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Increasing population ageing and demographic change are accompanied by greater diversity among later age cohorts. This phenomenon is evident with regard to the specific aspect of sexual and gender diversity. In recent decades, an increasing number of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBT*) people who have lived through periods with different levels of social acceptance ...
In:
KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie
77 (2025), 4, 911–935
| Robert Heidemann, Lisa de Vries, Zaza Zindel, Ralf Lottmann
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Background While the number of descendants of voluntary and forced migrants rises, disparities in early childhood development (ECD) between these groups remain underexplored. Methods Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (2004-2021; N = 1826), which includes a representative sample of refugees in Germany, we compared developmental outcomes across five domains (communication, daily skills, ...
In:
European Journal of Public Health
35 (2025), 1
| Valeriia Heidemann, Sabine Zinn, Louise Biddle
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This study investigates the impact of an increase in paid parental leave from six to twelve months on children’s long-term outcomes. Our setting—former East Germany—is characterized by high maternal labor market participation and a universal supply of standardized childcare. It thus mitigates identification issues such as selection into the labor market and provides a clear counterfactual to maternal ...
In:
Labour Economics
96 (2025), 102740
| Katharina Heisig, Larissa Zierow
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In the face of workforce shortages and transformation challenges, private-sector workers are valuable recruitment targets for public employers. However, little is still known about the drivers of career transitions across sectors. This study utilizes panel data from Germany to explore extrinsic, intrinsic, and prosocial values of private-to-public sector switchers vis-à-vis workers who change employers ...
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Public Management Review
(online first) (2025), 1–36
| Sandra Henninger, Rick Vogel
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Amid the Ukrainian displacement crisis, private hosting of refugees in Europe has surged, yet its impact on integration remains understudied. This research examines the short- to medium-term effects of private hosting on Ukrainian refugee integration in Germany. Using data from one of the largest non-profit platforms that matches private hosts with refugees, we compare the multidimensional integration ...
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Nature Human Behaviour
9 (2025), 2249–2260
| Mathis Herpell, Moritz Marbach, Niklas Harder, Alexandra Orlova, Dominik Hangartner, Jens Hainmueller
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Socio-economic contexts and spatial effects have received increasing attention at the intersection of sociology and education. This research group has laid substantial groundwork in this emerging field of research by developing concepts and methodological techniques for analysing spatial contexts, by collecting and preparing relevant contextual data that can be linked with survey data, and by measuring ...
In:
Sabine Weinert, Gwendolin Josephine Blossfeld, Hans-Peter Blossfeld ,
Education, Competence Development and Career Trajectories: Analysing Data of the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS)
Cham: Springer International Publishing
249–270
| Steffen Hillmert, Andreas Hartung, Katarina Weßling
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Vergleichsweise unerforscht sind die Effekte des Mindestlohns auf die beitragspflichtigen Arbeitsentgelte in der gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung (GRV). Beitragspflichtige Arbeitsentgelte bei der GRV stehen in einem lediglich indirekten Zusammenhang mit möglichen Mindestlohneffekten, weil Mindestlöhne in Deutschland als Bruttostundenlöhne definiert sind, während für die Höhe der Anwartschaften der Arbeitnehmerinnen ...
Berlin:
Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund (DRV),
2026,
(Deutsche Rentenversicherung 1/2026)
| Ralf Himmelreicher, Jan Leiße
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Previous research has shown that social inequalities in the transition to higher education are a persistent phenomenon in Germany. Additionally, studies indicate that graduates from vocational schools are less likely to enter higher education, compared to their peers who graduated from general schools. However, research is scarce about how social background effects may differ for graduates from vocational ...
In:
Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training
17 (2025), 1, 7
| David Nika
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Free speech is essential for informed decision-making, government efficacy, and fostering innovation in liberal societies. But what promotes or hinders freedom of speech values? Exploiting the natural experiment of German separation and later reunification, we show that living under communism has had lasting effects on free speech opinions, and the convergence process has been slow. East Germans are ...
In:
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
227 (2024),
| Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova
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Wealth inequality results from stratified access to accumulation opportunities, relating to differences in income, financial behavior, and transfers. Yet, it remains unclear whether these wealth accumulation channels differ in their perceived relevance for women and men along the wealth distribution. A deeper understanding of such perceptions is crucial for explaining attitudes toward inequality, shaping ...
OSF Preprints:
2025,
| Theresa Nutz, Nicole Kapelle, Daria Tisch