Thomas Leopold

Thomas Leopold (born 1982) studied Sociology at the Universities of Bamberg and Bergen (Norway). Since October 2008 he works as a research assistant at the NEPS Project and at the Chair of Population Studies (University of Bamberg). His research interests include ageing, family sociology, intergenerational relations, life course research, and social network analysis.

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Publications in refereed journals

Leopold, T. and T. Schneider (2010): "Schenkungen und Erbschaften im Lebenslauf. Vergleichende Längsschnittanalysen zu intergenerationalen Transfers." ("Intergenerational Transfers from a Life Course Perspective. A Longitudinal Comparison of Gifts and Bequests"). Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 39(4).

Manuscripts under review

Leopold, T. and M. Raab: "Intergenerational Exchange of Time and Money: Short-Term Reciprocity in Parent-Child Relationships." (revised and resubmitted, Journal of Marriage and Family)

Other publications

2010

• "Concurrent Giving and Receiving in Parent-Child Relationships" Discussion paper 01, Chair for Population Studies (with Marcel Raab)

2009

• "Schenkungen und Erbschaften im Lebenslauf. Vergleichende Längsschnittanalysen zu intergenerationalen Transfers." SOEPpaper 234, DIW Berlin (with Thorsten Schneider)
• "Germany's major new initiative: The National Educational Panel Study - a long-term assessment of competence development and educational careers." Conference Paper prepared for the ONS UKCeMGA and NIESR International Conference on Public Service Measurement in Cardiff (with Jutta von Maurice and Hans-Peter Blossfeld)
• "Erbschaften und Schenkungen im Lebenslauf. Eine vergleichende Längsschnittanalyse mit dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel." In: Engelhardt, Henriette (Ed.): Bamberger Beiträge zur Soziologie, Band 02

Presentations (selected)

• 07/10: "Intergenerational exchange of time and money: Short-term reciprocity in parent-child relationships." XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology in Gothenburg (with Marcel Raab)
• 07/10: "Intergenerational transfers from a life course perspective. Family events and the timing of financial transfers." 9th International German Socio-economic Panel User Conference (SOEP 2010) in Berlin (with Thorsten Schneider)
• 12/09: "Intergenerational exchange of time and money. Short-term reciprocities between parents and their adult children." Postgraduate Conference on Ageing Studies "Ageing Societies: Change, Challenge and Chance" in Oxford (with Marcel Raab)
• 11/09: "The National Educational Panel Study. A long-term assessment of competence development and educational careers." ONS UKCeMGA and NIESR International Conference on Public Service Measurement in Cardiff (with Jutta von Maurice and Hans-Peter Blossfeld)
• 09/09: "Intergenerational Transfers, Life Course Events, and Social Inequality. A longitudinal comparison of gifts and bequests in Germany."  ESA2009 - 9th Conference of European Sociological Association in Lissabon (with Thorsten Schneider)