Objectives SARS-CoV-2 infections were unequally distributed during the pandemic, with those in disadvantaged socioeconomic positions being at higher risk. Little is known about the underlying mechanism of this association. This study assessed to what extent educational differences in SARS-CoV-2 infections were mediated by working from home.Methods We used data of the German working population derived ...
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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
50 (2024), 3, S. 168–177
| Benjamin Wachtler, Florian Beese, Ibrahim Demirer, Sebastian Haller, Timo-Kolja Pförtner, Morten Wahrendorf, Markus M. Grabka, Jens Hoebel
Der Leibniz Wissenschaftscampus SOEP-RegioHub untersucht, wie regionale Unterschiede in Deutschland – beispielsweise in strukturellen, demografischen und wirtschaftlichen Bereichen – den gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt beeinflussen und sich auf politische Einstellungen und Verhaltensweisen auswirken. Ziel ist es, ein tieferes Verständnis für die komplexen Wechselwirkungen zwischen regionalen...
Am Mittwoch, den 6. November 2024, wurde der Sozialbericht 2024 vorgestellt, der in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Sozio-oekonomischen Panel entstanden ist. Herausgeber sind das Statistische Bundesamt (Destatis), das Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) und das Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB).
Der Sozialbericht (bisher: „Datenreport“) enthält zahlreiche Analysen zu den Lebensverhältnissen ...
Stock market participation among working household heads jumped upwards in 2020-in Germany by about 25%. A major cause is the required use of work from home (WfH). We show this by repeating a benchmark study and adding WfH to the explanatory variables. Moreover, we implement an instrumental variables estimation based on industry-specific levels of WfH-capacity. The transmission channels seem to work ...
Disruptions of labor market trajectories have lasting effects on later economic success. Displacement due to forced labor conscription is a disruption that remains understudied despite its continued prevalence in contemporary contexts. I investigate the consequences of exposure to forced labor conscription for individuals' long-term labor market outcomes. I exploit the fact that cohorts of Dutch...