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Response Quality in Nonprobability and Probability-based Online Panels

Recent years have seen a growing number of studies investigating the accuracy of nonprobability online panels; however, response quality in nonprobability online panels has not yet received much attention. To fill this gap, we investigate response quality in a comprehensive study of seven nonprobability online panels and three probability-based online panels with identical fieldwork periods and questionnaires ...

Recruiting a Probability-Based Online Panel via Postal Mail: Experimental Evidence

Once recruited, probability-based online panels have proven to enable high-quality and high-frequency data collection. In ever faster-paced societies and, recently, in times of pandemic lockdowns, such online survey infrastructures are invaluable to social research. In absence of email sampling frames, one way of recruiting such a panel is via postal mail. However, few studies have examined how to ...

Measurement Instruments for Fast and Frequent Data Collection During the Early Phase of COVID-19 in Germany: Reflections on the Mannheim Corona Study

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a vast increase in the demand for fast, frequent, and multi-faceted data to study the impact of the pandemic on people’s lives. Existing data collection infrastructures had to be adapted quickly during the early phase of the pandemic to meet this data demand. Our research group contributed to this by conducting the Mannheim Corona Study (MCS), a longitudinal ...

The Diverging Trends of Male and Female Bottom Earnings in Germany

Men at the bottom quintile of the German male earnings distribution had lower average earnings in 2019 than in 2001. In contrast, female earnings have increased throughout the distribution. What explains these diverging trends and how did they translate into changes in net income? Data from the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) reveal that the drop in bottom male earnings is mostly due to a decrease in work ...

Konzeptionelle Überlegungen zu einem nationalen Monitoring- und Berichtssystem in der BBB-Beratung

Eine evidenzbasierte Beratungspolitik und Beratungspraxis erfordern ein kontinuierliches Monitoring wichtiger Eckdaten des Beratungsgeschehens, seiner Strukturen und Wirkungen in den verschiedenen Feldern der BBB-Beratung. Ein solches Monitoring und Berichtssystem gibt es bislang in Deutschland nur vereinzelt in wenigen Bundesländern, in einigen regionalen oder lokalen Netzwerken oder bei einzelnen ...

Das kritische Korrektiv fehlt

Verbreitete Bilder zur sozialen Lage und zur Sozialpolitik in Deutschland haben – unabhängig davon, wie valide ihre empirische Basis ist – Folgen für die Berichterstattung. Sie prägen, welche Entwicklungen als berichtenswert angesehen und wie sie interpretiert werden. Damit verstärkt die Berichterstattung verfestigte Einschätzungen. Dies ist häufig nachteilig für eine lösungsorientierte Reformdebatte, ...

The relationship between leisure-time physical activity and job satisfaction: A dynamic panel data approach

Objective: Previous research has documented a positive effect of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) on life satisfaction. The relationship between physical activity and the specific domain of job satisfaction is, however, relatively unknown. This study aims to investigate the effects of different frequency levels of LTPA on self-reported job satisfaction and specifically focuses on the two mechanisms ...

Affordable Housing and Individual Labor Market Outcomes

We investigate the employment effects of living in affordable housing. We develop a unique administrative data set of labor market biographies linked to affordable housing projects in five German cities. This allows us to follow individuals in affordable housing over almost 20 years. The funding scheme is similar to the American LIHTC program, so the results are applicable beyond Germany. We use an ...

Macht Diskriminierung krank? Die psychische Gesundheit von LSBTQI*-Menschen

Die gesellschaftliche Akzeptanz und die rechtliche Gleichstellung lesbischer, schwuler, bisexueller, trans*, queerer und inter* (LSBTQI*) Menschen hat sich in Deutschland in den letzten Jahren verbessert. Dennoch zeigt die nationale und internationale Forschung, dass LSBTQI*-Menschen häufig von Vorurteilserfahrungen, Diskriminierung und Gewalt betroffen sind. Das Minderheitenstressmodell nach Meyer ...

Lebenssituation ukrainischer Geflüchteter in Deutschland (Kap. 7.4)