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For a considerable time now, the lack of equality in wage incomes in Germany has been getting clearly worse. Hence it is all the more important to at least guarantee equal opportunities in our society. The level of income - both for social and economic reasons - should be dependent on individual performance and not on one's parents' status. But what shape is equality of opportunity in Germany ...
Bielefeld:
Bertelsmann,
2012,
| Daniel D. Schnitzlein
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For many years, securing equal life opportunities has been a normative goal shared by all democratic societies in the western world. Although, in principle, all citizens enjoy the same rights, in reality, individual life opportunities still vary according to family background which, in turn, shapes the prevailing pattern of social inequality. This is not a specifically German phenomenon. Based on a ...
In:
DIW Economic Bulletin
3 (2013), 5, 3-8
| Daniel D. Schnitzlein
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This paper is the first to analyze the impact of family background on permanent earnings based on sibling correlations in Germany and to provide a cross-country comparison of Germany, Denmark, and USA. The main findings are that family and community background has a stronger influence on permanent earnings in Germany than in Denmark, and a comparable influence is found in USA. This holds true for both ...
In:
Journal of Population Economics
27 (2014), 1, 69-89
| Daniel D. Schnitzlein
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Motivated by contradictory evidence on intergenerational mobility in Germany, I present a cross-country comparison of Germany and the U.S., reassessing the question of whether intergenerational mobility is higher in Germany than in the U.S. I can reproduce the standard result from the literature, which states that the German intergenerational elasticity estimates are lower than those for the U.S. However, ...
In:
Review of Income and Wealth
62 (2016), 4, 650-67
| Daniel D. Schnitzlein
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Based on highly comparable data from the OECD PIAAC Programme, this note analyzes the relationship between generalized trust and cognitive skills among 30 countries around the world. The results show that the strength and direction of the relationship is not a universal characteristic but varies substantially among countries worldwide. A detailed descriptive analysis of this variation provides evidence ...
In:
Economics Bulletin
39 (2019), 1, 200-206
| Daniel D. Schnitzlein
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We investigate whether non-cognitive skills – in particular Locus of Control – are important determinants of mobility processes for male workers at the low-wage margin. Our results reveal a significant amount of state dependence in low pay even after controlling for non-cognitive skills. Furthermore, compared to individuals with an external Locus of Control, individuals with a more internal Locus of ...
In:
Journal of Economic Psychology
53 (2016), April 2016, 164-177
| Daniel D. Schnitzlein, Jens Stephani
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This paper analyzes whether individuals have equal opportunity to achieve happiness (or well-being). Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), we estimate sibling correlations and intergenerational correlations in four self-reported measures of well-being: life satisfaction, satisfaction with household income, job satisfaction, and satisfaction with health. We find high sibling ...
In:
B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
16 (2016), 1, 125-149
| Daniel D. Schnitzlein, Christoph Wunder
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In this paper, I use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) to investigate whether and how a German youth's choice of secondary school (Hauptschule, Realschule, Gymnasium) varies with the timing and duration of poverty experienced in childhood. To investigate what role the timing of poverty plays, I examine the correlation between educational choices and the poverty status of each child's ...
In:
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of German Socio-Economic Panel Study Users. Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung
70 (2001), 1, 172-179
| Anke Schöb
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This study investigates how the duration of the work interruption and the labor market status of mothers upon their return affect the division of housework in couples after a birth. By observing several parental leave policy reforms in Britain and West-Germany, this research also explores how extended leave entitlements for mothers influence the division of housework. The analysis uses multilevel multiprocess ...
Berlin:
DIW Berlin,
2011,
(SOEPpapers 422)
| Pia S. Schober
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This study investigates how the duration of maternal labor market interruptions and mothers' employment status after return relate to the division of domestic work in couples after childbirth in West Germany, East Germany, and Britain. It extends the literature by considering how these two aspects of postnatal labor market return decisions of mothers may give rise to or counteract growing gender ...
In:
Community, Work & Family
16 (2013), 3, 307-326
| Pia S. Schober