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LOCATION:Gustav-Schmoller-Raum,DIW Berlin im Quartier 110,3.3.002A,Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße 58,10117 Berlin
SUMMARY:SOEP Brown Bag Seminar
DESCRIPTION: 12:30 - 13:30 // Yvonne Lott (DIW Berlin and BIGSSS, Bremen)Social inequality within the family is a crucial dimension of inequality in the wider society. Power imbalances between partners are linked with intra-family inequality. Surprisingly, power has mostly been neglected in German research so far. First goal of this study, therefore, is to get an idea about what factors are related to power. Rational choice theories as well as gender theory provide explanations for who has power and who doesn't. Furthermore, recent studies on power within intimate relationships mainly treat power as a static concept rather than a dynamic process. Since social relationships change during individuals’ lives, power also changes over partners’ life-courses. Given that transitions such as marriage, children and changes of employment status highly influence and shape the lives of individuals, these transitions might also have an impact on couples’ power. The second goal of this study is the analysis of the relationship between marriage, children and changes of employment status and power within couples. Power is measured on two dimensions: (1) control over financial resources and (2) financial decision-making. The analysis is based on the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) in 2004, 2005 and 2008.  Results show that individual income is strongest related to power, but that gender differences also exist with regard to the division of labor and household income. Furthermore, marriage and children increase cooperation in couples. Interestingly, changes to a lower employment status decrease especially female partners' power.. 
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URL:https://www.diw.de/de/diw_01.c.368658.de/veranstaltungen/soep_brown_bag_seminar.html
ORGANIZER;CN=Eva M. Berger:mailto:eberger@diw.de
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