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This study investigates whether increased availability of low-cost, state-subsidized childcare for under 3-year-olds in Germany is associated with shorter employment interruptions amongst mothers. By focusing on a major childcare reform in East and West Germany, we examine the effect in two contexts that differ markedly in the acceptance and use of formal childcare and maternal employment. We combine ...
In:
European Sociological Review
33 (2017), 5, 693-707
| Gundula Zoch, Irina Hondralis
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Most jobs these days are never advertised. People find them through social networks. However, access to social networks is unequal by gender. This paper concentrates on how employment sectors that are segregated by gender affect the probability of men and women getting jobs through social networks. Furthermore, the paper reveals how men’s and women’s same-sex contacts are correlated with getting jobs. ...
In:
Schmollers Jahrbuch
135 (2015), 1, 47-53
| Andrea Zochert
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The discussion concerning long-term care insurance in Germany barely exceeds the financial state of the social system. The view of the insured involved is largely ignored. This paper analyses the effect of the introduction of compulsory long-term care insurance in 1995 in Germany on the perception of financial security when needing long-term care. Using different regression techniques on a subset of ...
In:
The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice
35 (2010), 4, 626-643
| Andy Zuchandke, Sebastian Reddemann, Simone Krummaker, J.-Matthias von der Schulenburg
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In:
In Praise of Panel Surveys. The achievements of the British Household Panel Survey. Plans for Understanding Society - the UK's new household longitudinal study
| Alan S. Zuckerman
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Berlin:
DIW Berlin,
2001,
(Discussion Paper No. 268)
| Alan S. Zuckerman, Malcolm Brynin
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Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press,
2007,
| Alan S. Zuckerman, Josip Dasovic, Jennifer Fitzgerald
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In:
Alan S. Zuckerman ,
The Social Logic of Politics - Personal Networks as Contexts for Political Behavior
Philadelphia: Temple University Press
75-94
| Alan S. Zuckerman, Jennifer Fitzgerald, Josip Dasovic
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In:
Comparative European Politics
4 (2006), 1, 65-93
| Alan S. Zuckerman, Martin Kroh
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The article investigates the relationship between homeownership and life satisfaction in Germany, using German Socio-Economic Panel Study data from 1992 to 2009. The data not only allow controlling for a wide range of variables, but also tackle various measurement problems of previous studies. Ordered logit models support a positive relationship between homeownership and life satisfaction. In addition, ...
In:
Housing Studies
29 (2014), 3, 319-338
| Timo Zumbro
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We study empirically whether there is scope for parents to shape the economic preferences and attitudes of their children through purposeful investments. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes of parents and their children, as well as rich information about parental efforts in the upbringing of their children from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study. Our results show that parents ...
Berlin:
DIW Berlin,
2013,
(SOEPpapers 570)
| Maria Zumbuehl, Thomas Dohmen, Gerard Pfann