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Refereed essays Web of Science
Who makes it to the top? We use the leading socio-economic survey in Germany, supplemented by extensive data on the rich, to answer this question. We identify the key predictors for belonging to the top 1 percent of income, wealth, and both distributions jointly. Although we consider many, only a few traits matter: Entrepreneurship and self-employment in conjunction with a sizable inheritance of company ...
In:
The Review of Income and Wealth
71 (2025), 2, e70015, 19 S.
| Johannes König, Christian Schluter, Carsten Schröder
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Research Project
Gender inequality remains a pressing issue in our society. Women are underrepresented in many decision-making positions and the gender pay gap remains at 16%. Whether or how language contributes to forming and transporting gender stereotypes has sparked intense scientific and public debate. In German, masculine role nouns are still often used in a generic sense to address people of unknown gender ...
Current Project| Gender Economics, Public Economics
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Diskussionspapiere 2066 / 2023
Who makes it to the top? We use the leading, socio-economic survey in Germany supplemented by extensive data on the rich to answer this question. We identify the key predictors for belonging to the top 1 percent of income, wealth, and both distributions jointly. Although we consider many, only a few traits matter: Entrepreneurship and self-employment in conjunction with a sizable inheritance of company ...
2023| Johannes König, Christian Schluter, Carsten Schröder
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Workshop
The 16th Transatlantic Workshop on the Economics of Crime will be held in Berlin at the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) on September 26-27, 2025. The event will be jointly organized by Anna Bindler (DIW Berlin & University of Potsdam) and Christian Traxler (Hertie School).
We aim to bring together researchers from both sides of the Atlantic to present and discuss their...
26.09.2025| Paolo Pinotti, Marie Rosenkrantz Lindegaard
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Refereed essays Web of Science
Objectives This study analyses waiting times for elective surgeries and potential determinants, including supplementary private health insurance, visits in the operating physician's private practice and informal payments for faster treatment.
Study design Retrospective patient questionnaire survey. Methods The survey was conducted in eleven Austrian rehabilitation centres in 2019. Data was analysed ...
In:
Public Health
236 (2024), S. 216-223
| Markus Kraus, Barbara Stacherl, Thomas Czypionka, Susanne Mayer
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Refereed essays Web of Science
In Deutschland ist die Zahl der Privatschulen seit 1992 erheblich gestiegen, insbesondere in Ostdeutschland. Diese Schulen werden überwiegend von SchülerInnen aus sozioökonomisch privilegierten Haushalten besucht, während Kinder aus einkommensschwachen Familien seltener vertreten sind. In diesem Beitrag untersuchen wir, ob die räumliche Verteilung der Privatschulen mit sozialen Ungleichheiten beim ...
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Zeitschrift für Soziologie
53 (2024), 3, S. 314–330
| Marcel Helbig, Laura Schmitz
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Refereed essays Web of Science
This article surveys the measurement of historical wealth and income inequality in Germany. We discuss the underlying data sources, the challenges they pose, and the opportunities they create. We also identify two promising avenues for future research. First, we argue that the geographic granularity of German historical statistics provides researchers with the opportunity to investigate the causes ...
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German Economic Review
25 (2024), 4, S. 275–299
| Thilo Albers, Charlotte Bartels, Felix Schaff
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Berlin Macro Seminar
15.04.2025| Holger Strulik (University of Göttingen)
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Research Project
In this project, we will evaluate and compare the impact of unemployment, parental leave and short- time work on the careers of men and women, as well as on the gender division of unpaid care work within families. In particular, we address the question of whether involuntary paid leave in form of short-time work affects gender gaps in the labor market as well as the existing gender division of...
Completed Project| Gender Economics
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SOEPpapers 1212 / 2024
There is growing interest in understanding how gender influences the accumulation of wealth. While prior studies focused on labor-related determinants, our research focuses on inheritances and gifts. Using unique survey data that oversamples the top 1% of wealth holders in Germany, we show that the gender wealth gap is small for individuals up to age 40, then widens, and declines for those past retirement ...
2024| Charlotte Bartels, Eva Sierminska, Carsten Schröder