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Unemployment influences people’s life satisfaction beyond negative income shocks. A large body of literature investigates these non-pecuniary costs of unemployment and stresses the importance of social norms, especially for men. We add to this literature by showing that norm non-compliance may equally inflate the non-pecuniary loss of well-being for unemployed women. Using German panel data, we use ...
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Labour Economics
95 (2025), 102752
| Tom Günther, Jakob Conradi, Clemens Hetschko
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This study explores the diversity in the personality profiles of solopreneurs in high- and non-high-tech sectors during the initial business phase, driven by the need to determine whether sector specific personality traits are crucial for entrepreneurial success. Utilizing the Big Five personality traits (BFPT), we analyze data on 4,470 solopreneurs from the IAB/ZEW Start-up Panel (2018 and 2019 waves). ...
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Society and Economy
47 (2025), 2, 129–152
| Wolfgang Hagenauer, Harald T. Zipko
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Green transition policies set long-term targets to reduce carbon emissions and other pollutants, posing a threat to workers in polluting occupations and communities reliant on them. Can far-right parties attract voters who anticipate losing from the green transition? We explore this in Germany, which has ambitious green policies and a large workforce in polluting occupations. The far-right AfD started ...
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American Political Science Review
(2025), 1–23
| Vincent Heddesheimer, Hanno Hilbig, Erik Voeten
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Increasing population ageing and demographic change are accompanied by greater diversity among later age cohorts. This phenomenon is evident with regard to the specific aspect of sexual and gender diversity. In recent decades, an increasing number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBT*) people who have lived through periods with different levels of social acceptance ...
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KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
77 (2025), 4, 911–935
| Robert Heidemann, Lisa de Vries, Zaza Zindel, Ralf Lottmann
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Background While the number of descendants of voluntary and forced migrants rises, disparities in early childhood development (ECD) between these groups remain underexplored. Methods Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (2004-2021; N = 1826), which includes a representative sample of refugees in Germany, we compared developmental outcomes across five domains (communication, daily skills, ...
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European Journal of Public Health
35 (2025), 1
| Valeriia Heidemann, Sabine Zinn, Louise Biddle
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Practice testing is an effective learning strategy, yet low-achieving students often underutilize it despite its benefits. This study investigates who benefits from and who engages in practice testing within an authentic educational setting. We collected data from 325 undergraduates (56 % self-identified as female) in a gateway mathematics course, combining survey responses, practice testing records, ...
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Learning and Individual Differences
123 (2025), 102761
| Jakob Schwerter, Fani Lauermann, Taiga Brahm, Kou Murayama
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Recent studies have examined the impact of monetary policy on economic inequality, but have focused on advanced economies and wealth inequality. We analyse the impact of monetary policy on income and consumption inequality estimated from a household level dataset in India. We apply Sign-Restricted VAR and Local Projection models to monthly data for 2014–2023. We show that contractionary monetary policy ...
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Emerging Markets Review
68 (2025), 101318
| Aariya Sen, Rudra Sensarma
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Jugendliche vor Social-Media-Gefahren zu schützen, ist richtig. Doch sie auszusperren, ist Symbolpolitik. Europa muss endlich spürbare Plattformregulierung durchsetzen.
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Zeit online, 2026-03-06
(2026),
| Marcel Fratzscher, Christian Hunkler
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In Deutschland entscheidet nicht das Einkommen darüber, wer ein Haus besitzt – sondern die Eltern. So wird Wohnen zu einer Frage der sozialen Herkunft.
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Zeit online, 2025-10-31
(2025),
| Marcel Fratzscher, Philipp M. Lersch
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Populisten inszenieren Klimaschutz als Klassenkampf und schüren so Ängste. Fakt ist: Das Aus für den Verbrennungsmotor ist sozial, wenn die Kosten fair verteilt werden.
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Zeit online, 2025-10-10
(2025),
| Marcel Fratzscher, Lorenz Meister