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The replacement rate that maintains income satisfaction through retirement: The question of income-dependence

Benchmark replacement rates are commonly used to set up saving plans or to assess retirement preparedness. An open question is whether high earners need the same replacement rate as low earners. In this paper, I apply the GAESE framework, an approach known from the equivalence scale literature, to assess how the replacement rate that maintains income satisfaction through retirement relates to income ...

Die Messung von Bildung bei Migrantinnen und Migranten in Umfragen

Da das höchste erreichte Bildungsniveau in deutschen Umfragen gewöhnlich durch spezifisch deutsche Schul- und Ausbildungsabschlüsse erfasst wird, sind die entsprechenden Fragebogenitems für Personen mit ausländischen Abschlüssen oftmals schwer zu beantworten. Dieser Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über verschiedene Ansätze zur Messung von Bildung bei Personen mit ausländischen Bildungsabschlüssen, insbes. ...

Hinrich Wildfang, Spiel nicht mit den Schmuddelkindern? Eine multiskalare Analyse von Effekten der sozialen Komposition auf die Bildungswahlentscheidung am Ende der Grundschulzeit. Baden-Baden: Nomos 2022, 281 S., kt., 59,00 €

Wären die Schullaufbahnen von Kindern, die in der Berliner Gropiusstadt oder in Köln Chorweiler aufwachsen, erfolgreicher, wenn sie mit ihren Familien in Dahlem oder in Hahnwald lebten? Die Frage lässt sich auch umkehren: Hätten Kinder aus Dahlem und Hahnwald weniger Erfolg im Schulsystem, wenn sie in der Gropiusstadt oder in Chorweiler wohnten. Hier setzt das Buch von Hinrich Wildfang an, das die ...

In Reply: Letters to the Editor Attitudes Toward Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination in Germany A Representative Analysis of Data From the Socio-Economic Panel for the Year 2021

Shlomo Yitzhaki (1944–2023): In Memoriam

Left Behind Together and Voting for Populism: Regional Out-Migration, Civic Engagement and the Electoral Success of Populist Radical Right Parties

According to the academic debate, the populist radical right is particularly successful in regions that have been left behind economically or culturally. Although civic engagement in networks of civil society, a specific form of social capital, seems important, its influence remains ambiguous. In contrast, regional out-migration as a social dimension of being left behind receives limited attention ...

Place of Residence Does Matter for Educational Integration: The Relevance of Spatial Contexts for Refugees' Transition to VET in Germany

For the mostly young refugees who arrived in Germany around 2015/2016, completing vocational education and training (VET) represents the most promising opportunity for professional and social integration. However, access opportunities to VET are characterized by spatial inequalities: German districts vary considerably according to labour market structure, economic productivity and demographic development, ...

Parental leave policies, work (re)entry, and second birth: Do differences between migrants and non-migrants in Germany increase?

The paper investigates migrant–nonmigrant differentials over time among women in Germany after their first childbirth; we look at the transitions to paid work or to a second child. Our observation period covers almost 30 years, in which family policies changed substantially. Most notably, the year 2007 marked a shift in (West) Germany’s parental leave policy from a conservative family model to a policy ...

Exploring contextual effects of post-migration housing environment on mental health of asylum seekers and refugees: A cross-sectional, population-based, multi-level analysis in a German federal state

Asylum seekers and refugees (ASR) in Germany are dispersed quasi-randomly to state-provided, collective accommodation centres. We aimed to analyse contextual effects of post-migration housing environment on their mental health. We drew a balanced random sample of 54 from 1 938 accommodation centres with 70 634 ASR in Germany’s 3rd largest federal state. Individual-level data on depression and anxiety ...

Are Men or Women More Unsettled by Fixed-Term Contracts? Gender Differences in Affective Job Insecurity and the Role of Household Context and Labour Market Positions

This study investigates differences in the causal effect of fixed-term contracts on affective job insecurity by gender and household context in Germany. Research shows that workers in fixed-term employment are more unsettled about their job security than are permanent employees. We contribute to the literature on subjective job insecurity by explicitly modelling the causal effect of fixed-term employment ...