Muslimische, schwarze und asiatische Menschen in Deutschland sind häufiger von Armut bedroht als weiße Personen. Und das sogar als Akademiker*innen mit Vollzeitjobs. Von Rassismus betroffene Menschen haben ein höheres Armutsrisiko – auch bei einem hohen Bildungsabschluss oder Vollzeitarbeit. Das stellt eine neue Studie des Nationalen Diskriminierungs- und Rassismusmonitors (NaDiRa) fest, wonach eine ...
The pursuit of science (especially exact sciences) is commonly associated with the male gender. This might have a lot of negative consequences, including discrimination and underrepresentation of female researchers at academia. We conduct two experiments with a series of conditions that make it gradually easier to avoid misattribution of gender of a female scholar. In a novel Found-in-Translation...
The German electricity market has recovered well from the 2022 energy crisis. Policymakers should now redirect the focus of energy policy to further expanding renewable energy sources. The year 2023 showed that the German electricity supply remained secure following the shutdown of nuclear power plants. It is possible, affordable, and plausible in light of climate policy to cover 80 percent of electricity ...
With the increasing urgency to address climate change, understanding public sentiment is crucial for designing effective and socially acceptable environmental policies. Despite the existence of effective tools for the green transition, a significant obstacle for policymakers lies in the lack of public support, hindering their ability to utilize these tools effectively. One tool that has been...
I present first descriptive evidence on gender differences and stereotypes in newspaper coverage of company board members in Germany through quantitative text analysis. Regularized regression shows that family-related terms are predictive of an article being about a woman. An association of women with family and men with careers is also shown in dictionary-based analyses using the term frequency...
