Lara Minkus

Europa-Universität Flensburg

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund Obwohl Schwangerschaftsabbrüche ein gesellschaftlich und politisch bedeutsames Thema darstellen, gibt es in Deutschland bisher kaum quantitative Untersuchungen zu den individuellen Lebensumständen der Betroffenen. Dieser Beitrag beleuchtet empirisch und deskriptiv die individuellen, ökonomischen und partnerschaftlichen...

This paper examines the relationship between social media use and gender equality attitudes in Europe, using a survey dataset from six countries (France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Spain) in 2021. By combining research on societal conflicts, gender equality, and social media use, we show that extensive use of social media (Facebook, YouTube,...

The German Social Cohesion Panel (SCP) is a probability-based self-administered longitudinal study in a mixed-mode design (PAPI and CAWI) that is jointly carried out by the Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) and the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). The aim of the study is to capture the diversity of social cohesion in Germany from multipl...

Der vorliegende Bericht stellt zentrale Ergebnisse einer Pilotstudie zur Analyse des gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalts in Deutschland vor, die bereits in der Gründungsphase des „Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt“ (FGZ) durchgeführt wurde. Mit der FGZ-Pilotstudie 2020 sollte die im September 2021 angelaufene Längsschnittstudie „Zusam...

Before the pandemic, many employers were hesitant to offer their employees the option of working from home. However, remote working has been widely adopted during the pandemic as one of the key methods of controlling the spread of the virus. The measure encountered a widespread acceptance and it is likely that the demand for work from home as a fle...

This study examines the role of occupational classes in the Gender Wealth Gap (GWG). Despite rising interest in gender differences in wealth, the central role of occupations in restricting and enabling its accumulation has been neglected thus far. Drawing on the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study employs quantile regressions and decomposition...

Pregnancy termination and its interplay with critical life stages and events has rarely been subjected to careful scrutiny in the social sciences, mainly due to a lack of high-quality survey data. Using the first eleven waves (2008–2018) of the German Family Panel Study ( pairfam ) and employing linear probability models, we examine women and also...

Many contemporary studies find that married couples are more satisfied with life than unmarried people. However, whether marriage makes people more satisfied with life or whether more satisfied couples are more likely to marry remains a debated question. We reassess this relationship with panel data from the German Family Panel (pairfam) and extend...

Objective: The aim of this study is to extend our knowledge about uncertainty in fertility intentions from a life course perspective. We want to find out if life course markers such as economic circumstances, relationship status, family size, and the so-called "biological clock" (getting older) influence uncertainty in fertility intentions. Uncerta...

Vor dem Hintergrund der demografischen Alterung wird der Bedarf an professioneller und privater Pflege zukünftig steigen. Aus Gründen der Kostendämmung verlagern viele Wohlfahrtsstaaten Pflege in die Familie, sodass die Zahl Pflegender, die Pflegebedürftige zu Hause privat und unentgeltlich betreuen („familiäre Pflege“ im Folgenden), voraussichtlic...

Abstract During the past decades the importance of soft skills for labour market outcomes has grown substantially. This carries implications for labour market inequality, since previous research shows that soft skills are not valued equally across race and gender. This work explores the role of soft skills in job advertisements by drawing on method...

While research on the gender pay gap (GPG) is growing, there is little evidence on the stability or convergence of GPGs against the backdrop of sudden historical changes. Taking advantage of German reunification, after which western male-breadwinner policies were superimposed on the hitherto gender egalitarian East, we illuminate this research gap....

During the past decades the importance of soft skills for labour market outcomes has grown substantially. This carries implications for labour market inequality, since previous research shows that soft skills are not valued equally across race and gender. This work explores the role of soft skills in job advertisements by drawing on methods from co...

Did the election of Donald Trump affect the popularity of the European Union (EU) in Europe? Theoretically, both a positive rally effect (due to a perceived external threat) and a negative domino effect (due to resignation among Europhiles and/or reinforcement among europhobe nationalists) are thinkable. We treat Trump's unexpected victory as an ex...

Coinciding with the shift to the left in Latin American politics, regional integration in Latin America accelerated during the last two decades. Yet, whereas support for European integration has been tracked systematically for decades, trend analyses of public opinion on Latin American integration are still missing. Combining data from eight Latino...