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Who experiences subjective job insecurity due to digital transformation in Germany?

In vielen Ländern geht die Digitalisierung mit tiefgreifenden Veränderungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt einher, darunter eine Polarisierung von Beschäftigung und Löhnen sowie ein Rückgang des Beschäftigungswachstums. Über die individuellen Folgen der Digitalisierung ist wenig bekannt, insbesondere im Hinblick auf die unterschiedliche Betroffenheit sozialer Gruppen. In dieser Studie untersuchen wir die Relevanz ...

The Long-Run Effects of Immigration: Evidence Across a Barrier to Refugee Settlement

After the end of World War II in 1945, millions of refugees arrived in what in 1949 became the Federal Republic of Germany. We examine their effect on today's productivity, wages, income, rents, education, and population density at the municipality level. Our identification strategy is based on a spatial discontinuity in refugee settlement at the border between the French and US occupation zones ...

K3.4 Health of Central and Eastern European migrants

Health of Central and Eastern European migrants in Germany: healthy migrant effects and good health maintained?

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the health level and health dynamics of migrants from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), broadly defined, in Germany. Population health in CEE compares badly to Germany. Lifestyle changes and access to better health care in Germany can lead to health improvement of migrants. Design/methodology/approach: Longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic ...

Sports Activity Levels of Sexual Minority Groups in Germany

It is widely assumed that LGBT+ people may feel insecure and unwelcome in sports settings, which are often characterized by a binary gender order and a culture of heteronormativity. Previous research also suggests that LGBT+ individuals experience homophobia in the context of sport. Despite these findings, reliable quantitative data on the sports participation levels of sexual minority groups are scarce. ...

The reliability of adult self-reported height: The role of interviewers

Surveys serve as an important source of information on key anthropometric characteristics such as body height or weight in the population. Such data are often obtained by directly asking respondents to report those values. Numerous studies have examined measurement errors in this context by comparing reported to measured values. However, little is known on the role of interviewers on the prevalence ...

Morbidity and mortality in adults with congenital heart defects in the third and fourth life decade

Objectives: The population of adults with congenital heart defects (ACHD) is continuously growing. Data on morbidity and mortality of ACHD are limited. This longitudinal observational study examined a group of ACHD with surgically corrected or palliated congenital heart defects (CHD) during a 15-year period. Methods: ACHD that had participated in the initial study were invited for a follow-up examination. ...

Getting Better or Getting Worse? A Population-Based Study on Trends in Self-Rated Health among Single Mothers in Germany between 1994 and 2018

Background: While numerous studies suggest that single motherhood is associated with socioeconomic disadvantages and poor health, few studies have analyzed how these conditions have evolved over time. Addressing this gap, we examined the temporal development of self-rated health (SRH) among single compared to partnered mothers, and the role of socioeconomic factors that may have influenced this trend. ...

Understanding the Learning Experiences of Highly Educated Refugees from Iraq and Syria En Route to Economic Integration in Luxembourg

This qualitative exploratory study sought to understand highly educated Iraqi and Syrian refugees’ perceptions of their learning experiences during economic integration in Luxembourg. This research sought to elucidate how these new migrants learned to integrate in a country with a long tradition of migration but little exposure to Arabic-speaking groups. Further, it sought to explore participants’ ...

Pension Entitlements and Net Wealth in Austria

This study combines data from the HFCS (Household Finance and Consumption Survey) and the social security registry to estimate the present value of public pension entitlements for Austria in the year 2017. The household averages of the present value of pension entitlements and of private net wealth turn out to be similar (both amounting to around €250,000) which is in line with the results for other ...