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  1. Converging or unequal retirement patterns? Late working lives, retirement trajectories, and pension income in Germany over three decades of cohorts

    Article • Social Forces, December 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  2. Comparing welfare states and their reforms

    Article • August 2025, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  3. Mobilization from below facing welfare state reforms

    Article • August 2025, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  4. Welfare state reform in the age of polycrisis: an introduction

    Article • August 2025, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  5. Handbook on Welfare State Reform

    Article • August 2025, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  6. How organized interests shape labour relations and social policies

    Article • May 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  7. The political economy of pension policy

    Article • May 2024, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  8. From early retirement to later exit from work: shifting towards active ageing

    Article • October 2023, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  9. Pension governance in a globalizing world

    Article • July 2023, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  10. Die Entzweiung der Siamesischen Zwillinge: Politische Entfremdung und Mitgliederschwund deutscher Gewerkschaften

    Article • January 2023, Nomos Verlag

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  11. Capturing the COVID-19 Crisis through Public Health and Social Measures Data Science

    Article • Scientific Data, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  12. Studying the politics of pension reforms and their social consequences

    Article • July 2022, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  13. Welfare state support during theCOVID‐19 pandemic: Change and continuity in public attitudes towards social policies in Germany

    Article • European Policy Analysis, June 2022, Wiley

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  14. Readjusting unemployment protection in Europe: how crises reshape varieties of labour market regimes

    Article • Transfer European Review of Labour and Research, May 2022, SAGE Publications

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  15. Cui bono – business or labour? Job retention policies during the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe

    Article • Transfer European Review of Labour and Research, February 2022, SAGE Publications

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  16. Unions and Employers

    Article • December 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  17. Introduction

    Article • June 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  18. The Role of Social Partners in Managing Europe's Great Recession

    Article • June 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  19. Postscript

    Article • June 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  20. Social concertation at a crossroad

    Article • June 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  21. When governments include social partners in crisis corporatism

    Article • June 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  22. Inequalities and poverty risks in old age across Europe: The double‐edged income effect of pension systems

    Article • Social Policy and Administration, January 2021, Wiley

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  23. Accumulation or absorption? Changing disparities of household non-employment in Europe during the Great Recession

    Article • Socio-Economic Review, February 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  24. Accumulation or absorption? Changing disparities of household non-employment in Europe during the Great Recession

    Article • February 2020, Center for Open Science

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  25. The Legitimacy of Public Pensions in an Ageing Europe: Changes in Subjective Evaluations and Policy Preferences, 2008–2016

    Article • January 2020, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  26. Changing work and welfare: unemployment and labour market policies

    Article • January 2020, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  27. Poverty in old age

    Article • September 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  28. Social concertation in Europe during the Great Recession: A fsQCA-study of social partner involvement

    Article • July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  29. Multipillarisation remodelled: the role of interest organizations in British and German pension reforms

    Article • Journal of European Public Policy, February 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  30. Machtressourcentheorie und Korporatismusansatz

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  31. Institutionalismus, historischer

    Article • January 2018, Nomos Verlag

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  32. Welfare State Reforms Seen from Below

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  33. Privatisierung und Vermarktlichung der Altersvorsorge: Eingetrübte Aussichten des deutschen Mehrsäulenmodells

    Article • WSI-Mitteilungen, January 2018, Nomos Verlag

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  34. Class, Union, or Party Allegiance? Comparing Pension Reform Preferences in Britain and Germany

    Article • November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  35. Introduction: Analysing Organized Interests and Public Opinion Towards Welfare Reforms

    Article • November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus, Professor Per Lægreid

  36. Conclusion: The Influence from Below—How Organized Interests and Public Attitudes Shape Welfare State Reforms in Europe

    Article • November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  37. The Popularity of Pension and Unemployment Policies Revisited: The Erosion of Public Support in Britain and Germany

    Article • November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  38. Making Deservingness of the Unemployed Conditional: Changes in Public Support for the Conditionality of Unemployment Benefits

    Article • September 2017, Edward Elgar Publishing

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  39. The New Pension Mix in Europe

    Article • May 2017, Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  40. Pushed out prematurely? Comparing objectively forced exits and subjective assessments of involuntary retirement across Europe

    Article • Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, September 2015, Elsevier

    Jonas Radl, Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  41. Demografische Alterung und Reformen der Alterssicherung in Europa – Probleme der ökonomischen, sozialen und politischen Nachhaltigkeit

    Article • KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  42. Karl Hinrichs and Matteo Jessoula (eds.) (2012), Labour Market Flexibility and Pension Reforms: Flexible Today, Secure Tomorrow? Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. £63.00, pp. 280, hbk.

    Article • Journal of Social Policy, January 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  43. Familien am Rande der Erwerbsgesellschaft

    Article • January 2015, Nomos Verlag

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  44. Machtressourcentheorie und Korporatismusansatz

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  45. The Privatization and Marketization of Pensions in Europe: A Double Transformation Facing the Crisis

    Article • European Policy Analysis, January 2015, Wiley

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  46. Welfare Retrenchment

    Article • January 2015, Elsevier

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  47. Methode

    Article • Soziologische Revue, January 2014, De Gruyter

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  48. Mitgliederrückgang und Organisationsstrategien deutscher Gewerkschaften

    Article • November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  49. Editorial: Der Umbau des Wohlfahrtsstaates in Krisenzeiten: Institutioneller Wandel in Deutschland im internationalen Vergleich

    Article • Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, September 2013, De Gruyter

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  50. Institutional Change in Advanced Democracies

    Article • June 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  51. Global Social Policy Digest

    Article • Global Social Policy, December 2012, SAGE Publications

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  52. Governing pension fund capitalism in times of uncertainty

    Article • Global Social Policy, December 2012, SAGE Publications

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  53. Shifting responsibilities in Western European pension systems: What future for social models?

    Article • Global Social Policy, December 2012, SAGE Publications

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  54. Europe’s Transformations Towards a Renewed Pension System

    Article • October 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  55. James W. Russell (2011), Double Standard: Social Policy in Europe and the United States, 2nd edn. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. £16.95, pp. 195, pbk.

    Article • Journal of Social Policy, December 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  56. The role of trade unions in European pension reforms: From ‘old’ to ‘new’ politics?

    Article • European Journal of Industrial Relations, August 2011, SAGE Publications

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  57. Introduction: Causes, consequences and cures of union decline

    Article • European Journal of Industrial Relations, June 2011, SAGE Publications

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  58. Social capital, ‘Ghent’ and workplace contexts matter: Comparing union membership in Europe

    Article • European Journal of Industrial Relations, June 2011, SAGE Publications

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  59. The Varieties of Pension Governance

    Article • March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  60. Germany: Departing from Bismarckian Public Pensions

    Article • March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Tobias Wiß, Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  61. Introduction: Studying Pension Privatization in Europe

    Article • March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  62. The Changing Public–Private Pension Mix in Europe: From Path Dependence to Path Departure

    Article • March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  63. The Governance and Regulation of Private Pensions in Europe

    Article • March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  64. The Public–Private Pension Mix and Old Age Income Inequality in Europe

    Article • March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  65. Taming pension fund capitalism in Europe: collective and state regulation in times of crisis

    Article • Transfer European Review of Labour and Research, January 2011, SAGE Publications

    Dr Tobias Wiß, Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  66. Unions and Employers

    Article • July 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  67. Kontingenz und historisch-vergleichende Makrosoziologie: Von der Großtheorie zur historischen Fallstudie. Anmerkungen zu Wolfgang Knöbl: „Die Kontingenz der Moderne“

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  68. Business and Employers’ Associations

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  69. Reforming the Bismarckian Welfare Systems ‐ Edited by Bruno Palier and Claude Martin

    Article • International Journal of Social Welfare, June 2009, Wiley

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  70. The Politics of Post-Industrial Welfare States

    Article • January 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  71. Globalization, Uncertainty and Late Careers in Society

    Article • September 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  72. Reforming Early Retirement in Europe, Japan and the USA

    Article • July 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  73. The Politics of Pension Reform: Managing Interest Group Conflicts

    Article • July 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  74. Book Reviews

    Article • Swiss Political Science Review, September 2005, Wiley

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  75. When Less is More

    Article • International Sociology, June 2005, SAGE Publications

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  76. European Rigidity Versus American Flexibility? The Institutional Adaptability of Collective Bargaining

    Article • Work and Occupations, May 2005, SAGE Publications

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  77. Book Reviews

    Article • West European Politics, May 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  78. Comparing Welfare Capitalism

    Article • January 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  79. Die Mitgliederentwicklung deutscher Gewerkschaften im historischen und internationalen Vergleich

    Article • January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  80. Bookshelf 2002

    Article • Industrial Relations Journal, December 2002, Wiley

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  81. Trade unions’ changing role: membership erosion, organisational reform, and social partnership in Europe

    Article • Industrial Relations Journal, December 2002, Wiley

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  82. Welfare and Employment in a United Europe

    Article • Political Science Quarterly, January 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  83. Guillén, Mauro F.: The limits of convergence. Globalization and organizational change in Argentina, South Korea, and Spain

    Article • KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, December 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  84. Any Way out of ‘Exit from Work’? Reversing the Entrenched Pathways of Early Retirement

    Article • September 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  85. Jens Alber und Martin Schölkopf: Seniorenpolitk. Die soziale Lage älterer Menschen in Deutschland und Europa

    Article • KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, September 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  86. Striking deals: concertation in the reform of continental European welfare states

    Article • Journal of European Public Policy, January 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  87. Trade Unions in Western Europe since 1945

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  88. A Comparative Profile

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  89. Switzerland

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  90. United Kingdom / Great Britain

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  91. A Guide to the Handbook

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  92. Austria

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  93. Belgium

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  94. Denmark

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  95. Finland

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  96. Germany

    Article • January 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  97. When Institutions Matter:Union Growth and Decline in Western Europe, 1950-1995

    Article • European Sociological Review, June 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  98. The role of tripartite concertation in the reform of the welfare state

    Article • Transfer European Review of Labour and Research, March 1999, SAGE Publications

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  99. Europe Through the Looking-Glass: Comparative and Multi-Level Perspectives

    Article • Acta Sociologica, December 1998, Taylor & Francis

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  100. Europe Through the Looking-Glass: Comparative and Multi-Level Perspectives

    Article • Acta Sociologica, October 1998, SAGE Publications

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  101. Der Wandel der Arbeitsbeziehungen im westeuropäischen Vergleich

    Article • January 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  102. The Siamese Twins: Citizenship Rights, Cleavage Formation, and Party-Union Relations in Western Europe

    Article • International Review of Social History, December 1995, Cambridge University Press

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  103. Barrieren und Wege „grenzenloser“ Solidarität: Gewerkschaften und Europäische Integration

    Article • January 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  104. Germany

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  105. Can Path Dependence Explain Institutional Change? Two Approaches Applied to Welfare State Reform

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  106. Mehr oder weniger? Quantitativer versus qualitativer Vergleich

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  107. Reforming Welfare States and Changing Capitalism

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus

  108. Vergleichende Politische Soziologie: Quantitative Analyse- oder qualitative Fallstudiendesigns?

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Bernhard Ebbinghaus