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Wind of Change? Cultural Determinants of Maternal Labor Supply

Does the culture in which a woman grows up influence her labor market decisions once she has had a child? And to what extent can exposure to a different cultural group in adulthood shape maternal labor supply? To address these questions, we exploit the setting of the German reunification. A state socialist country, East Germany strongly encouraged mothers to participate in the labor market full-time, ...

Social Norms and the Labour Market Integration of Women: Three Lessons Learnt from German Women since World War II

In light of persistent gender inequality on the labour market, I investigate how social norms affect women’s labour market integration along two dimensions: through reduced labour supply upon the arrival of children and through constraints on geographic mobility. I first look at the persistence and change of gender norms around the time of childbirth. To that end, I explore the setting of the German ...

Are Retirees More Satisfied? Anticipation and Adaptation Effects: A Causal Panel Analysis of German Statutory Insured and Civil Service Pensioners

This study contributes to the subjective well-being and retirement literature by quantifying life satisfaction before (4) and after retirement (9+) periods asking: Are retirees more satisfied? Fixed-effects and causal instrumental variables (IV) estimates with individual longitudinal data of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP, 33 waves) analyze anticipation and adaptation retirement effects of statutory ...

Physical Intimacy in Older Couples’ Everyday Lives: Its Frequency and Links With Affect and Salivary Cortisol

Objectives: Physical intimacy is important for communicating affection in romantic relationships. Theoretical and empirical work highlights linkages between physical intimacy, affect, and physiological stress among young and middle-aged adults, but not older adults. We examine physical intimacy and its associations with positive and negative affect and cortisol levels in the daily lives of older couples. ...

Der Übergang von neu zugewanderten Kindern und Jugendlichen in das deutsche Bildungssystem

Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wie der Übergang von neu zugewanderten Kindern und Jugendlichen in das deutsche Bildungssystem von diesen sogenannten Seiteneinsteiger*innen sowie den beteiligten Lehrkräften (aus-)gestaltet wird. Zur empirischen Untersuchung wird auf ethnografisch gewonnene Daten aus einem situationsanalytischen Forschungsprojekt sowie ergänzend auf zwei quantitative Datensätze ...

Auf Kosten des Volkes!" Rechtspopulistische Positionen zu Klima und Umwelt

Die Broschüre "Auf Kosten des Volkes!" Rechtspopulistische Positionen zu Klima und Umwelt geht folgenden Fragen nach: Ist die Ablehnung von Klimaschutz kennzeichnend für Rechtspopulismus? Und wenn ja, wieso ist das so? Teilen die Anhänger:innen des Rechtspopulismus und auch breitere Bevölkerungsteile die Anti-Klima-Positionen? Und: Was bedeutet ein Erstarken des Rechtspopulismus für eine ...

Rechtspopulismus vs. Klimaschutz?: Positionen, Einstellungen, Erklärungsansätze (Transformationen Band 9)

Coronavirus: Zwei Jahre Corona – und wir haben so wenig verstanden

Die Pandemie hat vieles offengelegt. Wie verletzlich wir sind, wie hilflos die Politik. Noch schlimmer aber: wie verzerrt unser Blick auf Gesundheit ist.

Zeitgespräch: Armut in Deutschland — Einfluss der Coronapandemie noch nicht ablesbar

While the risk of poverty increased quite markedly around the turn of the millennium, a further but flatter increase can be subsequently observed. The development was also accompanied by a stronger increase in the at-risk-of-poverty threshold, particularly in the wake of the positive income trend in the years prior to the coronavirus pandemic. The extent to which the corona pandemic influenced poverty ...

Zeitgespräch: Einkommen und Kreditschulden privater Haushalte

This article describes the development of the needs-weighted net household income of persons in private households in Germany since the year 2000. It also focuses on the presentation of the prevalence and amount of credit debts of private households. The central result is that the share of repayments for loans in Germany has been declining overall since 2000. In particular, the share of households ...