This study provides a synopsis of the current fieldwork monitoring practices of large-scale surveys in Germany. Based on the results of a standardized questionnaire, the study summarizes fieldwork monitoring indicators used and fieldwork measures carried out by 17 large-scale social sciences surveys in Germany. Our descriptive results reveal that a common set of fieldwork indicators and measures exist ...
Using a DNA-based polygenic index, we explored geographical and historical differences in polygenic associations with educational attainment in East and West Germany around the time of reunification. This index was derived from a prior genome-wide association study on educational attainment in democratic countries. In 1,930 individuals aged 25 to 85 years from the SOEP-G[ene] cohort, the magnitude ...
Der Deutsche Bundestag hat heute dem millardenschweren Finanzpaket zugestimmt, auf das sich Union und SPD mit den Grünen geeinigt hatten. Dazu eine Einschätzung von Marcel Fratzscher, Präsident des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin):
Artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly affects individuals’ private and professional lives. Importantly, both the acceptance and adoption of new AI technologies in society is heavily impacted by the attitudes that people hold; yet, there is currently limited information on how people perceive and intend to use AI at the national and demographic levels. Therefore, this study examined a random sample ...
This study investigates the impact of child-related absence from work on the income of working mothers and fathers, addressing a significant research gap in sociology and labour economics. While previous research has established that gender and parenthood significantly influence income levels, the consequences of caring for a sick child—a common and unpredictable responsibility—remain inadequately ...
The transition to parenthood is a critical period that exacerbates gendered economic inequality, with mothers more likely than their partners to experience employment disruptions and income losses. This study examines individual poverty risk among partnered indivduals (N=1,237) in Germany from a life course perspective, analyzing how gendered career patterns around first births between 1992 and 2013 ...
„Verkehr in Zahlen“ (ViZ) ist seit nunmehr mehr als 50 Jahren das Standardwerk der Verkehrsstatistik in Deutschland. Das Kompendium enthält auf rd. 380 Seiten aktuelle Zahlen und Zeitreihen zu allen relevanten Themen aus den Bereichen Mobilität und Verkehr.Der Inhalt erstreckt sich von Jahreswerten zu Investitionen in die Infrastruktur über Daten zur Verkehrsinfrastruktur, zu Unfällen, zum...
For more than 50 years now, “Verkehr in Zahlen” (ViZ) has been the standard reference work for transport statistics in Germany. The compendium contains around 380 pages of current figures and time series on all relevant topics in the fields of mobility and transport. The content ranges from annual figures on infrastructure investment to data on transport infrastructure, accidents, traffic volume...
