies

Family policies in long-term perspective

The Oxford Handbook of Family Policy Over the Life Course

Birgit Pfau-Effinger Information

University

Position

Professor of Sociology

Citations(all)

8913

Citations(since 2020)

2134

Cited By

7221

hIndex(all)

46

hIndex(since 2020)

22

i10Index(all)

93

i10Index(since 2020)

43

Email

University Profile Page

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Birgit Pfau-Effinger Skills & Research Interests

Theorizing and cross-national/historical research about work-family relations

welfare states

childcare

elderly care

formal a

Top articles of Birgit Pfau-Effinger

How culture influences the strengthening of market principles in conservative welfare states: The case of long‐term care policy

International Journal of Social Welfare

2024/4

New forms of family care in cultural and institutional contexts. Introduction to the Special Collection

Journal of Family Research

2024/2

Christopher
Christopher

H-Index: 4

Birgit Pfau-Effinger
Birgit Pfau-Effinger

H-Index: 24

Gender and policies on paid family care: Overview of debate and theoretical reflections

Journal of Family Research

2024/2

Christopher Grages
Christopher Grages

H-Index: 3

Birgit Pfau-Effinger
Birgit Pfau-Effinger

H-Index: 24

Intersectional inequalities and the use of long-term care services EUROSHIP Working Paper No. 28

2023/5

Christopher Grages
Christopher Grages

H-Index: 3

Birgit Pfau-Effinger
Birgit Pfau-Effinger

H-Index: 24

Marketisation policies in the neoliberal era: How culture and governance structures affect the introduction of market principles in local care policies

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

2023/5

Birgit Pfau-Effinger
Birgit Pfau-Effinger

H-Index: 24

Family policies in long-term perspective

The Oxford Handbook of Family Policy: A Life Course Perspective

2023/2/23

The Oxford Handbook of Family Policy Over the Life Course

2023

Birgit Pfau-Effinger
Birgit Pfau-Effinger

H-Index: 24

Neil Gilbert
Neil Gilbert

H-Index: 20

Theorizing the Role of Culture 10 and Family Policy for Women’s Employment Behavior

The Oxford Handbook of Family Policy Over the Life Course

2023

Birgit Pfau-Effinger
Birgit Pfau-Effinger

H-Index: 24

Trajectories of modernization of parenting leave policies within continental Europe: similarities and unexpected differences

2022/12/9

Birgit Pfau-Effinger
Birgit Pfau-Effinger

H-Index: 24

Wim Van Lancker
Wim Van Lancker

H-Index: 15

Institutional persistence despite cultural change: a historical case study of the re-categorization of dogs in Germany

Agriculture and Human Values

2022/3

Birgit Pfau-Effinger
Birgit Pfau-Effinger

H-Index: 24

Marcel Sebastian
Marcel Sebastian

H-Index: 5

COVID-19 and policies for care homes in the first wave of the pandemic: evidence from five European welfare states

British Politics and Policy at LSE

2022/2/9

Gaps in the provision of long-term care across Europe

2022/2

Birgit Pfau-Effinger
Birgit Pfau-Effinger

H-Index: 24

Care-Politiken, soziale Risiken und Geschlechterungleichheit im internationalen Vergleich

Caring Societies–Sorgende Gesellschaften: Neue Abhängigkeiten oder mehr Gerechtigkeit

2022

Christopher Grages
Christopher Grages

H-Index: 3

Birgit Pfau-Effinger
Birgit Pfau-Effinger

H-Index: 24

EUROSHIP Working Paper No. 6

2021/10

Christopher Grages
Christopher Grages

H-Index: 3

Birgit Pfau-Effinger
Birgit Pfau-Effinger

H-Index: 24

Politiken zur familialen Care-Arbeit und Gleichstellung der Geschlechter–eine theoretische Diskussion

Geschlechterungleichheiten in Arbeit, Wohlfahrtsstaat und Familie. Frankfurt am Main: Campus. S

2021

Christopher Grages
Christopher Grages

H-Index: 3

Birgit Pfau-Effinger
Birgit Pfau-Effinger

H-Index: 24

Re-conceptualising the relationship between de-familialisation and familialisation and the implications for gender equality–the case of long-term care policies for older people

Ageing & Society

2020/4

Christopher Grages
Christopher Grages

H-Index: 3

Birgit Pfau-Effinger
Birgit Pfau-Effinger

H-Index: 24

Different types of parental leave use by German fathers and their engagement in childcare in subsequent years

Problemy Polityki Społecznej. Studia i Dyskusje

2020

Thordis Reimer
Thordis Reimer

H-Index: 7

Birgit Pfau-Effinger
Birgit Pfau-Effinger

H-Index: 24

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