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Inspired by the literature on social polarisation and residential segregation we draw on a probabilistic approach to pursue the evolution of household location preferences. Using microdata from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the period 1984–2020 we demonstrate that structural economic change was accompanied by an increasing preference for residence in compact housing close to urban centres. ...
In:
Papers in Regional Science
104 (2025), 6,
| Uwe Neumann, Christoph M. Schmidt
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Maternal sleep is significantly disrupted in the postpartum period, but changes in paternal sleep are less established. Here, we systematically review and meta-analyze available data on paternal sleep in the first 24months post birth, including self-report and objectively measured sleep outcomes. Scopus, PsycINFO, and PubMed were searched for original research articles published until end August 2024. ...
In:
Sleep Health
11 (2025), 3, 279–292
| Julie S. Nielsen, Emil F. Brunbjerg, Maria Hamann Lorentzen, Annika Andersen, Christine E. Parsons
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Science has long struggled with unsuccessful replications and reproductions, a challenge that raises questions about the robustness and credibility of research findings. One potential contributing factor is selective reporting or nonpublication of certain results based on their direction or strength, leading to publication bias. To better understand its extent and risk factors, we examined 178 successful ...
OSF Preprints:
2025,
| Désirée Nießen, Caroline Poppa, Jessica Daikeler, Henning Silber, Bernd Weiß, David Richter
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We examine how labor market disruptions following childbirth relate to intra-household consumption inequality in the long run. Novel survey data from Germany shows that women less educated than their partners are more likely to report child-related career interruptions and receive a smaller share of household consumption, relative to women more educated than their spouses. Moreover, conditioning on ...
In:
Economics Letters
257 (2025), 112650
| Paula Calvo, Ilse Lindenlaub, Lindsey Uniat
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The empirical literature on the relationship between age and well-being is characterised by an unusually persistent series of disagreements over data, method, and interpretation. Previous attempts to advance the discussion have involved different scholars’ specific prescriptions, which were often in near total contradiction to other scholars’ attempts to do the same. Instead, we use specification curve ...
Berlin:
DIW Berlin,
2025,
(SOEPpapers 1235)
| Kausik Chaudhuri, Alan Piper
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Personality traits have been confirmed to be associated with mental health, but their influence on the trajectories of depressive symptoms among middle-aged and older adults in China is not well understood. This study seeks to identify distinct trajectories of depressive symptoms and explore their relationship with the Big Five personality traits in China.
In:
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
(2025),
| Weichao Chen, Wanren Wang, Xiaoyan Wang
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This paper examines the stability of self-control over time using nationally-representative longitudinal data from Australia. We track the same individuals between 2019 and 2023, a period encompassing one of the most disruptive global crisis in recent history: the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite these extraordinary circumstances, self-control remained remarkably stable: its mean and distribution were unchanged, ...
Bonn:
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA),
2025,
(IZA DP No. 18270)
| Deborah A. Cobb-Clark, Anthony Lepinteur, Giorgia Menta
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Since the turn of the twenty-first century, subnational regions have become increasingly polarized with regard to anti-immigration attitudes. However, the reasons behind geographical changes over time are unclear. We argue that regional labor market risks are a key and overlooked factor driving residential choices and subsequent attitudinal change. We rely on georeferenced panel data from the German ...
In:
British Journal of Political Science
55 (2025),
| Denis Cohen, Sergi Pardos-Prado
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The rise of the knowledge economy draws workers towards concentrated skill clusters and creates political conflicts between urban high-opportunity areas and rural and suburban areas of lower dynamism. We advance the existing literature with a dynamic perspective by studying the political consequences of a structural pull into destinations that are typically more progressive than the places of origin. ...
In:
British Journal of Political Science
55 (2025),
| Valentina Consiglio, Thomas Kurer
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While the structural disadvantage and discrimination migrants face are well-documented, migrants’ perceptions of meritocracy and equality of opportunity remain underexplored. This study addresses this gap using a mixed-methods approach, combining data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), the European Social Survey (ESS), and in-depth qualitative interviews and group discussions (N = 47). Quantitative ...
OSF Preprints:
2026,
| Margherita Cusmano