*************POSTPONED*****************To promote integration, the German government enacted the Residential Obligation Act (Wohnsitzauflage) in 2016, which obliges refugees to maintain their residence in the states to which they have been assigned for a period of three years from the time they are granted asylum or temporary residence. Studies addressing this policy have found controversial...
Using detailed data from a unique survey of high school graduates in Germany, we document a gender gap in expected full-time earnings of more than 15%. We decompose this early gender gap and find that especially differences in coefficients help explain different expectations. In particular, the effects of having time for family as career motive and being first-generation college student are associated ...
Bosch-Domènech et al. (2014) reported a negative association between 2D:4D, a suggested marker of prenatal testosterone exposure, and the Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT) in a sample of 623 university students. In this pre-registered study, we test if we can replicate their findings in a general population sample of over 2,500 individuals from Germany. We find no statistically significant association ...
Die Mehrheit der geflüchteten Frauen, die zwischen 2013 und 2019 und damit auch zum Höhepunkt der Fluchtmigration 2015 nach Deutschland kamen, ist nicht erwerbstätig. Auf Grundlage von Daten aus der IAB-BAMF-SOEP-Geflüchteten- Befragung sucht diese Studie nach Erklärungen für die begrenzte Erwerbsbeteiligung von Frauen mit Fluchthintergrund. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass eine Kombination aus niedrigem ...