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Continuing exposure to disadvantageous material and perceived economic factors on self-rated health in different life stages: fixed effects analyses with data from the German Socioeconomic Panel

Life course epidemiology explores health disparities over time. The accumulation thesis thereby suggests an add-up of disadvantages, while the adaptation model assumes an adjustment to disadvantageous conditions. Examining the relevance of these accumulation and adaptation processes, the present study analyses continuing exposure to various material and perceived economic factors on self-rated health ...

Neue Ungleichheiten im öffentlichen Sektor: Wie haben die Reformen öffentlicher Organisationen die wahrgenommene Arbeitsbelastung und Jobsicherheit von Beschäftigten verändert?

In diesem Beitrag untersuchen wir die Folgen der Reformen des öffentlichen Sektors für die Beschäftigten. Konkret untersuchen wir, wie sich Teilzeit, befristete Beschäftigung und Überstunden entwickelt haben und wie sich vertragliche Regelungen und der Führungsstil der Vorgesetzten auf die wahrgenommene Jobsicherheit und die wahrgenommene Belastung der Beschäftigten auswirken. Dafür analysieren wir ...

The interplay of poverty and employment trajectories in couples around the transition to parenthood in Germany

The transition to parenthood is a critical period that exacerbates gendered economic inequality, with mothers more likely than their partners to experience employment disruptions and income losses. This study examines individual poverty risk among partnered indivduals (N=1,237) in Germany from a life course perspective, analyzing how gendered career patterns around first births between 1992 and 2013 ...

Assessing conceptual comparability of single-item survey instruments with a mixed-methods approach

An increasing number of research projects and infrastructure services involve pooling data across different survey programs. Creating a homogenous integrated dataset from heterogeneous source data is the domain of ex-post harmonization. The harmonization process involves various considerations. However, chief among them is whether two survey measurement instruments have captured the same concept. This ...

Education bias in probability-based surveys in Germany: evidence and possible solutions

This paper outlines two studies on education bias in German probability-based surveys. Study 1 reviews data from 67 surveys across 19 survey programs conducted in Germany from 2000 to 2023. We found a consistent underrepresentation of individuals with a low level of formal education. We also found that the transition to self-administered modes due to rising survey costs may exacerbate this bias in ...

Impact of social isolation on mental health changes by socio-economic status: A moderated mediation analysis among non-migrant, migrant, and refugee subpopulations in Germany, 2016–2020

Background Populations experiencing precarity face heightened mental health inequities, especially during crises. In this regard, it is established that socio-economic status (SES) and social isolation are critical factors influencing mental health outcomes, which interact syndemically. Understanding their interrelated mechanisms is crucial for developing effective public health strategies to support ...

Three Essays on Fertility, Import Competition, and Meta-Analysis (Dissertation)

The current work relies on G-SOEP to study the effects of import competition on fertility choices. This phenomenon has been addressed by using a single-observation dataset following the seminal paper of Autor et al. (2014). The results show a negative and significant effect on the choice of childbearing.Moreover, the trade exposure measure has been computed by aggregating the Lander and, in a second ...

Ende zweier Ungleichheiten? Die Aufstiegschancen von Ostdeutschen und die Notwendigkeit zur Unterscheidung von Eliten- und Führungspositionen

This article compares the promotion prospects of East Germans in leadership and elite positions. It starts from the observation that East Germans have lower chances of reaching leadership positions, although these have converged with those of West Germans in younger birth cohorts. Theoretical considerations on the distinction between leadership and elite positions, along with empirical findings based ...

Spatial overlap: trade-offs in refugees’ residential choices

Social science research gives rise to what we call the ?refugee mobility puzzle?: While restrictions on the freedom of residence limit refugees? socio-economic integration, those who do not face such restrictions often move to areas with high unemployment that similarly hinder their labor market prospects. This study addresses a central element of this puzzle: What draws refugees to high unemployment ...