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The Role of Polygenic Indices in Inequality of Opportunity

Equality of opportunity is a principle of social justice, although there are different conceptions of it. We distinguish between fair and luck egalitarian equality of opportunity. Both conceptions consider to be unfair inequalities in life chances resulting from ascribed characteristics such as social origin and sex. They differ, however, in that fair equality of opportunity considers it fair when ...

Homeownership rates, housing policies, and co-residence decisions

Homeownership rates differ widely across European countries. We document that part of this variation is driven by differences in the fraction of adults co-residing with their parents. Comparing Germany and Italy, we show that in contrast to homeownership rates per household, homeownership rates per individual are very similar during the first part of the life cycle. To understand these patterns, we ...

Gleichstellungsimpuls BEEG? Erwerbsverläufe werdender Mütter vor und nach der Elternzeitreform von 2007 (Master Thesis)

Mit der Einführung des Bundeselterngeld- und Elternzeitgesetz (BEEG) im Jahr 2007 wurde der Familienpolitik in Deutschland ein Paradigmenwechsel bescheinigt, da erstmals Individuen an die Stelle von Familien in den Fokus der Unterstützungsmaßnahmen rückten. Aus der Familienforschung liegen bereits einhellige Befunde vor. Zwar kann das BEEG zur Förderung der Geschlechtergleichstellung beitragen, doch ...

Eingewanderte und ihre Nachkommen (Kap. 1.2)

Soziale Lagen in multidimensionaler Längsschnittbetrachtung

Wir stellen eine Typologie sozialer Lagen für Deutschland vor, die Informationen zu Einkommen, Vermögen, Wohnen und Erwerbsarbeit über einen Zeitraum von fünf Jahren erfasst. Zwischen einer Lage der Armut, in der Menschen dauerhaft mit geringen Einkommen auskommen müssen und mit schwierigen Lebenslagen zu kämpfen haben, und einer Lage der Wohlhabenheit, in der dauerhaft hohe Einkommen mit privilegierten ...

Physical activity, health, and life satisfaction: Four panel studies demonstrate reciprocal effects

We examined the between-person correlations and within-person reciprocal effects of physical activity, long-standing health issues, self-rated health, and life satisfaction across four panels using random intercept cross-lagged panel models. Data were analyzed from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA, N = 32,913, 21 waves, 1-year intervals), the German Socio-Economic ...

SOEP Annual Report 2021

SOEP Annual Report 2022

The Speed of Earnings Responses to Taxation and the Role of Firm Labor Demand

This paper studies the speed at which workers’ pretax earnings respond to tax changes along the intensive margin. We do so in the context of Germany, where a large notch in the tax schedule induces sharp bunching in the earnings distribution. We analyze earnings responses to two policy reforms that shift this notch outward and find clear evidence that frictions delay the earnings responses of more ...

Wealth and mortality among late-middle-aged individuals in Norway: a nationwide register-based retrospective study

Background In recent decades, we have observed rising wealth inequality while the pace of growth of life expectancy has slowed in many Western welfare democracies. There is scarce evidence, however, on links between wealth and mortality. The main methodological limitation in this area of scholarship is its inability to account for individuals' unobserved heterogeneity, such as personality and ...