Immer wieder wird die soziale Ungleichheit beim Übergang in die Hochschule thematisiert. Diese Debatte wird überwiegend aus der Perspektive der Chancengerechtigkeit geführt. Weniger diskutiert werden die ökonomische Fehlallokation von Ressourcen und die damit verbundene Ineffizienz. Dass Studienberechtigte aus nicht-akademischen Familien, bei gleicher Leistung, signifikant seltener ein Studium aufnehmen ...
While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the distribution of wealth within couples. For this purpose, we make use of unique individual level micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). In married and cohabiting couples, men have, on average, 33,000 Euro more net worth than women. We look at five different sets of factors (demographics, ...
While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the distribution of wealth within couples. For this purpose, we make use of unique individual level micro data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). In married and cohabiting couples men's net worth, on average, is 33,000 euros higher than women's. We look at five different sets of factors ...
We examine how children aged zero to 6 years with migration background and those who live with lone parents, or on low income or social assistance differ from other less disadvantaged groups in their use of formal ECEC services and non-formal education activities. Previous studies have shown that attendance rates are lower for children in some of these groups, who might benefit disproportionately from ...