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The gender gap in fair earnings increases with age due to higher age premium for men

Abstract This study explores how gender and age interact in shaping beliefs about fair pay through a factorial survey experiment conducted with German employees. Respondents evaluated hypothetical worker descriptions varying in age, gender, and earnings. While no gender gap in fair earnings was found for the youngest hypothetical workers, a significant gap favoring men emerged with increasing age. ...

Measuring Historical Inequality in Germany

This article surveys the measurement of historical wealth and income inequality in Germany. We discuss the underlying data sources, the challenges they pose, and the opportunities they create. We also identify two promising avenues for future research. First, we argue that the geographic granularity of German historical statistics provides researchers with the opportunity to investigate the causes ...

Author Correction: School grades and educational attainments of adolescents and young adults born preterm

Attendance in special education (SE) is more common among individuals born preterm than among those born at term. Less is known about school grades of those born preterm in mainstream education (ME), and how these grades predict later educational attainment. This population-based register-linkage study assessed (1) attendance in SE, and then focused on those in ME by assessing (2) school grades at ...

Risk-Taking Behavior of Adolescents and Young Adults Born Preterm

Objectives: To study sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis infections (STCTs), teenage pregnancies, and payment defaults in individuals born preterm as proxies for engaging in risk-taking behavior. Study design: Our population-based register-linkage study included all 191 705 children alive at 10 years (8492 preterm [4.4%]) born without malformations in Finland between January 1987 and September ...

Zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen und zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement (Kap. 10.3)

Does citizenship matter? The impact of citizenship policy on migrants’ living conditions

There have been several changes in German migration policies since the reunification. For example, the Introduction of the birthright citizenship in 2000 can be seen as a radical change in citizenship policies: from an ethno-cultural citizenship regime towards a more liberal one. The study aims to examine the impact of this change on the subjective (measured as perceived discrimination) and objective ...

(Meta)data, Terminologies, Provenance

Researchers need guidance in discovering and applying standards, and tools for (meta)data, terminologies, and provenance addressing their specific needs. In the NFDI each consortium identifies, collects, and develops approaches that might be relevant for the broader research activities by and in the communities. The Working Group “Cookbooks, Guidance, and Best Practices” aims at identifying, collecting, ...

Subjective evaluation of home environment and levels of self-reported depression in middle to old age: Results from the HCHS study

Objectives The immediate living environment might, like other lifestyle factors, be significantly related to mental well-being. The current study addresses the question whether five relevant subjective home environment variables (i.e., protection from disturbing nightlight, daylight entering the home, safety at home, quality of window views, and noise disturbance) are associated with levels of self-reported ...

Bildung in Deutschland kompakt 2022: Zentrale Befunde des Bildungsberichts

Bildung in Deutschland 2022: Ein indikatorengestützter Bericht mit einer Analyse zum Bildungspersonal