My work has been published in international journals such as the European Sociological Review, Work, Employment and Society, Social Forces, Comparative Social Research as well as the International Journal of Comparative Sociology and Social Politics. Below, you will find my most recent publications. For a more detailed overview, please visit my google scholar profile.
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Steinmetz, S. & Guarnerio, M. (2026). The interrelation between women’s labor market vulnerability and occupational segregation in times of crisis - an intersectional perspective (chapter 2). Rubery, J., Sánchez-Mira, N., Insarauto, V. (eds.). Women in turbulent times. Crises, transitions, and challenges for gender equality, Taylor & Francis.
Steinmetz, S., Ortmanns, V. & de Vries, L. (2026). Assessing Sex Assigned at Birth and Gender Identity Measures within the Total Survey Error Framework (chapter 3). Meitinger, K.; Moretti, A. (eds.). Surveying LGBTQ+ Populations: Methodological Challenges and Good Practices within the Total Survey Error Framework, Taylor & Francis.
Ghekiere, A., Martiniello, B., Capistrano, D., Kuhnle, J., Sprong, S., Atay, P., Cebolla Boado, H., Creighton, M., Di Stasio, V., Fernández-Reino, M., Hildebrandt, J., Kapanadze, K., Lachkovska, V., Lancee, B., Lázaro-Bueno, I., Montag, J., Simonovits, B., Steinmetz, S., Strömberg, E., Suárez-Vergne, Á., van Oosten, S., Vass-Vigh, V., Veit, S., Zschirnt, E., & Verhaeghe, P.-P. (2025). The perception of names in experimental studies on ethnic origin: A cross-national validation in Europe. Scientific Data.
Bornatici C., Felder M., Gianettoni L., Mordasini R., & Steinmetz S. (2025). Measuring assigned sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and gender expression in population surveys. FORS Guides, 25, Version 1.0. 1-35. https://doi.org/10.24449/FG-2024-00025
Vacchiano, M., Fernandez, G., Widmer, E., et al. (2024). The Empty Office: protocol for sequential mixed-method study on the impact of telework activities on social relations and well- being. BMJ Open;14:e089232. doi:10.1136 bmjopen-2024-089232
Lindholm, A., Steinmetz, S., & Sapin, M. (2024). Environmental attitudes, concerns, and behaviors across survey modes. Assessing selection and measurement biases in ISSP 2020 ‘Push-to-Web’ surveys. International Journal of Sociology, 54(5–6), 334-354.
Gondek, D., Vandecasteele, L.; Sánchez-Mira, N.; Steinmetz, S.; Mehmeti, T.; Voorpostel, M. (2024). The COVID-19 pandemic and wellbeing in Switzerland-worse for young people? Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 18, 1-12.
Andrade, C.; Steinmetz, S.; Matias, M.; Besamusca, J. (2024): Editorial: Tackling intersecting
inequalities in work-family relations. Frontiers in Sociology, 8. doi:10.3389/fsoc.2023.135624
Gondek, D., García Garzón, E., Sánchez-Mira, N., Vandecasteele, L., Steinmetz, S., Voorpostel, M. (2024). Going beyond the single item: deriving and evaluating a composite subjective wellbeing measure in the Swiss Household Panel. FORS Working Paper Series, paper 2024-1. Lausanne: FORS. DOI: 10.24440/FWP-2024-01
Gondek, D.; Vandecasteele, L.; Sánchez-Mira, N.; Steinmetz, S.; Mehmeti, T.; Voorpostel, M. (2024). The COVID-19 pandemic and well-being in Switzerland-worse for young people? ORS Working Paper Series, paper 2024-1. Lausanne: FORS.
DeVries, L.; S. Steinmetz (2023): Sexual Orientation, Workplace Authority, and Occupational Segregation: Evidence from Germany. Work, Employment and Society, online first: https:/doi.org/10.1177/09500170231158513
Steinmetz, S.; V. Ortmanns; 'Moving beyond the boundaries - Examining the advantages and challenges of a more complex sex and gender identity measure in a Swiss population survey' (under review)
Gërxhani, K.; Foley, W.; Steinmetz, S.; Zschirnt, E.: ‘Hiring discrimination: the influence of referrer versus applicant gender on employer decisions’ (under review)
Vandecasteele, L.; Steinmetz, S.; C. Janssen: 'The COVID generation: the role of poverty and NEET trajectories for young people’s well-being pathways in two cohorts in Switzerland' (in preparation)
Steinmetz, S.; A. D’Agostino: ‘Cross-national wage differences between native and migrant women in the EU’ (in preparation)
Steinmetz, S.; Westhoff, L.; Z. Killhofer: ‘Equalising or Marginalising – how platform work shapes gender inequalities across Europe’ (in preparation)
Steinmetz, S.; Tijdens, K.; S. Visintin: ‘The interrelation between task sex segregation and the gender wage gap – Some evidence of within-occupational gender inequality for the Netherlands’ (in preparation)