A5010238855- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Sociology and Education Studies
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Social and Cultural Dynamics
- Rural development and sustainability
- Social and Demographic Issues in Germany
- School Choice and Performance
- Public Administration and Political Analysis
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities
- Retirement, Disability, and Employment
- Social Capital and Networks
- Social Policies and Healthcare Reform
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
- Education Systems and Policy
- Global Educational Policies and Reforms
- Thermodynamic and Exergetic Analyses of Power and Cooling Systems
- Health and Medical Studies
- Power Systems and Renewable Energy
- Innovation, Technology, and Society
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Health disparities and outcomes
University of Mannheim
2010-2024
GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences
2021-2024
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
2008-2022
Freie Universität Berlin
2015-2022
The University of Sydney
2022
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung
2021
Berlin Heart (Germany)
2012-2018
Electric Power Research Institute
1989-1992
In their widely cited study, Shavit and Blossfeld report stability of socioeconomic inequalities in educational attainment over much the 20th century 11 out 13 countries. This article outlines reasons why one might expect to find declining class attainment, and, using a large data set, authors analyze inequality among cohorts born first two‐thirds eight European They find, as expected, widespread decline between students coming from different social origins. Their results are robust other...
Using data for seven European countries we analyse trends among women in class differences educational attainment over the first two-thirds of 20th century. We also compare between men and women; ask whether two sexes are similar or not; birth cohorts have differed women. find that, as expected, century, inequalities their declined markedly. More importantly, changes been both women, although, some countries, displayed greater inequality at start century shown a somewhat rate increase...
In the sociological literature on social mobility, long‐standing convention has been to assume that intergenerational reproduction takes one of two forms: a categorical form parents passing big‐class position their children or gradational socioeconomic standing. These approaches ignore in own ways important role occupations play transferring opportunities from generation next. new analyses nationally representative data United States, Sweden, Germany, and Japan, authors show (a) are an...
For scholars of social stratification one the key questions regarding educational expansion is whether it diminishes or magnifies existing inequalities in attainment. The effect on inequality tertiary education particular importance, as has become increasingly relevant for labour market prospects and life course opportunities. Our article studies access to students with different origins light Germany. First, we examine four vertical alternatives postsecondary by means multinomial regression...
This article examines the importance of educational field study, in addition to level, for explaining intergenerational class mobility four countries: France, Germany, UK and Netherlands. Starting from standard models that only include we increase complexity measure by differentiating between fields study within levels. Contrary our expectations, including does not substantially reduce partial effect origin on destination. seems be due limited association choice, choice Implications...
Abstract This data brief introduces the German Family Demography Panel Study (FReDA; https://www.freda-panel.de/), a longitudinal, multi-actor database for family research. Major substantive fields addressed in questionnaire include fertility-related attitudes and behaviours, reproductive health, work-family conflict, couples’ division of labour, gender roles, intimate relationships, separation divorce, parenting intergenerational relations, well-being. FReDA is based on two initially...