Intergenerational Relations and Social Mobility

How do family relationships and intergenerational exchanges shape subjective and financial well-being in later life? What role does children’s upward educational mobility play in influencing the life satisfaction and health of their parents? This line of research connects family sociology with questions of inequality and life-course trajectories.

Selected Publications:

Schmitz, Alina & Hoffmann, Rasmus (2025): Children’s upward educational mobility as a booster for parents’ subjective well-being in later life. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11577-025-01021-0

Schmitz, Alina (2025): Parental education and income in later life: A comparison of social-democratic and conservative regimes. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 58, 458-465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00391-025-02475-9