5. März 2025 – Weltweit stirbt laut offiziellen Statistiken alle zehn Minuten eine Frau oder ein Mädchen aufgrund von Gewalt innerhalb der eigenen Familie. In Deutschland erfährt laut den vom Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (BMFSFJ) veröffentlichten Zahlen ungefähr jede vierte Frau mindestens einmal in ihrem Leben körperliche oder sexualisierte Gewalt durch ihren Partner...
Health investments are vital for maintaining physical and mental well-being throughout working life, and their importance is amplified with rising retirement ages due to demographic aging. This is the first study to examine if a longer working life causally increases institutionalized health investments. We explore the impact of a German pension reform that raised the retirement age by three years...
Work-limiting disabilities pose a significant risk to the earnings potential and welfare of older workers. While coverage of public disability insurance (DI) systems is almost universal, the risk of becoming dependent on DI varies across occupations. In this paper, I study the value of public DI across different occupations using data from administrative social security records in Germany. I...
Studie untersucht Einsamkeit in Deutschland auf Basis von aktuellen Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) – 19 Prozent der Menschen fühlen sich manchmal oder häufiger einsam – Im Westen und Süden Deutschlands kommt das Gefühl, Gesellschaft zu vermissen, häufiger vor als im Osten – Besonders einsam sind Menschen mit niedrigem Einkommen Die Zahl der Menschen in Deutschland, die sich einsam fühlen, ...
Background The harmful mental health effects of perceived discrimination for migrant populations are well established. The potential buffering effect of regional-level social capital, however, has not previously been explored. Methods Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP; 2009–2018) we apply multilevel models to assess the effect of frequent or infrequent perceived discrimination on ...
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 ...