Academic Profile

Anke Plagnol

Brief CV

Education

2007: PhD in Economics, University of Southern California, USA
Dissertation title: "Adaptation, Aspirations, and Assets. Three Essays on the Economics of Subjective Well-Being"

2005: MA in Economics, University of Southern California, USA

2001: BA in European Economic Studies, Otto-Friedrich Universitaet, Bamberg, Germany

Research Interests

Female labour force participation, Subjective well-being, Gender equality,
Life course studies, Applied microeconomics

Publications

Journal Publications

Anke C. Plagnol and Jacqueline Scott. “What matters for well-being: Individual perceptions of quality of life before and after important life events". Applied Research in Quality of Life. (forthcoming).

Anke C. Plagnol. “Financial satisfaction over the life course: The influence of assets and liabilities". Journal of Economic Psychology. 32(1), pp. 45-64, 2011.

Anke C. Plagnol. “Subjective well-being over the life course: Conceptualizations and evaluations". Social Research: An International Quarterly. 77(2), pp. 749-768, Summer 2010.

Anke C. Plagnol and Felicia A. Huppert. “Happy to help? Exploring the factors associated with variations in rates of volunteering across Europe ". Social Indicators Research, 97(2), pp. 157-176, June 2010.

Anke C. Plagnol, Emma Rowley, Paul Martin and Finbarr Livesey “Industry perceptions of the barriers to commercialization of regenerative medicine products in the UK ". Regenerative Medicine, 4(4), pp. 549-559, July 2009.

Jacqueline Scott, Jane Nolan and Anke C. Plagnol. “Panel data and open-ended questions: Understanding perceptions of quality of life". 21st Century Society. 4(2), pp. 123-135, June 2009.

Anke C. Plagnol and Richard A. Easterlin
"Aspirations, Attainments, and Satisfaction: Life Cycle Differences between American Women and Men"
Journal of Happiness Studies. 9(4), pp. 601-619 (December 2008).

Richard A. Easterlin and Anke C. Plagnol
"Life Satisfaction and Economic Conditions in East and West Germany Pre- and Post-Unification"
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 68(3-4), 433-444 (December 2008).

Anke C. Zimmermann and Richard A. Easterlin
"Happily Ever After? Cohabitation, Marriage, Divorce, and Happiness in Germany".
Population and Development Review. 32(3), pp. 511-528 (September 2006).

Book Chapters

Anke C. Plagnol. “Chasing the `good life': gender differences in work aspirations of American men and women", chapter in: Elizabeth Eckermann (ed.). Gender, Lifespan and Quality of Life: International Perspectives. Springer, forthcoming.

Jacqueline Scott, Anke C. Plagnol and Jane Nolan. “Perceptions of quality of life: Gender di_erences across the life course", chapter in Jacqueline Scott, Rosemary Crompton and Clare Lyonette (eds.). Gender Inequalities in the 21st Century: New Barriers and Continuing Constraints, Edward Elgar, pp. 193-212. Edward Elgar (2010).

Work in Progress

Jacqueline Scott, Shirley Dex and Anke C. Plagnol (eds.). Gendered Lives: Gender Inequalities in Production and Reproduction. Edward Elgar (forthcoming 2012).

Jacqueline Scott and Anke C. Plagnol. “Work-family conflict in Northern Europe - does policy mitigate, gender and life course effects?" in Jacqueline Scott, Shirley Dex and Anke C. Plagnol (eds.). Gendered Lives: Gender Inequalities in Production and Reproduction. Edward Elgar (forthcoming 2012).

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