This paper examines the gaps in Germany’s data infrastructure for responding to crises, as revealed during COVID-19, and argues that linking the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) with administrative health records would strengthen the country’s ability to generate equity-sensitive evidence during future health-related crises. Drawing on evidence from the RKI-SOEP study, we illustrate the added value of combining ...
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Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik
(2026), im Ersch.[online first: 2026-07-13]
| Alexander Lepe, Ingo Kolodziej, Sabine Zinn
Introduction Most people want two or more children, but many do not realize their fertility desires. At the same time, recent studies suggest that up to 15% of parents regret having children. To investigate how fertility mismatch relates to well-being (i.e., affect balance, life satisfaction, family life satisfaction, and work satisfaction), this preregistered study used nationally representative cross-sectional ...
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Journal of Personality
(2026), im Ersch. [online first: 2026-04-01]
| Laura Buchinger, Michael D. Krämer, Manon A. van Scheppingen, Denis Gerstorf
This article explains how the triadic brokering system in the European Union affects the conditions of work and pay of mobile care workers. Using original survey data gathered from Polish care workers in Germany, the authors found that workers earn less money the more hours they work. Based on qualitative interviews with care workers and representatives of labor market intermediaries, they argue that ...
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International Labour Review
(2026), im Ersch. [online first: 2026-03-26]
| Kamil Matuszczyk, Magdalena Nowicka, Niklas Harder, Mathis Herpell
Cluster-Seminar Öffentliche Finanzen und Lebenslagen
Public health insurance for U.S. children has expanded dramatically through Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), yet the biological mechanisms linking these policies to long-run health remain poorly understood. We test whether childhood eligibility for Medicaid/CHIP causally affects epigenetic aging measures. Using longitudinal epigenetic data from the Fragile Families and...
Der englische Originaltitel des Seminars lautet: “The biological trace of public health policies: how Medicaid improved epigenetic aging in adolescence”. Die Präsentation findet auf Englisch statt.
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Der englische Originaltitel des Seminars lautet: “The Unequal Distribution of Bitterness: Tracing Ressentiment in Times of Change”. Die Präsentation findet auf Englisch statt.
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Modern democracies are undergoing multiple, overlapping transformations, driven by globalization, digitalization, migration, inequality, and climate change. While some adapt with openness, others experience what Mau et al. (2023) term Veränderungserschöpfung – change fatigue: the sense that “too much is changing, too fast, and all at once.” This paper examines whether and how such fatigue...