Informal childcare care by grandparents, other relatives or friends is an important source of support in many Western countries, including Germany. Yet the role of this type of care is often overlooked in accounts of social policies supporting families with children, which tend to focus on formal childcare. This article examines whether the large formal childcare expansion occurring in Germany in the ...
DIW-Forscherin Adriana Cardozo hat untersucht, wer in Deutschland Geld ins Ausland überweist. Die Debatte sollte sich überhaupt nicht um Geflüchtete drehen, denn nur sieben Prozent der Geflüchteten sind in der Lage, Geld nach Hause zu senden. Nicht-Migrant*innen, also alle Deutschen ohne Migrationshintergrund, überweisen meist Geld an ihre Kinder, die z.B. im Ausland studieren. 1,5 Prozent dieser...
Typically, poverty risk is assessed at the household level, neglecting within-couple income inequality and the role of individual characteristics in vulnerability to income poverty. This paper uses SOEP data and a quasi-experimental event study design to investigate poverty dynamics within couples over an 8-year period around the first birth. It follows partnered women (N=1,174) and men (N=1,137)...
The newspaper coverage of CEOs is highly gendered with more family-related language used in newspaper articles on female than male company leaders. In a randomized online experiment, we ask whether this stereotypical representation affects readers' beliefs about CEO competence, firm performance, and resulting financial decision-making. We show participants articles consisting of elements from real...
Wie entsteht und wie reproduziert sich in der deutschen Bevölkerung Reichtum (insbesondere) am oberen Ende der Vermögensverteilung? Die neue und weltweit einzigartige SOEP-Sonderstichprobe vermögender Privatpersonen in Deutschland (SOEP-P) umfasst über 1.100 Netto-Euro-Millionär*innen (, wobei die reichste Person über mehr als 130 Millionen Euro verfügt,) und ist in die SOEP-Hauptstichprobe...
How is wealth created and reproduced within the German society? What role do inheritances and parental background play for top wealth holdings? SOEP-P is a new and worldwide unique sample of wealthy individuals in Germany. It comprises more than 1,100 millionaires (with the richest person having a net wealth of more than 130 million Euros) and is fully integrated into the general SOEP household...
