Christina Boll

Dr. Christina Boll is Head of the Department 'The Family and Family Policy' at the German Youth Institute (DJI) in Munich. She holds a habilitation in Sociology from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and a PhD in Economics from Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel. Since 2017, she has served as Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Applied Sciences of the Federal Employment Agency.

Her research examines family economics, gender inequality in labor markets, life course analyses (employment/educational biographies), childcare division, migration impacts on family structures, and policy evaluation. Key themes include:

• Gender pay gap dynamics across life stages
• Parental employment patterns during COVID-19
• Childcare policy impacts on maternal labor participation
• Economic well-being of single-parent households
• Intergenerational transmission of inequality

Publications reflect sustained focus on gender economics, with recent work analyzing pandemic effects on family labor division. Articles cluster around childcare policy evaluation, wage inequality mechanisms, and longitudinal analysis of employment trajectories.

Scientific Awards:
Deutscher Studienpreis (2011, 2nd Place) for doctoral dissertation on motherhood-related wage penalties

Leadership & Committees:

• Member of Scientific Advisory Board for Family Affairs (BMFSFJ)
• Expert for European Commission's SAAGE network on Gender Equality
• Commission member for Germany's 10th Family Report
• Former advisor to Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on poverty reports