30213
Advanced seminar
WiSe 20/21: Family, diversity and social inequalities
Hannah Zagel
Comments
This seminar deals with the links between changes in family structures and social inequalities. Prominent theories assume that sociodemographic developments since the 1950s increased polarization in the distribution of resources between households. In particular, the ‘diverging destinies’ hypothesis (McLanahan) and assumptions about effects of educational homogamy in couples (Blossfeld) find wide application. These approaches assume that higher divorce and separation rates, growing shares of nonmarital births and cohabitation concentrate among low income households, while educational homogenous dual-earner couples bundle their resources. In this seminar, we will discuss these theories and counter arguments as well as empirical evidence. The strong normative assumptions underlying the debate as well as data and measurement issues will be reviewed. The seminar is organized as a mix of synchronous seminar sessions and individual and group work tasks. close
15 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Tue, 2020-11-03 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2020-11-10 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2020-11-17 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2020-11-24 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2020-12-01 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2020-12-08 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2020-12-15 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2021-01-05 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2021-01-12 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2021-01-19 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2021-01-26 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2021-02-02 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2021-02-09 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2021-02-16 12:00 - 14:00
Tue, 2021-02-23 12:00 - 14:00