The financial situation of the young generation in a generational comparison -- The Persistent Pandemic of Precariousness: Young People at Work -- Comparing Welfare Regime Changes: Living Standards and the Unequal Life Chances of Different Birth Cohorts -- How Does Globalization Affect the Life Courses of Young Men and Women in Modern Societies? -- Traditional Inequalities and New Insecurities: Long-Term Trends in the Transition to the Labor Market in Germany -- German Bundestag Survey on Intergenerational Justice in the Labour Market -- The rush hour of life -- On the Way to Life-Domains Balance: Success Factors and Obstacles -- Shifting Parenthood to Advanced Reproductive Ages: Trends, Causes and Consequences -- The "Rush Hour" of Life: Insecurities and Strains in Early Life Phases as a Challenge for a Life Course-Oriented, Sustainable Social Policy -- On the path to gerontocracy? -- Age Groups and Generations: Lines of Conflict and Potentials for Integration -- Who Wants What from the Welfare State? Socio-structural Cleavages in Distributional Politics: Evidence from Swiss Referendum Votes -- Being Less Active and Outnumbered? -- The Emergence of Pensioners' Parties in Contemporary Europe.