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Differences in Fertility Patterns between East and West German Women

The present study compares parity-specific fertility patterns of West and East German women (from birth cohorts 1970 and younger) after German re-unification using panel data from the GSOEP (waves 1990 through 2006). Whereas the transition rate for the birth of the first child tends to be higher in the East German than in the West German sub-sample, the likelihood of second births remains considerably ...

Labour Market Transitions and wage dynamics in Europe

The Influence of Health on Unemployment in Germany: A Duration Model

Estimating the Influence of Health as a Risk Factor on Unemployment: A Survival Analysis of Employment Durations for Workers Surveyed in the German Socio-Economic Panel (1984-1990)

Is There a Class Ceiling over Europe? Exploring the Gender Pay Gap across the Wages Distribution

Till death do us part: Transactions between losing one’s spouse and the Big Five personality traits

Objective: Although losing one’s spouse is one of the worst experiences that can occur in life, it has not been resolved yet how this experience relates to personality development. Method: In the German Socio-Economic Panel study (SOEP), information on the death of a spouse was assessed yearly from 1985 to 2017 and personality was measured repeatedly in 2005, 2009, 2013, and 2017 with the BFI-S. We ...

Bringing Income Distribution in From the Cold

Poverty in Europe

Is Rising Inequality Inevitable? A Critique of the Transatlantic Consensus

Developing Comparable Indicators for Monitoring Social Inclusion in the European Union