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Living space needs to be heated in winter and partially cooled in summer and the construction of new buildings requires high amounts of energy and materials. Total living space is increasing, driven by continuously rising average per-capita spaces. The reasons for this are numerous and include the trend to smaller households who live in larger flats, increasing numbers of single-family houses, elderly ...
In:
eceee Summer Study Proceedings
(2024), 979-989
| Johannes Thema, Luisa Cordroch, Johannes Parschau, Georg Graser, Frauke Wiese
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We investigate the impact of the Berlin Wall's fall on West Berliners' salaries using the Synthetic Control Method and regional-level data (NUTS-2) from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Our study shows that the collapse of the Berlin Wall led to a sudden stagnation in salaries for West Berliners, compared to a scenario where the Wall had remained intact.
In:
Applied Economics Letters
(online first) (2024), 1-4
| Sergi Urzay-Gómez
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The “modern” gender vote gap – where women are generally more supportive of left parties than men – is established in many Western democracies. Whilst it is linked to societal changes, and in particular the transformation of gender roles and relations, scholars still grapple with its underlying mechanisms. This paper tests one mechanism currently untested in existing accounts: that women’s specific ...
In:
Comparative Political Studies
(online first) (2024), 00104140241271123
| Mathilde M. van Ditmars, Rosalind Shorrocks
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OBJECTIVES: SARS-CoV-2 infections were unequally distributed during the pandemic, with those in disadvantaged socioeconomic positions being at higher risk. Little is known about the underlying mechanism of this association. This study assessed to what extent educational differences in SARS-CoV-2 infections were mediated by working from home. METHODS: We used data of the German working population derived ...
In:
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
50 (2024), 3, 168-177
| Benjamin Wachtler, Florian Beese, Ibrahim Demirer, Sebastian Haller, Timo-Kolja Pförtner, Morten Wahrendorf, Markus M. Grabka, Jens Hoebel
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This article examines the evolution of the gender wealth gap in Germany during the first decade of the XXI century. This period is characterized by an increase in labour supply of women and change in occupational structure due to numerous reforms undertaken by the government. We use the Firpo, Fortin, Lemieux detailed decomposition technique throughout the wealth distribution to identify the main factors ...
In:
B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy
24 (2024), 4, 1045–1071
| Eva Sierminska, Daniela Piazzalunga, Markus Grabka
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Background: If a new job is located in a different region from the place of residence, individuals or households can choose between moving or commuting. However, so far mobility alternatives and their drivers remain under-researched from a comparative perspective. Objective: We investigate the determinants of the mobility choices of individuals who have taken a distant job (50 km or more), considering ...
In:
Demographic Research
50 (2024), 33, 967-1004
| Thomas Skora, Heiko Rüger, Knut Petzold
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Do life-course transitions in adulthood shape political orientations? One framework suggests that life events expose people to new information, allowing actors to assess their political beliefs and preferences in response to these social experiences. An alternative framework suggests that the link between one's life-course position and personal politics may be ambiguous, and early experiences ...
In:
Sociological Science
11 (2024), 907-933
| Turgut Keskintuerk
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Many countries rely on short-time work to prevent mass layoffs in economic crises. Despite serving to protect jobs, short-time work may trigger job insecurity perceptions, which may impair employee well-being. Moreover, past experiences of unemployment may increase susceptibility to job insecurity in response to short-time work. Drawing on Conservation of Resources (COR) Theory, Appraisal Theory and ...
In:
Journal of Happiness Studies
25 (2024), 6, 72
| Katharina Klug, Claudia Bernhard-Oettel, Magnus Sverke
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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
| Johannes König, Christian Schluter, Carsten Schröder
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We analyze socioemotional skills’ role for destination-language proficiency among recent refugees in Germany. While socioemotional skills have been shown to predict educational outcomes, they have been overlooked for immigrants’ language acquisition. We extend a well-established model of destination-language proficiency and assume that socioemotional skills’ effects manifest through the channels of ...
London:
Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London,
2021,
(CReAM Discussion Paper Series No. 20/20)
| Yuliya Kosyakova