This paper investigates the redistributive impact of private and public childcare provision and education on children's resources in Germany between 2009 and 2013. It takes account of the multidimensionality of children's needs and access to economic resources by applying an extended income approach. Combining survey data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) with administrative data from ...
The first paper investigates if the greater variety in living arrangements contributes to increased resource disparities among children in Germany. Children in single parent families are disadvantaged in at least three dimensions decisive for their later achievements: material standard of living, parental education, and parental childcare time. We compute multidimensional inequality and poverty indices ...
Soziale Ungleichheiten sind komplex und vielschichtig. Was ein gutes Leben ausmacht und was gerecht ist, wird sehr unterschiedlich beurteilt. Ähnliches gilt für die soziale Mobilität, die in der Ökonomie zumeist den Zusammenhang zwischen den Einkommen von Eltern und ihren Kindern meint. Einkommen stehen im Mittelpunkt der Betrachtung, da sie die Entwicklungs- und Teilhabemöglichkeiten von Menschen ...