Blossfeld, Hans-Peter

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BLOSSFELD, Hans-Peter.

BLOSSFELD, Hans-Peter. German, b. 1954. Genres: Mathematics/Statistics, Sociology. Career: University of Mannheim, Germany, research scientist, 1980-84; Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education, Berlin, Germany, senior research scientist, 1984-89; European University Institute, Florence, Italy, professor of political and social sciences, 1989-92, external professor, 1992-95; University of Bremen, Germany, professor of sociology and social statistics, 1992-98; University of Bielefeld, Germany, professor of sociology, 1998-. Publications: Bildungsexpansion und Berufschancen, 1985; (with A. Hamerle and K.U. Mayer) Ereignisanalyse: Statistische Theorie und Anwendung in den Wirtschafts-und Sozialwissenschaften, 1986; Kohortendifferenzierung und Karriereprozess, 1989; (with Hamerle and Mayer) Event History Analysis, 1989; (ed. with Y. Shavit, and contrib.) Persistent Inequality: Changing Educational Attainment in 13 Countries, 1993; (ed. and contrib.) The New Role of Women: Family Formation in Modern Societies, 1995; (with G. Rohwer) Techniques of Event History Modeling, 1995; (ed. with C. Hakim, and contrib.) Between Equalization and Marginalization: Women's Part-Time Work in Europe and the United States of America, 1997; (ed. with G. Prein, and contrib.) Rational Choice Theory and Large-Scale Data Analysis, 1997; (with R. Stockmann) Globalization and Changes in Vocational Training Systems in Developing and Advanced Industrialized Societies, 1999; (with S. Drobnic) Careers of Couples in Modern Society, 2001. Contributor of articles and reviews to scholarly journals. Address: Lehrstuhl fuer Allgemeine Soziologie, Fakultaet fuer Soziologie, Universitaet Bielefeld, Postfach 100131, 33501 Bielefeld, Germany. Online address: [email protected]