The study examines the geographic mobility of dual-earner couples using data from the German Socio-economic Panel. Although the predictions of the microeconomic family migration model are by and large met, gender ideology also plays a significant role in the explanation of family migration behavior. Splitting the sample of dual-earners into traditional and egalitarian couples reveals that job-related ...
Inequality with respect to personal earned income has increased in recent years. This trend has gone hand in hand with changes in both the employment constellations of households and the labor market activity of individuals (e.g. through 'minijobs'). In particular, the years since 2000 have seen a rise in the share of households with no market income because their members are either registered or hidden ...
Leisure is an important domain of life in modern societies. To find out who participates in what leisure activities, two different theoretical approaches are available. Classical inequality theories posit that differences in leisure activities are strongly connected with social position. In contrast, lifestyle theory concepts argue that socio-economic differences have lost their impact with the overall ...
Bonn:
Bundesministerium für Gesundheit und Soziale Sicherung,
2005,
331 S.
| Martin Kohli, Harald Künemund, Claudia Vogel, Markus Gilles, Jan Paul Heisig, Jürgen Schupp, Andrea Schäfer, Romy Hilbrich
In:
Gerhard Huber (Hrsg.) ,
Einkommensverteilung, technischer Fortschritt und struktureller Wandel
Marburg : Metropolis-Verl.
S. 101-110
| Gert G. Wagner, Jürgen Schupp, Stefan Liebig
In den modernen Gesellschaften ist die Freizeit eine Dimension des Lebens, die immer mehr an Bedeutung gewinnt und die Erklärung von Unterschieden im Freizeitverhalten soziologisch interessant macht. Die "subjektzentrierte" Lebensstilforschung vertritt die Ansicht, dass sozio-ökonomische Unterschiede auf Grund der langfristigen Verbesserung der materiellen Lebensumstände an Bedeutung verloren haben ...
In:
Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
57 (2005), 2, S. 254-277
| Bettina Isengard