(joint with Pia S. Schober and C. Katharina Spieß)In Germany, large heterogeneity exists with respect to the quality of early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions. We examine whether children from socioeconomically advantaged families face more favorable conditions when starting their educational career by attending ECEC centers of better quality compared to more disadvantaged...
On January 4, Diana Schacht will join the SOEP team as a research associate in the field of empirical migration and integration research. Diana holds a Diplom degree as a social scientist and is currently completing her doctoral thesis on “Social networks of migrants and their children” at the University of Bamberg.
The project identifies and analyzes regulatory options for a decarbonized, internationally competitive and secure energy system. We concentrate on potential deployment paths for conventional power plants, energy use of electricity intensive manufacturing firms, interdependences and coupling of different energy sectors and international cooperation within the European “Energy Union”.
Carolin Stolpe recently received three honors for her outstanding work as a FAMS trainee in the SOEP. She received the Leibniz Award for Apprentices at the Annual Meeting of the Leibniz Association on November 26, 2015, by Stephan Weil, Minister-President of Lower Saxony and the President of the Leibniz Association, Matthias Kleiner. As the second-place winner of this award, Carolin will receive a ...