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Math, Girls and Socialism

This paper argues that the socialist episode in East Germany, which constituted a radical experiment in gender equality in the labor market and other instances, has left persistent tracks on gender norms. We focus on one of the most resilient and pervasive gender gaps in modern societies: mathematics. Using the German division as a natural experiment, we show that the underperformance of girls in math ...

Attrition of Households and Individuals in Panel Surveys

Attrition is mostly caused by not contacted or refusing sample members. On one hand it is well-known that reasons to attrite due to non-contact are different from those that are due to refusal. On the other hand does non-contact most probably affect household attrition, while refusal can be effective on both households and individuals. In this article, attrition on both the household and (conditional ...

The working class left behind? The class gap in life satisfaction in Germany and Switzerland over the last decades

The 1990s and 2000s were a gloomy period for Germany’s working class, hit by mass unemployment, welfare retrenchment and wage stagnation. We examine whether the growing economic disparity between the top and the bottom of Germany’s class structure was accompanied by a widening class gap in life satisfaction. We analyse whether there is a social class gradient in life satisfaction and whether, over ...

Zur Repräsentation des unteren Einkommensbereichs im Sozio-Ökonomischen Panel (SOEP)

Zur Messung von Armut: Das Konzept der subjektiven Deprivation. Eine empirische Betrachtung mit Umfragedaten (Diplomarbeit)

Soziale Ungleichheit: Wie reich sind die Reichen?

Priorities may drive happiness

Combining family and full-time work

Behindertenpolitik in der Europäischen Union. Lebenssituation behinderter Menschen und nationale Behindertenpolitik in 15 Mitgliedstaaten (Dissertation)

Public pensions in Italy and Germany: a comparison based on panel data