Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles

• Twamley, K. and Schober, P. S. (2018) Shared parental leave: exploring variations in attitudes, eligibility, knowledge and take-up intentions of expectant mothers in London, Journal of Social Policy
• Camehl, G. F., Schober, P. S. and Spieß, C. K. (forthcoming) Information Asymmetries Between Parents and Educators in German Childcare Institutions, Education Economics
• Schober, P. S. and Zoch, G. (2018) Change in the gender division of domestic work after mothers or fathers took leave: Exploring alternative explanations, European Societies
• Zoch, G. and Schober, P. S. (2018) Public Childcare Expansion and Changing Gender Ideologies of Parents in Germany, Journal of Marriage and Family
• Spiess, C.K., Schober, P.S. and Stahl, J.F. (2018) Early Childhood Education and Care Quality in the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) –the K2ID-SOEP Study, Journal of Economics and Statistics, published online 30 January 2018
• Stahl, J. F., Schober, P. S. and Spieß, C. K. (2017) Parental socio-economic status and childcare quality: Early inequalities in educational opportunity?, Early Childhood Education Quarterly, published online 20 November 2017
• Becker, B. and Schober, P. S. (2017)
  Not Just Any Child Care Center? Social and Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Early Education Institutions with a Beneficial Learning Environment
• Early Education and Development, Early Education and Development, 28, 8, 1011-1034 .
• Stahl, J. F. and Schober, P. S. (2017) Convergence or divergence? Educational discrepancies in work-care arrangements of mothers with young children in Germany, Work, Employment & Society, published online April 7, 2017.
• Schober, P. S. and Schmitt, C. (2017) Day-care availability, maternal employment, and satisfaction of parents: Evidence from cultural and policy variations in Germany, Journal of European Social Policy, published online February 1, 2017.
• Schober, P. S. and Stahl, J. F. (2016) Availability of full-day early education and care and subjective well-being of parents: Interdependencies with culture and resources, European Sociological Review, 32 (5), 593-606.
• Peter, F. H., Schober, P. S. and Spieß, C. K. (2016) Early birds in day care: The Social Gradient in Starting Day Care and Children’s Non-cognitive Skills, CESifo Economic Studies, 62 (4), 725-751.
• Schober, P. S. and Spieß, C. K. (2015) Local day-care quality and maternal employment: Evidence from East and West Germany, Journal of Marriage and Family, 77, 3 (June 2015), 712–729
• Schober, P. S. (2013) Parental leave, maternal and paternal domestic work: A longitudinal study of two reforms in West Germany, Journal of Social Policy, 43 (April 2014), 351-372
• Schober, P. S. and Spieß, C. K. (2013) Early childhood education activities and care arrangements of disadvantaged children in Germany, Child Indicators Research, 6, 4 (November 2013), 709-735
• Schober, P. S. (2013) Maternal labor market return and domestic work after childbirth in Britain and Germany, Community, Work & Family, 16, 3 (July 2013)
• Kanji, S. and Schober, P. S. (2014) Are couples with young children more likely to split up when the mother is the main or an equal earner?, Sociology, 48 (February 2014), 38-58
• Schober, P. S. (2013) The parenthood effect on gender inequality: Explaining the change in paid and domestic work when British couples become parents, European Sociological Review, 29 (February 2013): 74-85
• Schober, P. S. (2013) Gender Equality and Outsourcing of Domestic Work, Childbearing, and Relationship Stability among British Couples, Journal of Family Issues, 34, 1 (January 2013): 25-52
• Schober, P. S. and Scott, J. (2012) Maternal employment and gender role attitudes: Dissonance among British men and women in the transition to parenthood, Work, Employment & Society, 26 (June 2012): 514-530
• Schober, P. S. (2012) Paternal childcare and relationship quality: A longitudinal analysis of reciprocal associations, Journal of Marriage and Family, 74 (April 2012): 1 – 16

Book chapters

• Camehl, G. F., Schober, P. S. and Spieß, C. K. (2014) A SOEP-Related Study: Early Childhood Education and Care Quality in the Socio-Economic Panel (K2ID-SOEP), in: Gerstorf, Sandra and Jürgen Schupp (ed.): SOEP Wave Report 2014, Berlin, pp.31-33
• Schober, P. S. (2014) Day-care trends for children under three years in Germany, in Leon, M. The Transformation of Care in European Societies, London: Palgrave, 208-232
• Schober, P. S. (2014) Family Policies from Gender Equality Perspectives. A European Comparison, in Jin, Y. and Schlaeger, C. (Eds.) Family Changes in China and Study on Family Policies, Nanjing Normal University
• Schober, P. S. (2014) Female-male earnings ratio among skilled workers, in: Michalos, A. C. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-being Research, Dordrecht: Springer, 2238-2240
• Schober, P. S. (2012) Stratification, work and early parenthood, in: Blackburn, B., Connelly, R., Gayle, V. und Lambert, P. (eds.) Social Stratification: Trends and Processes, Ashgate
• Schober, P. S. (2005) Karriere- und Familienplanung tschechischer und österreichischer Frauen im Vergleich (Career- and family planning of Czech and Austrian women in comparative perspective), in: Reif, E. und Schwarz, I. (eds) Zwischen Konflikt und Annäherung, Südwind Niederösterreich Verlag

Policy reports

• Pia S. Schober, C. Katharina Spieß, Juliane F. Stahl, Gundula Zoch and Georg F. Camehl (2017) "The Early Childhood Education and Care Quality in the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP-ECEC Quality) Study - K²ID-SOEP Data", Data Documentation 91, Berlin: DIW Berlin, https://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.561222.de/diw_datadoc_2017-091.pdf
• Schober, P. S. and Zoch, G. (2015) Kürzere Elternzeit von Müttern - gleichmäßigere Aufteilung der Familienarbeit?, DIW Wochenbericht 50.2015, http://www.diw.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=diw_01.c.522139.de
• Schober, P. S. (2015) Increasing Father Involvement in Child Care: What Do We Know about Effects on Child Development? DIW Roundup, Nr. 79. 2015, http://www.diw.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=diw_01.c.514686.de
• Schober, P. S. (2015) ‘Daddy leave’: a route to greater gender equality in housework and childcare?, Policy Network Newsletter, April 2015, http://www.policy-network.net
• Camehl, G. F., Stahl, J. F., Schober, P. S. and Spieß, K. (2015) Does Better, Cheaper Day Care Make for More Satisfied Parents?, DIW Economic Bulletin, 45/46/2015: 604-611, http://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.519304.de/diw_econ_bull_2015-45-3.pdf
• Camehl, G. F., Stahl, J. F., Schober, P. S. and Spieß, K. (2015) Höhere Qualität und geringere Kosten von Kindertageseinrichtungen – zufriedenere Eltern?, DIW Wochenbericht, Nr.46.2015, http://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.518981.de/15-46.pdf
• Schober, P. S. (2014) Daddy Leave: Does It Change the Gender Division of Domestic Work?, DIW Roundup Nr. 46. 2014, http://www.diw.de/sixcms/detail.php?id=diw_01.c.489441.de
• Schober, P. S. and Stahl, J. F. (2014) Childcare Trends in Germany: Increasing Socio-Economic Disparities in East and West, DIW Economic Bulletin, 11.2014, https://www.diw.de/documents/publikationen/73/diw_01.c.491964.de/diw_econ_bull_2014-11-7.pdf
• Schober, P. S. and Stahl, J. F. (2014) Trends in der Kinderbetreuung seit dem Mauerfall –sozioökonomische Unterschiede verstärken sich in Ost und West, DIW Wochenbericht, Nr.40.2014
• Schober, P. S. and Spieß, C. K. (2014) Kita-Qualität für Erwerbsverhalten von Müttern mit Kleinkindern relevant – Zusammenhang eindeutiger in Ostdeutschland, DIW Wochenbericht, Nr.21.2014
• Schober, P. S., Spieß, C. K. and Anders, Y. (2014) Early childhood education and care quality: Investigating socio-economic selection, child development and information asymmetries, in: Jacobs Foundation (2014), Annual Report 2013
• Schober, P. S. and Schmitt, C. (2014) Ausbau der Kinderbetreuung – Entlastung der Eltern erhöht Lebenszufriedenheit, DIW Wochenbericht, Nr.50.2013
• Schober, P. S. and Spieß, C. K. (2012) Frühe Förderung und Betreuung von Kindern: Bedeutende Unterschiede bei der Inanspruchnahme besonders in den ersten Lebensjahren, DIW Wochenbericht, Nr.43.2012, 17-28
• Plagnol, A. C., Schott, J. and Schober, P. S. (2010) Gender equality in paid and unpaid work: Priorities for UK policy intervention, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: An International Journal, 29 (2010), 7: 711 – 715

Book reviews

• Schober, P. S. (2014) Review of ‘Persistence, privilege, and parenting: The comparative study of intergenerational mobility’ by T. M. Smeeding, R. Erikson, and M. Jäntti (eds.), (Russel Sage, 2011), and ‘From parents to children: The intergenerational transmission of advantage’ by J. Ermisch, M. Jäntti, and T. Smeeding (eds) (Russel Sage, 2012), Journal of European Social Policy, 24 (2014), 4, 400-402
• Schober, P. S. (2012) Review of ‘Social Policies, Labour Markets and Motherhood’ by Del Boca, D. and Wetzels, C. (eds) (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Economica, 79 (2012), 314-316
• Schober, P. S. (2010) Review of ‘Contemporary Fathering: Theory, Policy and Practice’ by Featherstone, B. (Bristol: Policy Press, 2009), Journal of Social Policy, 39 (2010): 494-496

Working papers

• Schober, P. S. and Zoch, G. (2015) Change in the gender division of domestic work after mummy or daddy took leave: An examination of alternative explanations, SOEP Papers 803
• Peter, F. H., Schober, P. S. and Spieß, C. K. (2014) Early Birds in Day Care: The Social Gradient in Starting Day Care and Children's Non-cognitive Skills, DIW Discussion Paper 1438
• Schober, P. S. and Spieß, C. K. (2014) Local Day-Care Quality and Maternal Employment: Evidence from East and West Germany, SOEP Papers 649
• Schober, P. S. and Schmitt, C. (2013) Day-care expansion and parental subjective wellbeing: evidence from Germany, SOEP Papers No.602
• Schober, P. S. (2012) Parental Leave Policies and Child Care Time in Couples after Childbirth, SOEP Papers 434
• Schober, P. S. (2011) Maternal Labor Market Return, Parental Leave Policies, and Gender Inequality in Housework, SOEP papers 422
• Schober, P. S. (2010) The parenthood effect on gender inequality: Explaining the change in paid and domestic work when British couples become parents, GeNet Working Paper No. 42
• Schober, P. S. (2010) Gender equality and outsourcing of domestic work, childbearing, and relationship stability among British couples, GENet Working Paper No. 41