Please see my CV for a complete list of publications.
2026
Leopold, T., & Kalmijn, M. (2026). Kinship in Black and White Families: The Strength of Horizontal Ties. American Journal of Sociology.
Sytkina, K., & Leopold, T. (2026). Parental Separation and the Quality of Ties to Extended Kin. Demography.
Diffené, L., Leopold, T., Büyükkeçeci, Z., & Raab, M. (2026). Click, Collect, Compare: Evaluating a Nonprobability Web Survey for Family Demography. Demographic Research, 54, 1375–1412. Replication files
2025
Yastrebov, G., Trinidad, A., & Leopold, T. (2025). A Bounding Approach to Age–Period–Cohort Analysis: A Demonstration Using Public Crime Concerns in Germany. Journal of Quantitative Criminology.
Leopold, T. (2025). Scant Evidence, Sweeping Claim: Do Romantic Relationships Matter More to Men? [Commentary on Wahring et al.]. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 49, e109.
Hünteler, B., Hank, K., Alburez-Gutierrez, D., & Leopold, T. (2025). A Typology of Younger Adults’ Nuclear and Extended Family Relations in the United States. Journal of Marriage and Family, 88, 284–298. Replication files
Zilincikova, Z., Yastrebov, G., & Leopold, T. (2025). How Many Children Do Couples Have When They Break Up? Educational Stratification in Parity at Separation. Population Studies, 79.
de Bel, V., Bokányi, E., Hank, K., & Leopold, T. (2025). A Parallel Kinship Universe? A Replication of Kolk et al. (2023) with Dutch Register Data on Kinship Networks. Demographic Research, 52, 915–938.
Leopold, T., Raab, M., Becker, C., Büyükkeçeci, Z., & Çineli, B. (2025). Mapping Modern Kinship Networks: First Results From the KINMATRIX Survey. Journal of Marriage and Family, 87, 478–504. Replication files
2024
Leopold, T., Becker, C., Büyükkeçeci, Z., Çineli, B., & Raab, M. (2024). KINMATRIX: A new data resource for studies of families and kinship. Demographic Research, 51, 789–808. Replication files
Van Scheppingen, M. A., Olaru, G., & Leopold, T. (2024). Personality Trait Similarity in Recently Cohabiting Couples: Partner Choice, Convergence, or Selective Breakup? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Replication files
Leopold, T., & Kalmijn, M. (2024). Re-Assessing Chronic Strain: A Research Note on Women’s Income Dynamics After Divorce and Separation. Demography, 61, 597–613. Replication files
Büyükkeçeci, Z., & Leopold, T. (2024). Parent-Child Relationships Following Grey Divorce: Stronger Ties with Mothers, Weaker Ties with Fathers. The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 79, gbae004. Replication files
2023
Zilincikova, Z., Skopek, J., & Leopold, T. (2023). Children of Separation: An International Profile. Population and Development Review, 49, 859–878. Replication files
2021
Hogendoorn, B., Kalmijn, M., & Leopold, T. (2021). Why Do Lower Educated People Separate More Often? Life Strains and the Gradient in Union Dissolution. European Sociological Review, 38, 88–102.
Van den Berg, L., Kalmijn, M., & Leopold, T. (2021). Explaining Cross-National Differences in Leaving Home. Population, Space and Place, 27, e2476.
Forster, A., van de Werfhorst, H., & Leopold, T. (2021). Who Benefits Most from College? Dimensions of Selection and Heterogeneous Returns to Higher Education in the United States and the Netherlands. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 100607. Replication files
Turek, K., Kalmijn, M., & Leopold, T. (2021). The Comparative Panel File: Harmonized Household Panel Surveys from Seven Countries. European Sociological Review, 37, 505–523. Data (OSF) Code (GitHub) Project website
Van Winkle, Z., & Leopold, T. (2021). Family Size and Economic Wellbeing Following Divorce: The United States in Comparative Perspective. Social Science Research, 96, 102541. Replication files
Kalmijn, M., & Leopold, T. (2021). A New Look at the Separation Surge in Europe: Contrasting Adult and Child Perspectives. American Sociological Review, 86, 1–34. Replication files
2020
Skopek, J., & Leopold, T. (2020). Educational Reproduction in Germany: A Prospective Study Based on Retrospective Data. Demography, 57, 1241–1270. Replication files
Van den Berg, L., Kalmijn, M., & Leopold, T. (2020). Stepfamily Effects on Early Home-Leaving: The Role of Conflict and Closeness. Journal of Marriage and Family, 83, 305–321. Replication files
Büyükkeçeci, Z., Leopold, T., van Gaalen, R., & Engelhardt, H. (2020). Family, Firms, and Fertility: A Study of Social Interaction Effects. Demography, 57, 243–266.
Büyükkeçeci, Z., & Leopold, T. (2020). Sibling Influence on Family Formation: A Study of Social Interaction Effects on Fertility, Marriage, and Divorce. Advances in Life Course Research, 100359. Replication files
2019
Van Scheppingen, M., & Leopold, T. (2019). Trajectories of Life Satisfaction Before, Upon, and After Divorce: Evidence From a New Matching Approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 119, 1444–1458. Replication files
Hogendoorn, B., Leopold, T., & Bol, T. (2019). Divorce and Diverging Poverty Rates: A Risk and Vulnerability Approach. Journal of Marriage and Family, 82, 1089–1109. Replication files
Leopold, T. (2019). Diverging Trends in Satisfaction With Housework: Declines in Women, Increases in Men. Journal of Marriage and Family, 81, 133–144. Replication files
Stojmenovska, D., Bol, T., & Leopold, T. (2019). Teaching Replication to Graduate Students. Teaching Sociology, 47, 303–313.
Van den Berg, L., Kalmijn, M., & Leopold, T. (2019). Leaving and Returning Home: A New Approach to Off-Time Transitions. Journal of Marriage and Family, 81, 679–695. Replication files
2018
Skopek, J., & Leopold, T. (2018). Explaining Gender Convergence in Housework Time: Evidence From a Cohort Sequence Design. Social Forces, 98, 578–621. Replication files
Leopold, T. (2018). Gender Differences in the Consequences of Divorce: A Study of Multiple Outcomes. Demography, 55, 781–797. Replication files
Leopold, T., Skopek, J., & Schulz, F. (2018). Gender Convergence in Housework Time: A Life Course and Cohort Perspective. Sociological Science, 5, 281–303. Replication files
Kalmijn, M., & Leopold, T. (2018). Changing Sibling Relationships After Parents’ Death: The Role of Solidarity and Kinkeeping. Journal of Marriage and Family, 81, 99–114.
Leopold, L., & Leopold, T. (2018). Education and Health Across Lives and Cohorts: A Study of Cumulative (Dis)Advantage and Its Rising Importance in Germany. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 59, 94–112. Replication files
Leopold, T., & Schulz, F. (2018). Health and Housework in Later Life: A Longitudinal Study of Retired Couples. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 75, 184–194. Replication files
Van den Berg, L., Kalmijn, M., & Leopold, T. (2018). Family Structure and Early Home Leaving: A Mediation Analysis. European Journal of Population, 34, 873–900. Replication files
2017
Skopek, J., & Leopold, T. (2017). Who Becomes a Grandparent – and When? Education and Fertility in Multigenerational Perspective. Demographic Research, 37, 917–928. Replication files
Stojmenovska, D., Bol, T., & Leopold, T. (2017). Does Diversity Pay? A Replication of Herring. American Sociological Review, 82, 857–867. Replication files
Leopold, L., Leopold, T., & Lechner, C. (2017). Do Immigrants Suffer More From Job Loss? Unemployment and Subjective Well-Being in Germany. Demography, 54, 231–257. Replication files
2016
Leopold, T., & Skopek, J. (2016). Retirement and Changes in Housework: A Panel Study of Dual Earner Couples. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 73, 733–743. Replication files
Leopold, T., & Kalmijn, M. (2016). Is Divorce More Painful When Couples Have Children? Evidence From Long-Term Panel Data on Multiple Domains of Well-Being. Demography, 53, 1717–1742. Replication files
2015
Leopold, T., & Skopek, J. (2015). The Demography of Grandparenthood: An International Profile. Social Forces, 94, 801–832.
Leopold, T., & Skopek, J. (2015). Convergence or Continuity? The Gender Gap in Household Labor After Retirement. Journal of Marriage and Family, 77, 819–832. Replication files
Leopold, T., & Lechner, C. (2015). Parents’ Death and Adult Well-Being: Gender, Age and Adaptation to Filial Bereavement. Journal of Marriage and Family, 77, 747–760. Replication files
Lechner, C., & Leopold, T. (2015). Religious Attendance Buffers the Impact of Unemployment on Life Satisfaction: Longitudinal Evidence from Germany. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 54, 166–174. Replication files
Leopold, T., & Skopek, J. (2015). The Delay of Grandparenthood. A Cohort Comparison in East and West Germany. Journal of Marriage and Family, 77, 441–460. Replication files
2014
Leopold, T., & Skopek, J. (2014). Gender and the Division of Labor in Older Couples: How European Grandparents Share Market Work and Childcare. Social Forces, 93, 63–91. Replication files
Leopold, T., Raab, M., & Engelhardt, H. (2014). The Transition to Parent Care: Costs, Commitments and Caregiver Selection Among Children. Journal of Marriage and Family, 76, 300–318. Replication files
Pink, S., Leopold, T., & Engelhardt, H. (2014). Fertility and Social Interaction at the Workplace. Does Childbearing Spread Among Colleagues? Advances in Life Course Research, 21, 113–122.
2013
Leopold, T., & Raab, M. (2013). The Temporal Structure of Intergenerational Exchange: A Within-Family Analysis of Parent-Child Reciprocity. Journal of Aging Studies, 27, 252–263.
2012
Leopold, T. (2012). The Legacy of Leaving Home: Long-Term Effects of Coresidence on Parent-Child Relationships. Journal of Marriage and Family, 74, 399–412.
Leopold, T., Geißler, F., & Pink, S. (2012). How Far Do Children Move? Spatial Distances After Leaving the Parental Home. Social Science Research, 41, 991–1002.
2011
Leopold, T., & Schneider, T. (2011). Family Events and the Timing of Intergenerational Transfers. Social Forces, 90, 595–616.
Leopold, T., & Raab, M. (2011). Short-Term Reciprocity in Late Parent-Child Relationships. Journal of Marriage and Family, 73, 105–119.