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The Impact of Sandwich Care on Employment and Well-Being in Germany

The provision of informal care has received a lot of attention during the past few decades. In the case of recurring parental care needs, adults may find themselves confronted with the task of juggling informal care for their parents and care for their children at the same time. These carers are typically called sandwich carers. Using data from the 2001–2019 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel, ...

Wealth Inequality among Families in a Changing Demographic Landscape: Evidence from Germany

The role of demographic change for wealth inequality remains underexplored. This study analyzes how shifts in population aging, immigration, partnership status, educational attainment, and female labor force participation influenced wealth inequality in West Germany between 1988 and 2017, focusing on households with children. Our findings reveal that while overall wealth inequality remained stable, ...

On Good Deeds and the Reproduction of Social Inequality: An Empirical Study on Social Class and Volunteering in Germany

This study re-examines volunteering through Pierre Bourdieu’s theoretical framework, arguing that in Germany and other western countries, volunteering functions as a means of accumulating symbolic capital (i.e. social recognition and status). Individuals from higher social classes are increasingly investing in this field, thereby restricting access for those from lower classes. Using data from the ...

Angry together or agitated alone? The role of social capital in the geographies of discontent

Research on the spatial variation in ‘populist’ and ‘anti-establishment’ voting focuses on the role of ‘left behind places’, where these parties are particularly successful in regions that have been left behind economically or culturally. Applying this perspective to the German case, this paper examines the spatial distribution of ‘populist’ and ‘anti-establishment’ voting. Using micro-data from the ...

Educational qualifications, recognition, training aspirations and educational attainment

Mitgebrachte Bildungsabschlüsse, Anerkennung, Ausbildungsaspirationen und Bildungserwerb

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