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Social Mobility in the 20th Century: Class Mobility and Occupational Change in the United States and Germany

Based on a novel class scheme and a unique compilation of German and American data, this book reveals that intergenerational class mobility increased over most of the past century. While country differences in intergenerational mobility are surprisingly small, gender, regional, racial and ethnic differences were initially large but declined over time. At the end of the 20th century, however, mobility ...

Class mobility across three generations in the U.S. and Germany

Based on data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the Socio-economic Panel, we study the class mobility of three concurrent generations in the U.S. and Germany. We find that, in both countries, the grandfathers’ class is directly associated with their grandchildren's social position. We propose three possible mechanisms which could explain the observed multigenerational mobility patterns. ...

Die Determinanten der Panelmortalität: Eine Analyse am Beispiel des Nationalen Bildungspanels

Die vorliegende Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit den Determinanten der Panelmortalität. Im Vordergrund stehen dabei sowohl Merkmale des Befragten wie auch situative Einflüsse. Beleuchtet werden dabei, die Soziodemographie und die Kooperationsbereitschaft des Befragten, Interviewermerkmale, das Design der Erhebung und die Teilnahmelänge. Ziel ist es, ein Modell aufzustellen, das dabei behilflich ist, Panelmortalität ...

Determinants of Positive Naturalisation Intentions among Germany's Labour Migrants

This study adds another piece to the puzzle of naturalisation among individuals with an immigrant background by further developing the application of social identity. I suggest that two important determinants of an intention to naturalise are identification with one’s country of origin, and discrimination. The effects of these and other predictors associated with social identity theory are empirically ...

Relations between Second-Language Proficiency and National Identification: The Case of Immigrants in Germany

This article discusses and empirically tests the relations between German language proficiency and national identification with Germany among first-generation immigrants in Germany. It presents three theoretical arguments: (i) language proficiency positively affects national identification; (ii) contrastingly, national identification positively influences language proficiency; and (iii) there is a ...

Analysen zur Indiviualisierung und Sozialen Sicherung aus dem Sfb 3. Das Beispiel: frauenspezifische Risiken (Sonderheft I des Sfb 333)

Arm dran (?)! - Lebenslagen und Lebenschancen von Kindern und Jugendlichen - Zu Armut und Benachteiligung in Deutschland (Auszüge aus dem 1. Zwischenbericht der dreijährigen AWO-ISS-Untersuchung)

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