Prof. Dr. Jonas Radl
Research fields
Short bio
Jonas Radl is Associate Professor of Sociology at Carlos III University of Madrid. Since March 2024 he is a Visiting Research Professor for "Effort and Social Inequality" in the Research Area "Dynamic of Social Inequality". Previously, he was the leader of the WZB Research Group with the same name. The project was funded by a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) and co-hosted by the Carlos III Juan March Institute (IC3JM) in Madrid. The interdisciplinary project investigated social heterogeneity in effort between children from different social backgrounds.
CV
Positions
Since 2024 Visiting Research Professor, WZB
Since 2021 Associate Professor (Profesor Titular), Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
2018-2024 Research Group Leader, WZB Social Science Center Berlin
2015- Associate Professor (tenured) and „Ramón y Cajal“ Fellow, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
2015 Assistant Professor, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
2014 Postdoctoral Researcher, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
2010-2014 Postdoctoral Researcher („Ayudante“), Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
2004-2005 Research assistant, Research Data Centre of the German Statutory Pension Insurance (FDZ-RV)
2001–2004 Teaching assistant, Institute for Sociology, Free University of Berlin
Education
2010 PhD in Social Sciences, European University Institute
2007 Master of Research, European University Institute
2006 Diploma in Sociology, Free University of Berlin
Selected Publications
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Juan J. Fernández, Gema M. García Albacete, and Antonio M. Jaime Castillo & Jonas Radl (forthcoming): “Priming or Learning? The Influence of Pension Policy Information on Individual Preferences in Germany, Spain and the United States”, Journal of European Social Policy.
Birkelund, Gunn Elisabeth/Lancee, Bram/Larsen, Edvard Nergard/Polavieja, Javier G./Radl, Jonas/Yemane, Ruta (2021): "Gender Discrimination in Hiring. Evidence from a Cross-National Harmonized Field Experiment". In: European Sociological Review, advance access, 27.10.2021, online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcab043
Radl, Jonas & Juan J. Fernández (2021): “Pension policy literacy and retirement expectations. A cross-country survey experiment.”, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences. Published online 4 September 2021. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbab161
Platt, Lucinda, Polavieja, Javier & Jonas Radl: "Which Integration Policies Work? The Heterogeneous Impact of National Institutions on Immigrants’ Labor Market Attainment in Europe", International Migration Review, S. 1-32; Published online August 2, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/01979183211032677
Radl, Jonas & Luis Miller (2021): “Conceptual and Methodological Considerations on Effort: An Interdisciplinary Approach”, American Behavioral Scientist, Published online March 1, 2021. Open Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/250898
Apascaritei, Paula, Simona Demel & Jonas Radl (2021): “The Difference Between Saying and Doing: Comparing Subjective and Objective Measures of Effort Among Fifth Graders”, American Behavioral Scientist, Published online March 3, 2021. Open Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/250893
Salazar, Leire, Héctor Cebolla-Boado & Jonas Radl (2019): “Educational Expectations in the Great Recession: Has the Impact of Family Background Become Stronger?”,Published online on 9 January 2019,Socio-Economic Review. http://hdl.handle.net/10419/216880.
Fernández-Reino, Mariña, Jonas Radl & María Ramos (2018): “Employment Outcomes of Ethnic Minorities in Spain: Towards Increasing Economic Incorporation among Immigrants and the Second Generation?”, Social Inclusion, 6(3): 48–63. [open access]
Jelle Lössbroek & Jonas Radl (2018): “Teaching older workers new tricks: workplace practices and gender training differences in nine European countries”, Ageing & Society, Published online on 22 August 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X1800079X.
Heisig, Jan Paul,Bram Lancee. & Jonas Radl (2018): “Ethnic Inequality in Retirement Income: A Comparative Analysis of Immigrant-Native Gaps in Western Europe”, Ageing & Society, 38(10): 1963-1994.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0144686X17000332. EconStor Download.
- Henkens, Kène; van Dalen, Harry; Ekerdt, David; Hershey, Douglas; Hyde, Martin; Radl, Jonas; van Solinge, Hanna; Wang, Mo; Zacher, Hannes (2017): “What We Need to Know about Retirement: Pressing Issues for the Coming Decade”. Published online on 20 June 2017, The Gerontologist [Free Access Link].https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnx095.
- Heisig, Jan Paul & Jonas Radl (2017): “Adding Scars to Wrinkles? Long-run Effects of Late-Career Job Loss on Retirement Behavior and Personal Income”, Work, Aging & Retirement, 3(3): 257–272 [free download] https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/wax006.
- Radl, Jonas, Leire Salazar & Héctor Cebolla-Boado (2017): “Does Living in a Fatherless Household Compromise Educational Success? A Comparative Study of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills”,European Journal of Population, 33(2): 217-242 [Open Access], doi: 10.1007/s10680-017-9414-8.
- Cebolla-Boado, Héctor, Jonas Radl & Leire Salazar (2017): “Preschool Education as the Great Equalizer? A Cross-Country Study into the Sources of Inequality in Reading Competence”, Acta Sociologica, 60(1): 41–60.
- Ebbinghaus, Bernhard & Jonas Radl (2015): “Pushed Out Prematurely? Comparing Objectively Forced Exits and Subjective Assessments of Involuntary Retirement across Europe”, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 41(September): 115–130, doi:10.1016/j.rssm.2015.04.001.
- Radl, Jonas & Ralf K. Himmelreicher (2015): “The Influence of Marital Status and Spousal Employment on Retirement Behavior in Germany and Spain”, Research on Aging, 37(4): 361–387. doi:10.1177/0164027514536403.
- Lancee, Bram & Jonas Radl (2014): “Volunteering over the Life Course”, Social Forces, 93(2): 833–862, doi:10.1093/sf/sou090. Download pdf.
- Bernardi, Fabrizio & Jonas Radl (2014): “The Long-Term Consequences of Parental Divorce for Children’s Educational Attainment”. Demographic Research, 30(Article 61): 1653–1680. doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.61.
- Gerber, Theodore P. & Jonas Radl (2014): “Pushed, Pulled, or Blocked? The Elderly and the Labor Market in Post-Soviet Russia”. Social Science Research, 45(May): 152–169. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.12.006.
- Radl, Jonas (2013): “Labour Market Exit and Social Stratification in Western Europe: The Effects of Social Class and Gender on the Timing of Retirement”. European Sociological Review, 29(3): 654-668. doi: 10.1093/esr/jcs045.
- Radl, Jonas (2013): “Why do women in Spain retire later than men?” [“¿Por qué las mujeres en España se jubilan más tarde que los hombres?”]. Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, 142: 109-122. doi:10.5477/cis/reis.142.133.
- Radl, Jonas (2012): “Too Old to Work, or Too Young to Retire? The Pervasiveness of Age Norms in Western Europe”. Work, Employment & Society, 26(5): 755–771, doi: 10.1177/0950017012451644.
- Lancee, Bram & Jonas Radl (2012): “Social Connectedness and the Transition from Work to Retirement”. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 67(4), 481–490. doi: 10.1093/geronb/gbs049 . download pdf
- Albertini, Marco & Jonas Radl (2012): “Intergenerational Transfers and Social Class: Inter-vivos Transfers as Means of Status Reproduction?”. Acta Sociologica, 55(2), 107–123. doi:10.1177/0001699311431596.download draft version
- Radl, Jonas (2007): “Individuelle Determinanten des Renteneintrittsalters – Eine empirische Analyse von Übergängen in den Ruhestand”, Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 36(1), 43–64. download pdf
Other Publications (selection)
- Radl, Jonas/Motala-Timol, Shaheen, and the GYA Women in Science Working Group (2022), "Barriers to diversity among young scientists around the globe: Examining discrimination and harassment at the workplace", In: Global Young Academy (Ed.). GYA Connections, Issue 10. Halle (Saale), Germany: Global Young Academy at the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, 20-25. https://doi.org/10.26164/GYA_00517
- Duvvury, Nata, Jonas Radl J, E.K. Sarter, Simona Scherger & Jeroen Spijker (2020): “Policy Toolkits on Employment and Ageing: A Conceptual Framework”. In: Áine Ní Leime, Jim Ogg, Martina Rašticová, Debra Street, Clary Krekula, MonikaBédiová & Ignacio Madero-Cabib (Eds.). Extended Working Life Policies. International Gender and Health Perspectives. Cham: Springer Open, 69-83.
- Radl, Jonas (2007): “Individuelle Determinanten des Renteneintrittsalters”, Wirtschaft und Statistik, 5/2007, 511–520. download pdf
- Radl, Jonas (2006): “Pfade in den Ruhestand und die Heterogenität des Renteneintrittsalters – Eine Analyse auf Datenbasis des Scientific Use Files Versichertenrentenzugang 2004 des Forschungsdatenzentrums der Rentenversicherung”, Deutsche Rentenversicherung, 9-10/2006, 641–660. download pdf
Books
- Cebolla-Boado, Héctor, Jonas Radl & Leire Salazar (2014): Aprendizaje y ciclo vital: La desigualdad de oportunidades desde la educación preescolar hasta la edad adulta. Colección de Estudios Sociales, Núm. 39. Obra Social ”la Caixa”: Barcelona. [“la Caixa” Prize in Social Sciences]. Also available in English (Learning over the Life Course: Inequality of Opportunities in Education from Preschool to Adulthood) and Catalan (Aprenentatge i cicle vital. La desigualtat d’oportunitats des de la llar d’infants fins a l’edat adulta).
- Radl, Jonas (2013): Retirement Timing and Social Stratification: A Comparative Study of Labour Market Exit and Age Norms in Western Europe. London: Versita (De Gruyter Open).
- Requena, Miguel, Leire Salazar & Jonas Radl (2013): Estratificación social. Madrid: McGraw-Hill [Textbook on social stratification in Spanish].
- Radl, Jonas (2008): Die Sozialstruktur des Renteneintritts: Eine empirische Analyse des Übergangs in den Ruhestand zwischen Frühverrentung und Regelaltersrente. Saarbrücken: VDM.