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Does Performance Pay Increase the Risk of Worker Loneliness?

Increased wages and productivity associated with performance pay can be beneficial to both employers and employees. However, performance pay can also entail unintended consequences for workers’ well-being. This study is the first to systematically examine the association between performance pay and loneliness, a significant social well-being concern. Using representative survey data from Germany, I ...

Dyadic analyses of the effects of atypical work arrangements and employment insecurity on the institutionalization of intimate relationships: Outline of the DFG-funded research project DAUPIN

The main research question of the DAUPIN project is how atypical employment constellations of couples affect perceptions of economic insecurity and couples’ decisionmaking. In particular, the project examines whether the man’s fixed-term employment changes the female’s perceptions of economic insecurity and family-related decisions, and whether the female’s permanent employment compensates for economic ...

Gleichmäßigere Aufteilung von Land förderte den Wohlstand: Interview

Rentenvermögen macht Großteil des Vermögens der ärmeren Bevölkerungshälfte in Deutschland aus

Das Rentenvermögen, also der Gegenwartswert der Ansprüche an die gesetzliche Rentenversicherung, betriebliche Altersvorsorge und Beamt*innenpensionen, wird typischerweise nicht in die Berechnung von Nettovermögen einbezogen. Nach Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) stellt das Rentenvermögen mit durchschnittlich 33 Prozent nach dem Immobilienvermögen den zweitwichtigsten Baustein im Vermögensportfolio ...

Maternal mental health and adverse birth outcomes

Recent research in economics emphasizes the role of in utero conditions for the health endowment at birth and in early childhood and for social as well as economic outcomes in later life. This paper analyzes the relation between maternal mental health during pregnancy and birth outcomes of the child. In particular, we analyze the relationship between maternal mental health during pregnancy and the ...

Chapter 24: Pre- and perinatal influences on intergenerational transmission of inequality

Many researchers argue that children in poorer households are at a higher risk of adverse conditions in-utero and shortly after birth, which in turn could affect their later-life outcomes negatively. In this article, we present a summary of recent articles that have contributed to a better understanding of the relevance of prenatal and perinatal outcomes on the process of intergenerational transmission ...

Linke fordern Grüne auf: Verhindert die Bezahlkarte in Essen

Essen. Im Streit um die Bezahlkarte für Flüchtlinge fordern Linke: Die Grünen sollten an der Ablehnung ihrer Karte festhalten – gegen ihren Partner CDU.

Relative education of recent refugees in Germany and the Middle East: Is selectivity reflected in migration and destination decisions?

In this paper, relative education profiles of recent refugees arriving to Germany from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan are described and compared to the profiles of Syrians in Jordan and Lebanon and of internally displaced Iraqis. Relative education describes a migrant's position in the educational distribution of the origin population. For recent refugees, relative education could be reflected in ...

Spatial overlap: trade-offs in refugees' residential choices

Social science research gives rise to what we call the 'refugee mobility puzzle': While restrictions on the freedom of residence limit refugees' socio-economic integration, those who do not face such restrictions often move to areas with high unemployment that similarly hinder their labor market prospects. This study addresses a central element of this puzzle: What draws refugees to ...

Spiel nicht mit den Schmuddelkindern?: Eine multiskalare Analyse von Effekten der sozialen Komposition auf die Bildungswahlentscheidung am Ende der Grundschulzeit

Es wird der kausale Effekt der sozialen Komposition verschieden skalierter sozialräumlicher Kontexte unter Berücksichtigung unterschiedlicher Schwellenwerte analysiert. Ermöglicht wird dies durch eine aufwändige und für den deutschen Kontext einzigartige Aufarbeitung verschiedener Datenquellen. Es zeigen sich zum einen heterogene Effekte der sozialen Komposition auf die Übergangswahrscheinlichkeit ...