While almost all charities rely on a set of donor appreciation strategies, their effectiveness for the success of fundraising campaigns is underresearched. Through two preregistered field studies conducted in collaboration with a leading German opera house (N = 10,000), we explore the significance of expressing gratitude and examine two different approaches to doing so. Our first study investigates ...
Comparisons are crucial in shaping evaluations of one’s own position. Following this notion, we investigated the role of historical, financial, partner, occupational, and regional pay referents in predicting the just gross hourly earnings in a representative sample of German workers. Looking at this broad range of pay referents, we find that higher reference earnings were generally associated with ...
Divorce marks the legal endpoint of a marital union. While divorce is increasingly seen as a ‘clean break’, the past marital history of the couple may nevertheless shape their present conditions. In particular, there may be a legacy of a highly gendered division of labour during marriage that may affect the ex-spouses’ earning trajectories beyond the date of divorce. Using register data from the German ...
Die Sozialwissenschaftlerin Sabine Zinn leitet ab sofort das Sozio-oekonomische Panel (SOEP) im Deutschen Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin) und tritt dem DIW-Vorstand bei. Das DIW-Kuratorium hat sie bereits im Mai in diese Positionen berufen. Mit der Vertragsunterzeichnung wird ihre Ernennung nun offiziell. Gleichzeitig verlängerte das Kuratorium die Verträge von Vorstandsmitglied Alexander ...
Background: The co-occurrence of many refugees arriving in Germany in 2015 and 2016 and the increase in anti-refugee attitudes among Germans suggests an association. High levels of public concern about immigration, now again in 2025, emphasize the importance of identifying predictors of attitudes towards refugees in general. Aims: The objective is to test whether high regional shares of refugees (share ...
Spätestens seit der Einführung des Geschlechtseintrags „divers“ im Personenstandsrecht im Jahr 2018 ist die quantitativ-empirische Sozialforschung mit der Frage konfrontiert, wie Geschlecht in Befragungen erhoben werden soll. Dieser Beitrag setzt sich kritisch mit der aktuellen Erhebungspraxis auseinander und untersucht, wie Geschlecht in Befragungen konzeptionell trennscharf und empirisch valide erhoben ...
We analyze how machine learning predictions may improve antibiotic prescribing in the context of the global health policy challenge of increasing antibiotic resistance. Estimating a binary antibiotic treatment choice model, we find variation in the skill to diagnose bacterial urinary tract infections and in how general practitioners trade off the expected cost of resistance against antibiotic curative ...
